Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

By David Graff, September 12, 2011

Swissair Flight 111 Memorial

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1 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Bayswater — Swissair Flight 111 Memorial — Bayswater —

Near Provincial Road 329, 0.2 kilometers north of Backman Road, on the left when traveling north.

2 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Bridgewater — 12 — Bridges / Les ponts — ***Riverfront Renaissance*** —

On King Street (County Route 331) at the Old Bridge Street bridge over the LaHave River (Nova Scotia Route 3), on the right when traveling north on King Street.

3 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Bridgewater — 6 — The Great Fire 1899 / Le grand incendie de 1899 — ***Riverfront Renaissance*** —

On King Street (Nova Scotia Route 3) at the Old Bridge Street bridge over the LaHave River (Nova Scotia Route 3), on the right when traveling north on King Street.

4 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — “…for those in peril on the sea.” —

On Bluenose Drive close to King Street, on the right when traveling west.

5 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — 1753 Open-Air Protestant Interfaith Church Services —

On Cornwallis Street at Cumberland Street, on the right when traveling north on Cornwallis Street.

6 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Defence of Lunenburg — La défense de Lunenburg —

On Blockhouse Hill Road at Townsend Street, on the left when traveling north on Blockhouse Hill Road.

7 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Finck-Holder House — Registered Heritage Property — Circa 1829 —

On Cornwallis Street at Townsend Street, on the left when traveling north on Cornwallis Street.

8 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — First Peoples — Les Premières nations — Amskwesewaq Mimajuinu’k —

Near Linden Avenue close to Bluenose Drive.

9 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Foreign Protestant Settlement in Lunenburg — L’arrivée des protestants étrangers à Lunenburg —

Near Linden Avenue close to Bluenose Drive.

10 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Foreign Protestants & the Settlement of Lunenburg — La colonisation de Lunenburg par les protestants étrangers. —

On Blockhouse Hill Road at Townsend Street, on the left when traveling north on Blockhouse Hill Road.

11 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Koch-Solomon House —

On Cornwallis Street at Townsend Street, on the right when traveling north on Cornwallis Street.

12 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Lennox Tavern — 1791 —

On Cornwallis Street at Fox Street, on the right when traveling north on Cornwallis Street.

13 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Lunenburg - Home of the Bluenose & Bluenose II — Lunenburg - Port d’attache du Bluenose et du Bluenose II —

On Bluenose Drive close to King Street.

14 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Lunenburg’s Fishing Industry 1870’s - 1940’s — L’industrie de la pêche à Lunenburg de 1870 aux années 1940 —

On Bluenose Drive close to King Street, on the right when traveling west.

15 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Lunenburg’s Fishing Industry Since 1940’s — L’industrie des pêches de Lunenburg depuis les années 1940 —

On Bluenose Drive close to King Street, on the right when traveling west.

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16 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Lunenburg’s Fishing Industry to the 1870’s — L’industrie de la pêche à Lunenburg avant les années 1870 —

On Bluenose Drive close to Cornwallis Street, on the right when traveling west.

17 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Lunenburg’s Shipbuilding Tradition — La tradition de la construction navale à Lunenburg —

On Bluenose Drive close to Hopson Street, on the right when traveling east.

18 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Merligueche —

On Linden Avenue at Bluenose Drive, on the left when traveling west on Linden Avenue.

19 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Old Town Lunenburg Historic District — L’arrondissement Historique du Vieux Lunenburg —

On Bluenose Drive close to Duke Street (pedestrian walkway), on the right when traveling west.

20 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Rum Running — La contrebande de l’alcool —

On Rum Row at Bluenose Drive, on the right when traveling south on Rum Row.

21 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — St. John's Anglican Church / Église Anglicane St. John —

22 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — St. John's Anglican Church / L'église anglicane St. John's —

On Cornwallis Street at Cumberland Street, on the right when traveling north on Cornwallis Street.

23 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — St. John's Parish Hall — formerly Lunenburg Courthouse — 1775 1902 —

On Cornwallis Street at Townsend Street, on the left when traveling north on Cornwallis Street.

24 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — The Early Acadian History of Lunenburg — L’histoire des premiers Acadiens de Lunenburg —

Near Linden Avenue close to Bluenose Drive.

25 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — The Fire / Le Feu —

26 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — The Jessen Bell / La Cloche Jessen —

On Cornwallis Street at Cumberland Street, on the right when traveling north on Cornwallis Street.

27 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — The Labrador Whaler Anderson Bros. —

On Bluenose Drive close to King Street, on the right when traveling west.

28 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — The Sack of Lunenburg — Le Pillage de Lunenburg —

On Blockhouse Hill Road at Townsend Street, on the left when traveling north on Blockhouse Hill Road.

29 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg — Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church / L'eglise lutherienne evangelique de Sion —

On Cornwallis Street at Fox Street, on the left when traveling north on Cornwallis Street.

30 ► Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Mahone Bay — War Memorial — Lest We Forget — Hold High The Torch From Falling Hands We Threw —

On Main Street (Nova Scotia Route 3) at Edgewater Street (Nova Scotia Route 3), in the median on Main Street.