This morning I had left Yarmouth, and after a minor accident with my rental car, I had explored the Lighthouse Trail and generated a stop in the historic Loyalist town of Shelburne. By about 4 pm I still had quite a drive left to Lunenburg, and I wanted to be sure I would get into town before 6:30 so I would still have a few daylight left for my first impressions of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
From Shelburne I went straight east on Highway 103. Had I had more time I would have explored the coastal peninsula south of Shelburne which characteristic small villages such as Sandy Point, Jordan Bay and Jordan Ferry. On the other side of Jordan Bay, a long inlet, I continued past East Jordon on to Sable River. Lockeport, a little village on the waterfront, dates back to the 1760s.
The Seaside Adjunct of the Kejimkujik National Park used to provide pasture land for sheep and cattle. a few families actually lived on the land all year while others brought their cattle to summer pasture here. Overgrown rock foundations, old clearings, broken fences and cattle trails stay from that era.
The Kejimkujik Scenic Drive a little additionally east is a radical connector between Liverpool and Annapolis Royal on Novascotia’s northwestern shore and characteristic a drive right by means of Kejimkujik Park.
Port Mouton, a small town positioned inlands just off Summerville Beach is actually named after a sheep that decreased overboard in 1604 from Samuel de Champlain’s ship. This entire area characteristic many scenic islands and beaches. The town of Summerville was founded in 1784 by Captain John Grant, a United Empire Loyalist, and was one of the radical shipbuilding centers in the ground. Just south of Summerville Centre on the coast is Summerville Beach Provincial Park whose spotlights include a white sand beach with sand dunes. The park is wheelchair accessible and characteristic picnic areas, washrooms and changerooms.
Liverpool additionally east was founded in 1759 and is steeped in history. It was a center of the privateering ground between 1749 and 1812, when privateers (licensed pirates) were accepted to seize enemy ships and worthful cargo. Liverpool characteristic seven museums this includes the Sherman Hines Museum of Photography, the major museum of its kind east of Montreal.
Medway Harbor is punctuated by a number of attractive attractions: the Port Medway Lighthouse Park characteristic interpretive panels that depict the wealthy maritime history of this ground. The lighthouse was built in 1899 and was decommissioned in 1987. a few of the other lighthouses along this stretch of shoreline include Coffin Island, Medway Head, Spectacle Island and Western Head.
Several radical beaches could be found along this southern stretch of Nova Scotia: from Summerville Beach and White Point Beach west of Liverpool, to Rissers Beach and Crescent Beach, located roughly the mouth of the La Have River. This beach is the most famous one in the ground and even used to be featured on the Can$50 invoice. Crescent Beach also characteristic the Lost at Sea Quilt, designed by famed Canadian fabric artist Laurie Swim. It pays tribute to seventeen fishermen who lost their lives in one storm, which left a devastating affect on this community. One example that fishing is one of the most adverse occupations on the planet.
I then stopped off at the La Have River Lighthouse which was actually relocated to this location from another place. And then 5 minutes later I got prepared to cross the La Have River on the vehicle ferry so I would not have to drive all the way up to Upper La Have and come down again on the east side of the river. It took about 5 minutes and also $5 to cross the river. Lunenburg wasn’t far any more and I was on the residence stretch now.
Finally, just as it was getting dark, I arrived in Lunenburg. I came over the best of a hill and saw the town spread out in front of me. many main streets run east and west parallel to the shoreline with a couple of fairly steep north-south streets providing connectors. To get the lay of the land, I drove by means of all the radical streets and got a good guidance of this unique town, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for being the absolute example of a planned British colonial settlement in North America.
Lunenburg was officially established in 1753 as the First British Colonial settlement in Nova Scotia outside Halifax. The original inhabitants of Lunenburg were “Foreign Protestants”, immigrants from Germany, Swiss and France which came to North America at the same time as Pennsylvania Dutch. The economy was principally based on farming, fishing, ship-building and ocean-based commerce. numerous of the descendants of these original settlers still live in town.
Today’s main industry is tourism and I could see a wide variety of restaurants, B&Bs and inns prepared to serve tourists in require. On the highest elevation of town, on Gallow’s Hill, I saw a stunning building: the Lunenburg Academy, still an elementary school, teaching children from grade 1 to 5. In town, and one of the squares in town characteristic St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg’s most famous church.
After a markedly brief intro to the town as a final point i checked into my abode for the night: the Lunenburg Inn where I was welcome by proprietary Don Wallace. Since I had had nothing to consume since breakfast this morning at the MacKinnon-Cann Inn in Yarmouth, my belly was completely growling, and I was notably exhausted. It had been a markedly long day and I was ready for a cool relaxing dinner. gratefully, the Lunenburg Inn had provided a basket of home-made cookies for the guest, a candy treat I couldn’t resist.
Don was so kind as to give me a couple of dining recommendations in town and provided me with a couple of menus from loads of local establishments. I opted to head down to the Rumrunner Inn right along the waterfront and left my vehicle in the parking lot. About 5 minutes later I had arrived at my destination and settled in for a satisfying meal. After a delicious house salad I continued with completely scrumptious Linguine A La Gorgonzola which convinced my overwhelming craving for carbs. But Nova Scotia is needless to say the domain of the seafood eaters and all the restaurants in this ground feature vast seafood menus. The Rumrunner Inn, for example, offers a Lobster Bisque Napoleon, a Lobster Dinner with rice and fresh veggies, Surf and Turf this includes a sirloin steak and a Lobster Thermidor, featuring chunks of lobster in a creamy sauce with mushrooms and a touch of cognac. Nova Scotia is a paradise for seafood lovers, and numerous travelers pay for entire boxes of Nova Scotia lobster throughout their vacations.
After a markedly satisfying meal I dragged my tired body back to my cozy room the Lunenburg Inn, downloaded my photos and lessened into the comfortable bed such as a bag of potatoes. It had been a undoubtedly eventful day and tomorrow I would get a better opportunity to get to know this scenic town of Lunenburg before headline over to Halifax via Peggy’s Cove.