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Old Town Lunenburg, a British colonial model town

Part of the Lunenburg waterfront, Nova Scotia, photographed in 2011. Nova Scotia DGJ 3634 - Lunenburg (5978641343) · Dennis G. Jarvis · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Old Town Lunenburg, on Nova Scotia’s south coast, is the best surviving example of the British colonial policy of founding settlements on a pre-designed “model town” plan, with straight streets and square corners. Of at least 21 North American settlements laid out this way, none survives in such pristine condition; it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.

Scope & context

The town plan and its heritage status, not Lunenburg’s fishing or shipbuilding history.

Sources behind this record

Old Town Lunenburg ↗

Parks Canada (World Heritage Sites in Canada)

Date of Inscription; Justification of outstanding universal value