Location: Lunenburg in Canada
Nearest Airport:
Robert Stanfield Halifax International Airport at 120
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Nearest Ferry:
Yarmouth at 200
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Nearest Train:
Halifax at 100
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Nearest Motorway:
Lighthouse Route at 1
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 1.0
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Car: recommended
Tall Ships 2009 International gathering of world class Tall ships July 16 to 29 2009, in Halifax and visiting Lunenburg! Lunenburg is the best surviving example of a planned British colonial settlement in North America. Established in 1753, it has retained its original layout and overall appearance, based on a rectangular grid pattern drawn up in the home country. The inhabitants have managed to safeguard the city's identity throughout the centuries by preserving the wooden architecture of the houses some of which date from the 18th century. There are some 400 major buildings within the old town, 70 percent of them from the 18th and 19th centuries, almost all of them wood, and many colourfully painted.