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The Best Attractions In Nova Scotia South Shore

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Southern Nova Scotia or the South Shore is a region of Nova Scotia, Canada. The area has no formal identity and is variously defined by geographic, county and other political boundaries. Statistics Canada, defines Southern Nova Scotia as an economic region, composed of Lunenburg County, Queens County, Shelburne County, Yarmouth County, and Digby County. According to Statistics Canada, the region had the highest decrease of population in Canada from 2009 to 2010, with a -10.2% growth rate per thousand. The region also has the second highest median age in Canada at 47.1 years old.
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The Best Attractions In Nova Scotia South Shore

  • 1. Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic Lunenburg
    The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic operates seasonally from mid May through mid October and is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic commemorates the fishing heritage of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Housed in brightly painted red buildings, with floating vessels at wharfside, the Museum offers a host of attractions, a maritime gift shop and restaurant. Retired fishermen and experienced Heritage Interpreters accentuate the experience of visiting the Museum. Entertaining activities and demonstrations take place daily throughout mid-May to mid-October . The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic is operated by the volunteer Board of Directors of the Lunenburg Marine Museum Society, for the Nova Scotia Museum.
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  • 2. St. John's Anglican Church Lunenburg
    St. John's Anglican Church was the first church established in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada . It was the second Church of England built in Nova Scotia, and was the second oldest remaining Protestant church in present-day Canada until Halloween night, 2001, when St. John's church was destroyed by fire. it has since been rebuilt. The congregation was mainly Lutheran Germans. The first missionary was sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel was the Rev. Jean-Baptiste Moreau . Dettlieb Christopher Jessen donated a church bell that is displayed on the church grounds. Jessen also donated the silver Chalice to the church . Bells in the tower were given by Lt. Col. Charles Edwin Kaulbach . Rev. Roger Aitken established the rectory for the church on Townsend Street .
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  • 3. Bluenose II Lunenburg
    Bluenose was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Nova Scotia, Canada. A celebrated racing ship and fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus Walters became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, serving as a working vessel until she was wrecked in 1946. Nicknamed the Queen of the North Atlantic, she was later commemorated by a replica, Bluenose II, built in 1963. The name Bluenose originated as a nickname for Nova Scotians from as early as the late 18th century.
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  • 6. Black Loyalist Heritage Centre Shelburne
    Black Nova Scotians are Black Canadians whose ancestors primarily date back to the Colonial United States as slaves or freemen, and later arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada during the 18th and early 19th centuries. As of the 2016 Census of Canada, 21,915 black people live in Nova Scotia, most in Halifax. Since the 1950s, numerous Black Nova Scotians have migrated to Toronto, Ontario, for its larger range of opportunities. Before the immigration reforms of the 1960s, Black Nova Scotians formed 37% of the total Black Canadian population.The first black person in Nova Scotia, Mathieu Da Costa was recorded among the founders of Port Royal in 1604. West Africans were brought as slaves both in early British and French Colonies in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Many came as slaves, primarily from the F...
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  • 7. Laurie Swim Gallery Lunenburg
    Laurie Swim, BFA, is a Canadian visual artist, best known for her quilt art. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the New York Museum of Arts and Design, the Nova Scotia Art Bank, the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, the Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, and in private collections. She won the Portia White Prize in 2013.
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  • 11. Shelburne Museum Complex Shelburne
    Shelburne is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is home to the Bowers Meadows Wilderness Area.
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  • 14. The Teazer Mahone Bay
    Timeline of the War of 1812 is a chronology of events for the War of 1812.
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