Bluenose II relaunch Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
This is a waterside video taken from a Lunenburg and District Fire Department rescue boat. The ship being launched is the iconic Canadian schooner, Bluenose II. She is the sailing ambassador for this beautiful Town, her people, the Province of Nova Scotia and Canada. So fabled is the original Bluenose, launched in 1921, that its image graces the Canadian dime.
Fame came to the original Bluenose when she out-raced the schooners from the New England States. Capt. Angus Walters, the revered sailor who could find the best in every inch of sail, was known to be a canny racer who drew on years of experience of his own and his hand-picked crew.
Come to Lunenburg the home port of the Bluenose. See if she is in port and enjoy this Town, her people and the magical place we love and call home.Visit the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic to see detailed records of the sailing past and the history which gave birth to the fishing fleet from which Bluenose came.
The Bluenose II Experience
This is a video to show what it's like to go on a cruise on the famous Canadian schooner The Bluenose II. Bluenose II is certainly a true Canadian Icon, the majestic image of the Bluenose has adorned the Canadian dime since 1937 and three postage stamps, as well as the Nova Scotia license plate. The legacy and admiration for the mighty schooner lives on in the hearts and minds of Canadians — especially Nova Scotians. She is a true Beauty !! I am very happy to have experienced the cruise, this is one item DONE on my bucket list !!! I recommend it to everyone. The Captain and the Crew are very nice, they were very kind and took the time to answer all of our questions with a big smile on their face, you can tell how proud they are to work on that vessel. The Bluenose II can be found at her home port in Lunenburg Nova-Scotia and travels to other ports in Nova-Scotia where she offers cruises, deck visits and even deck hand for a day experience to the public.
Bluenose Song next to The Bluenose II in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Coastal Sound Children's Choir (Metro Vancouver) join Annapolis Valley Junior Honour Choir (Nova Scotia) in this SEVEC exchange program where youth share their Canadian culture and history through choral singing.
Bluenose 2, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
On Friday 21st September 2007, we went on a trip on the Bluenose 2. It left from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Thanks to the English language department at Acadia University.
The English language students go on trips to places in Nova Scotia as part of their course. We got to go with them on this trip.
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Bluenose II Relaunch Celebration 2012
Hosted by Lunenburg's own Tom Gallant, the show's headliners include Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea, Lennie Gallant and Matt Mays. Other performers include John Gracie, Catherine McKinnon, Chad Hatcher, Anne Ludlow, Samantha Gracie and the Bridgewater Fire Department Band. Finally, Michael Stanbury will perform The Bluenose Song; a piece he originally wrote and performed for the vessel's launch in 1963.
Bluenose II, Nova Scotia, Canada
Get up close to the schooner famously seen on the back of the Canadian dime. Visit the Bluenose II, Nova Scotia’s sailing ambassador, while she is in port on your trip to Nova Scotia.
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BLUENOSE II - Rare below deck tour!
As part of our 150 day road trip across Canada, it was only natural to take a peak inside the Canadian icon of the Bluenose II. We were lucky enough to be given a private tour with the captain and go below deck to see the inner workings of this iconic vessel that is found pictured on our currency.
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Aboard the Bluenose II in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Bluenose II Capt. Phil Watson talks about the history of this famed Canadian schooner in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Bluenose II Relaunch & Tow
Final launch of the Bluenose II in Lunenburg, NS on September 6th, 2013.
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Bluenose II Atlantic Museum fisheries Canada Devyn Kaizer Lunenburg
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Every Canadian knows what you are talking about when you say Bluenose. It is a piece of our history, and it has become iconic thanks to its legendary abilities on the water, earning the name, the Queen of the North Atlantic.
Built in 1921, it would become one of the greatest racing ships in the world and an important symbol of Canada for the next 20 years. Taking its name from the term used to describe Nova Scotians in the 18th century, it was designed to both fish and race. The purpose was to compete with American schooners and the ship was made with Nova Scotian pine, spruce, birch and oak. The masts were created from Oregon pine. Victor Cavendish, governor general of Canada, would drive the golden spike that would mark the completion of the ship’s construction.
Officially launched on March 26, 1921 it was christened by Audrey Smith, who was the daughter of shipbuilder Richard Smith.
Performing her first sea trials out of Lunenburg in April, the ship began fishing for the first time on April 15.
When the fishing season ended, the Bluenose began racing, and what a racer it was. She would take part in the 1921 International Fishermen’s Trophy race off Halifax in early October. She defeated the American challenger, the Henry S. Ford, and captured the trophy.
