Lunenburg - Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, in a former fish factory on the waterfront at Duke Street, is well worth a visit.

Spread over three floors, it also has an aquarium, souvenir shop and restaurant, and tells the history of sailing and fishing along eastern Canada's coasts, enlivened by old prints, photographs, illustrations of fishing methods and equipment old and new, audiovisuals, etc. to make a visit here a memorable experience.

The museum's star attractions, moored in the port, are the "Cape Sable" trawler, and the "Theresa E. Connor", a 1938 schooner, where the museum staff vividly demonstrate the traditional methods of cod fishing and what life was like on board.

During the summer months there are harbor trips, starting from Lunenburg Harbour.