Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Facts for Kids

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Aerial photo of Lunenburg
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Location in Nova Scotia
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Lunenburg
Founded	1753
Incorporated	October 31, 1888
Electoral Districts Federal	South Shore—St. Margarets
Provincial	Lunenburg
Government
• Body	Lunenburg Town Council
Area (2016)
• Land	4.04 km² (1.56 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	2,263
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−3 (ADT)
Postal code	B0J
Area code(s)	902 & 782
Highways	Trunk 3 Route 332 Route 334
Website	Town of Lunenburg
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Old Town Lunenburg
Type:	Cultural
Criteria:	iv, v
Designated:	1995 (19th session)
Reference #:	741
State Party:	Canada
Region:	Europe and North America
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name: Old Town Lunenburg Historic District National Historic Site of Canada
Designated:	1991
Nova Scotia Heritage Property Act
Type:	Heritage Conservation District
Designated:	2000

Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Images for kids

Colourful storefronts and signs lure tourists for visits
St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg – built during the war (1754-1763)
Raid on Lunenburg (1756) by Donald A. Mackay
Raid on Lunenburg (1782) by A. J. Wright
Lunenburg as seen from Common Range in the 1880s
Memorial to fishermen along Bluenose Drive. Unveiled on August 25, 1996.
Lunenburg's World War I memorial
Town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia looking across Lunenburg Harbour from the Bluenose Golf course
Lunenburg Harbour
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
Lunenburg Boat Yards
Bluenose II in Lunenburg
View of Waterfront
Lunenburg Academy
Knaut-Rhuland House Museum
Lunenburg House
Zion Lutheran Church
Tourists enjoy a carriage ride through the historic district of Lunenburg. The landscape is dominated by rolling drumlins—a consistent feature of the region.