The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Bay facing side of the three-story museum opened in 1967 in building constructed in 1876. The bright red building on the Lunenburg waterfront was formerly a fish processing plant.
The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Bay facing side of the three-story museum opened in 1967 in building constructed in 1876. The bright red building on the Lunenburg waterfront was formerly a fish processing plant. Lunenburg, pop. 2,000+, is 100Km (62miles) Southwest on the Canadian Atlantic Coast from the Provincial capital, Halifax. The historic town, one of two urban communities in North America designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site, was founded in 1753 and named after the Duke of Braunschweig-Luneburg who later became King George II of Great Britain. The Museum pays tribute to the areas fishing heritage and is open seasonally from May through October.
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Location: 68 Bluenose Drive, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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