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Explore Lunenburg...Festivals & EventsCharmaine Porter ExhibitionApril 29 - May 24, 2008 Chowder and Chili Supper May 9 - 10, 2008 Visitor Information Centre and Campground Opening May 20, 2008 Music for a Sunday Afternoon May 25, 2008 Art Gallery Members Show May 27, 2008 View Full Calendar Add New Event
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The original Bluenose was designed by William Roué and built by the Smith and Rhuland Shipyard in Lunenburg. She was launched at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on March 26, 1921, as both a working fishing schooner and a racing ship. This was in response to a Nova Scotian ship's defeat in the International Fishermen's Race for working schooners established by the Halifax Herald newspaper in 1920. 
The breath-taking Lunenburg waterfront is the home of the world-class Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. The Museum commemorates the fishing heritage of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Housed in brightly painted red buildings, with floating vessels at wharfside, the Museum offers a host of attractions, a maritime gift shop and restaurant.
On August 25, 1996, The Fishermens' Memorial was unveiled in Lunenburg. It is located on the waterfront between Adams and Knickle and the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. The monument shaped as a compass rose, comprises eight three-sided columns at each compass point. Inscribed on these black granite columns are the names of mariners, primarily fishermen from Lunenburg County who lost their lives at sea from 1890 until the present. 
Built in 1894 –1895, the Lunenburg Academy is a rare surviving example of Nova Scotia's 19th Century Academy system of secondary education and represents the short and final "golden age" of Academy construction in the Province. Its combination of scale, design and function and the intricacy of detail in its wooden construction, make it unique among comparable educational buildings in Canada.
Faith has sustained generation after generation of Lunenburgers. From the time when services were first held in the open-air by itinerant missionaries to the resurrection of the beloved Anglican church from the ashes of a devasting fire in 2001, Lunenburg has long given priority to her sanctuaries for worship and gathering in faith. The stories of Lunenburg’s church buildings and communities of faith are remarkable.
To the Acadians, it was Mirligueche. To the English, it became Lunenburg in honour of King George II, Duke of Brunschweig-Lunenburg. To the United Nations, it is a heritage treasure unlike any other. To citizens and their visitors, it remains a fascinating blend of history and real life, a living monument to what was, and what will be.