Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Charmaine Porter Exhibition
April 29 - May 24, 2008

New Watercolours by Tom Ward at Peer Gallery
May 17 - 27, 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

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Municipality of the District of Lunenburg

A Brief History of Lunenburg

In 1749 handbills were posted throughout Europe encouraging emigration to the New World, and over 2,700 "Foreign Protestants" responded to the offer and emigrated to Nova Scotia. Most came from the Upper Rhine area of present-day Germany, from the French and German-speaking Swiss cantons and from the French-speaking principality of Montbeliard. They arrived in Halifax and remained there under British protection, working on the fortifications in order to pay off the cost of their passage.