Day 65: Lunenburg, NS

July 1, 2017

We spent the day sightseeing in Lunenburg. We visited the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic and then walked around town. Lunenburg is very picturesque but very hilly. There is a self-guided walking tour that has historical markers with information about the town's history that we found very interesting. Lunenburg is also designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Town because of it's importance to Atlantic Canada's fishing history.

Our hotel, the Rum Runner Inn, from the waterfront

The museum has an aquarium section with the expected north Atlantic fish and also this guy. I should have written down his name, but I didn't. I'll just call him "the ugliest fish I've ever seen".

The exhibits included two retired fishing vessels. One was the Cape Sable, a trawler which was used until 1982. The guide on board was a recently retired commercial fishing captain who had spent 54 years at sea. He was the perfect person to tell us about life and work on a fishing boat.

There are many things we would not like about working on a fishing boat. This room contains berths for a dozen men. Showers were allowed every 4-5 days.

We got a treat at the museum - free birthday cake for Canada - Happy 150th!

Jeanna celebrating Canada Day at the Fisheries Museum

After the museum, we walked around Lunenburg. Kerry chose this route. We had to go through a gate, but we made it. Since it is a holiday, no one was working,

Kerry insisted we walk straight here. We made it through.

At the Ironworks Distillery, we got to help Canada celebrate with a Canada cocktail sample. It was sparkling wine, either cranberry or strawberry liqueur, a frozen piece of the same fruit and a mint leaf. They were very good. We like the cranberry best. Too bad carrying bottles of liqueur doesn't work with cycle touring.

Walking along the waterfront, we went out on the "Railway Wharf" - it's easy to see where it got it's name.

This was called the Railway Wharf. You can see where the tracks were.

The Maude Adams is an active factory freezer scallop trawler.

We finished our walk about 5:00. It was a good day with memorable experience and nice people, but another day without a single ray of sunshine. I thought how really beautiful this scene would be with the sunlight glinting off the water!

Sailboats anchored at Lunenburg under a very gray sky

The forecast is for more rain tomorrow, but a decreasing chance in the afternoon, so we'll see how lucky we get, We have a 44 mile ride to the little community of Boutiliers Point, just south of Halifax.

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