From Halifax south on NS Highway 3.
Lunenburg, is a little fishing port on a peninsula on the Nova Scotia coast between the town of Mahone Bay and the mouth of the La Have River. Because of its geographical position the town has two harbors, Back Harbour in the North and Lunenburg Harbour on the bay of the same name.
Lunenburg got its name
from the many settlers from Lüneburg in northern Germany who came here when the British colonial government founded it in 1753 as a settlement for Protestants in Nova Scotia, and the social and cultural life of Lunenburg, as well as its traditions and townscape, still bear the imprint of those early northern European settlers.
Lunenburg's main claim to fame is its harbor and the shipyard that make it the home port of the famous "Bluenose" schooner, built here in 1921 when it was the world's best racing schooner, and the winner of many an international race. It can still be seen today on one side of Canada's ten-cent coin. The sailing ship used in the "Mutiny on the Bounty" was also built in the Lunenburg shipyard.
The town's position as the center of Canada's east coast fishing is reinforced every September when the Nova Scotia Fisheries Exhibition is held here. Besides the latest developments in shipping there is plenty of entertainment, on and off the water.