In 1923, Bluenose would take on Columbia, a ship that had been designed to defeat Bluenose. Held in Halifax, new rules were put in place that prevented ships from passing marker buoys to landward. While Bluenose won the first race, the ship broke the new rule in the second race and lost. After a great deal of debate and protest, it was decided that the vessels would tie and share the prize. The race would be gone for the next eight years due to anger over these events.
For the next several years, several Canadian and American businessmen would have ships designed to beat Bluenose, but Bluenose would continue to defeat them, often winning very easily against its competitors.
By the 1930s, Bluenose stopped fishing as its style had become obsolete due to motor schooners and trawlers. At this point, the ship would spend much of its time being an ambassador for Canada. In 1933, it was invited to the World’s Fair in Chicago. Two years later, it sailed to Plymouth to be part of the Silver Jubilee of King George V. In 1936, the ship returned to fishing thanks to diesel engines that had been installed.
In 1937, Bluenose was challenged to a race by the American schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud in a best-of-five series of races for the International Fisherman’s Trophy. The race would start on Oct. 9, 1938, with the ships splitting the first two races. Bluenose then won the third race by a larger margin than the second race. She would lose the fourth race. With the fifth and deciding race, Bluenose would win. The race would be the last one of the fishing schooners of the North Atlantic.
With the outbreak of the Second World War, the vessel was sold to the West Indies Trading Company in 1942 and was stripped of its masts and rigging. Made a coastal freighter in the Caribbean Sea, she would meet her end on Jan. 28, 1946 when she struck a reef and broke apart.
While the vessel is gone, it still lives on in the 1963 replica called Bluenose II that was built to similar specifications of the original Bluenose, and it used to teach students about the sea and to serve as an ambassador for Nova Scotia.
The Bluenose has been featured on several stamps including the 50-cent issue from 1929, the 60-cent stamp from 1982 and the 37-cent stamp from 1988. Bluenose also appears on the Nova Scotia licence plate, and in 1937 it was put on the Canadian dime. Angus Walters, captain of the Bluenose, was included in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1955 along with Bluenose. Bluenose was the first non-human inductee into the museum. A passenger-vehicle ferry was also named the MV Bluenose.
Bluenose II Relaunch
The relaunch of Bluenose II, September 29th, 2012 on the Lunenburg waterfront.
The Bluenose II On The Lunenburg Waterfront
Lunenburg NS | The Bluenose II | Ironworks Distillery
A short visit to Lunenburg after hiking at Kejimkujik National Park Seaside. We had a great lunch at the Grand Banker, saw the Bluenose II and stocked up on Bluenose Black Rum from Ironworks Distillery!
She's Back - Bluenose II
The Bluenose II is back! A symbol of Nova Scotia and Canadian pride for generations, she's returning to our Atlantic waters on September 29th.
Bluenose 2 - Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, July 19, 2015
The schooner, Bluenose 2, making the second of 2 public cruises on July 19, 2015. The first since its extensive restoration....What fun! Shot on a SONY RX100 and edited in Premiere Elements and uploaded as a 1920x1080 mpg.
2003 LUNENBURG NOVA SCOTIA, BLUENOSE CANADA
FROM WHEELCHAIR NOMAD DIARY... 2003 CC We drove eleven kilometres to Lunenburg, a town founded in the 1753 as a planned British colonial settlement, with some churches and buildings dating back to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Protestant dissidents from France and Germany were encouraged to migrate there to bolster numbers. Today, tourism, shipbuilding and fishing are the major industries. Some buildings were older and less spruced up than Mahone Bay, but the housing designs were even wilder, totally fascinating even to the untrained eye. Like Mahone Bay carpenters and painters were at work everywhere, preparing for tourist season. It was now 8.00 pm so we searched for accommodation. In Lunenburg we stopped at the $75.00 Wheelhouse Motel. On the way we chatted with a family from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The dad told us, We saw a TV programme on the tall ships of the world. My wife has signed on to crew on the Pictou Castle, three months for $66,000.00, which sails the world. Its here in dry dock now after an eighteen month around the world sail. She will assist preparing the vessel now by painting, will be trained in the sailing skills shell need, and then will join the ship at the Vanuatu and sail for Rarotonga near Hawaii. Wow, what an exciting holiday, I said.
Bluenose II Relaunch Timelapse - Lunenburg, NS - 2012-09-29.mp4
Bluenose II Relaunch Timelapse - Lunenburg, NS - 2012-09-29.mp4