Lunenburg
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town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- County
- Lunenburg County
- Natal day
- June 7, 1753
- Incorporated
- October 31, 1888
- Named after
- Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Electoral districts federal
- South Shore—St. Margarets
- Provincial
- Lunenburg
- Body
- Lunenburg Town Council
- Mayor
- Jamie Myra
- Mla
- Susan Corkum-Greek (PC)
- Mp
- Jessica Fancy-Landry (LPC)
- Land
- 4.04 km (1.56 sq mi)
- Total
- 2,396
- Density
- 593/km (1,540/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( AST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−3 (ADT)
- Postal code
- B 0J
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home - Town of Lunenburg
Explore Lunenburg – a UNESCO World Heritage Site, National Historic District, winner of the Communities in Bloom most beautiful small town in Canada, Prettiest Painted Places in Canada, Port City of the Year and Society of American Travel Writers’ awards.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Lunenburg County
- Population
- 2405
- Area
- 33
- Time zone
- Atlantic Time Zone
- Official website
- townoflunenburg.ca
- Image
- Lunenburg Aerial.jpg
- Dialing code
- 902
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- Commons category
- Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
- Commons gallery
- Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
- inception
- 1753-00-00
- different from
- Lunenburg
- date of incorporation
- 1888-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Lunenburg (/ˈluːnənbɜːrɡ/) is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia.
Historically, Lunenburg's economy relied on the offshore fishery, and today it hosts Canada's largest secondary fish-processing plant. The town experienced prosperity in the late 1800s, and many of its architectural gems date back to that era.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lunenburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.