Lunneberg Nova Scotia

This morning we attended the Annapolis Royal farmer’s market. As with many farmer’s market, there was a beautiful assortment of fresh vegetables. In addition there were fresh baked goods and some unique arts and crafts . Fresh vegetables always taste so yummy and we did buy a few.

Later, we drove to Lunneberg, Nova Scotia. This quaint fishing village is on the Atlantic Ocean (as opposed to The Bay of Fundy where we were before). Lunneberg was formally established in 1753 as the first British Colonial settlement in Nova Scotia outside Halifax. Settlers here were from Germany, France and Switzerland. Farming, fishing and ship building were the basis of the economy during the last 2 centuries. Although ships are no longer built here, fishing and farming remain important to Lunnenberg’s economy today.

We went to the Atlantic Fisheries Museum. This large museum tells of the history of the area and how the fishing industry worked in years past. The cod fishery, located off the Grand Banks, provided most of the work. Prior to the huge modern fishing trawlers, fisherman worked in small dories to catch fish. A number of dories were transported on large ships out to the fishing grounds. Two men fished in the small dory until they were full and then they went back to the big ship. This is a photo of a dory on the larger ship. What miserably hard work!

The museum also had an aquarium which displayed many of the species commonly caught in the area. They also had a tank with lots of large-no huge—lobsters. They also had this guy in a case. He used to be a resident of the aquarium before he died. He was caught off Georges Bank and weighed 25 pounds. The record lobster caught off Nova Scotia was 44 pounds in weight. Those would be some enormous critters!



The other thing the museum is famous for is that it is home port to the BlueNose II. The BlueNose II is an exact replica of the BlueNose. This schooner, pictured on the Canadian dime, was known as the Queen of the North Atlantic in the 1920’s. Jim is scheduled to sail on the BlueNoseII next week so look then for photos.

The last “fun” thing we did today is to fill up the jeep with gas. Why was this “fun”? Well, it was the first fuel we had bought in Canada for the Jeep (we have taken tours and ridden with other people and driven short distances). That tank of fuel was $75.00!! Ouch!!