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Tourists strolling
along the rustic, colorful
waterfront of Lunenburg

15 Fisheries Museum A walk along Water Street
of the Atlantic
leads to the Dory Shop
Lunenburg " '-= ⌂ Bluenose Dr Museum. This has been a
@ § May–Sep: (902) # Mid-May–mid-Oct: daily; com mercial dory (flat­bot­
634 8100; Oct–Apr: (902) mid-Oct–May: Mon–Fri tomed boat) building shop
634 3170 ∑ explore ∑ fisheriesmuseum.nova since its found ing in 1880. The
lunenburg.ca scotia.ca museum features displays on
the industry and the salt­cod
No town captures the sea­ fishery. Upstairs, skilled ship­
faring romance of Nova 16 wrights demonstrate the
Scotia as much as Lunenburg, techniques of dory building.
declared a UNESCO World Shelburne The 1995 film The Scarlet
Heritage Site in 1996. In the @ n Dock St; www.town. Letter was shot in Shelburne,
mid­1700s, the British, eager shelburne.ns.ca with the whole main street
for another loyal settle ment, becoming a movie set.
laid out a plan for Lunenburg. A quiet historic town nestled
They then offered the land to on the shore of a deep harbor, Dory Shop Museum
Protestant settlers from main­ Shelburne was founded by " ⌂ Dock St # Jun–mid-
land Europe. Although these 3,000 United Empire Loyalists Oct: daily ∑ doryshop.nova
were mostly farmers, they soon fleeing persecution during the scotia.ca
turned to shipbuilding and the American Revolution of 1775.
town became a center for the More loyalists follow ed, and
trade. Lunenburg is the home Shelburne’s population swel­ 17
port of Bluenose II, a replica of led, making it at the time the
Canada’s renowned schooner. third­largest town in British Mahone Bay
The Fisheries Museum of North America. Over time, @ n Destination South­
the Atlantic fills several build­ many of those settlers relo­ west Nova Association;
ings along the waterfront. cated to Halifax or returned to www.mahonebay.com
It features retired schooners, England, leaving behind the
touch tanks, and scallop­ fine 18th­century homes they The small town of Mahone Bay
shucking sessions. had built. has been called the “prettiest
town in Canada.” Tucked into
the bay, the water front is
According to local legend, the large angel lined with homes dating to
in the sculpture is the original Peggy, sole the 1700s, and at the back
survivor of a terrible 19th-century ship- of the harbor three stately
churches cast their reflection
wreck, for whom Peggy’s Cove was named. into the still waters.
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