Elizabeth Pacey

Pacey worked as a high school teacher until 1972, when she quit to begin writing full-time.^[1] She was a vocal critic of high-rise development in the area surrounding the Halifax Citadel in the 1970s.^[1]

Pacey has served as President of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia.^[2] Her husband, Philip, also served as President. He died in 2016.^[3] Pacey is the author of several books; including Landmarks (1994), which won the Evelyn Richardson Award in 1995;^[4] and Miracle on Brunswick Street (2003), which won the Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction in 2004.^[5]

In 2002, Pacey was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.^[6] She was invested into the Order of Canada on 4 May 2007.^[7]

• Pacey, Elizabeth (1976). The Prince and Hollis Buildings. Halifax, NS: Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. OCLC 3336084.
• — (1979). The Battle of Citadel Hill. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press. ISBN 978-0-8899-9101-9. OCLC 5457265.
• — (1983). More Stately Mansions: Churches of Nova Scotia, 1830–1910. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press. ISBN 978-0-8899-9210-8. OCLC 10765950.
• — (1985). Halifax Citadel. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9208-5247-7. OCLC 14036998.^[8]
• — (1987). Georgian Halifax. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press. ISBN 978-0-8899-9349-5. OCLC 17480143.
• — (1988). Historic Halifax. Photographs by Alvin Comiter. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow. ISBN 978-0-8888-2103-4. OCLC 977713546.^[9]
• — (1990). Halifax Pictorial Guide: Including Dartmouth & Bedford. Halifax, NS: Stone House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9211-2829-8. OCLC 20531340.
• — (1991). Images of Citadel Hill. Halifax, NS: The Book Room. ISBN 978-0-9690-1777-6. OCLC 23649816.
• — (1994). Landmarks: Historic Buildings of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5510-9046-7. OCLC 32051064.
• — (2003). Miracle on Brunswick Street: The Story of St. George's Round Church and the Little Dutch Church. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5510-9464-9. OCLC 53252299.^[10]