Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
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| State Party |  Canada |
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| Type | Cultural | |
| Criteria | iv, v | |
| Identification | #741 | |
| Region2 | Europe and North America | |
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| Formal Inscription: | 1995 19th WH Committee Session |
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| WH link: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/741 | |
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Lunenburg (2006 population: 2,317) is a Canadian port town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
Situated on the province's South Shore, Lunenburg is located on a peninsula at the western side of Mahone Bay. The town is approximately 90 kilometres southwest of the county boundary with the Halifax Regional Municipality.
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[edit] History
Lunenburg was founded in 1753 and was named in honour of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, (George II), who was also the Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg.
At one time an important seaport and shipbuilding centre, the town is now home to numerous small businesses, high-tech industries and trade plants including High Liner Foods, which was at one point the largest fish plant in Canada. This plant now handles little more than manufacturing and most fishing is done offshore.
The critically-acclaimed power pop/rock trio Air Traffic Control has its independent recording studio located in the town.
[edit] People and Culture
Lunenburg is the birthplace of the world famous schooner Bluenose and her daughter Bluenose II which remains an important tourist attraction in the town, her home port. Tourism is now Lunenburg's most important industry and many thousands visit the town each year. A number of restaurants, inns, hotels and shops exist to service the tourist trade including the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic.
The original inhabitants of Lunenburg (mostly Germans from the southern Rhineland, Swiss and French protestants from Montbeliard) came during the same wave of immigration that produced the Pennsylvania Dutch. They were "Foreign Protestants" encouraged by the British to settle in the area. Many of the original families and descendants still inhabit and influence the development of the town today.
[edit] World Heritage Site
The historic town was designated a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in 1995.
This designation ensures protection for much of Lunenburg's unique architecture and civic design, being the best example of planned British colonial settlement in North America.
Lunenburg County is named after the town.
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[edit] External links
- Town of Lunenburg
- World Heritage site
- Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
- Lunenburg in Pennsylvania Dutch
- Photographs of the Montbeliard monument, Lunenburg
- A Short History of St. John's Anglican Church
[edit] References
- Basil Brownless: The Story of Lunenburg's Most Historic Church: The 250-year history of St. John's Angllican Church. Lunenburg, 2003.
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