Lunenburg and Laundry

June 2nd, 2007
Today was our "research-free" day. It dawned cool and foggy, and we were a bit hesistant about the weather, but the fog cleared right around noon and it turned into a bright and sunny day. We set off for Lunenburg, a World Heritage Site village on the South-East coast of Nova Scotia. It was beautiful - full of bright red buildings and intricately painted houses. We spend most of our afternoon at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic (Alice got a chance to imagine life as a lobster and check out the various parts of a schooner).

The big red building on the bottom left of this picture is the museum as viewed from across the harbor. You can see the village of Lunenburg beside it and up on the hill behind it.

The three story museum had information about all aspects of fishing in the Grand Banks (off of Newfoundland) and the inshore fisheries (defined as within 5 miles of shore). They even had an aquarium and two fishing boats docked outside. One was a schooner, that fished using dories (small wooden row boats) and the other was a trawler, that dragged a huge net behind it. Here is a photo of the impressive bow of the trawler (left photo) and the deck of the schooner.

We didn't have too much time in Lunenburg as we had to hurry back to Bridgewater so folks could do laundry. Alice and I checked out the Frenchy's - a Canadian used-clothing store that I had heard lots about - definitely well worth the visit!

Off to the airport (for me) tomorrow!