A full day in Lunenburg. Just walked around to get some pictures of the buildings and a little shopping before the rain. Lives up to its reputation as a UNESCO historical site. Town was laid out by the British and I think 80% of houses, etc are wooden. Did not rain, actually the sun came out. Very expensive tourist stuff so nothing bought except did get Jack some Cuban cigars. Don’t tell. Had a great lunch in the restaurant that is in the Fisheries Museum. Unexpected surprise. I had a sampler of local stuff – maple smoked salmon, mackerel, and solomon gundy (herring). Yummy.
Learned a lot about in shore fishing with nets and traps and rum running which I think is where the real money was made during prohibition. Cod of course was the thing until it ran out. Also the Bluenose was from here. It is a famous schooner that is on the Canadian dime. Won a lot of races when it wasn’t used for fishing. People here are called Bluenoses because the coats that the shipping captains wore were blue wool that faded when they wiped their dripping noses on their sleeves leaving them with – yes, you got it – blue noses. They were called that around the world.
Spent a lot of time in this museum then left to go about 7 miles to the Caves and Canard Beach where gold was discovered in 1861. Had a gold rush here too that lasted 6 years. Right on the ocean. Paid too much for the site but worth the view for one night. I collected stones from the beach that Jack and I are going to use for a surprise for everyone. I will add pictures to the blog when we get to free wifi along the way. Jack got on line in town but I didn’t have the pictures ready then.
Learned a lot about in shore fishing with nets and traps and rum running which I think is where the real money was made during prohibition. Cod of course was the thing until it ran out. Also the Bluenose was from here. It is a famous schooner that is on the Canadian dime. Won a lot of races when it wasn’t used for fishing. People here are called Bluenoses because the coats that the shipping captains wore were blue wool that faded when they wiped their dripping noses on their sleeves leaving them with – yes, you got it – blue noses. They were called that around the world.
Spent a lot of time in this museum then left to go about 7 miles to the Caves and Canard Beach where gold was discovered in 1861. Had a gold rush here too that lasted 6 years. Right on the ocean. Paid too much for the site but worth the view for one night. I collected stones from the beach that Jack and I are going to use for a surprise for everyone. I will add pictures to the blog when we get to free wifi along the way. Jack got on line in town but I didn’t have the pictures ready then.
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