Lunenburg NS Nova Scotia Canada
Canada

26 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Azamara Club Cruises (10 Cruises)

Ponant (6 Cruises)

Scenic Cruises (8 Cruises)

Viking Ocean Cruises (2 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

Ships anchor in the bay and land passengers by tender right on the waterfront, steps from the shipyards and museums. The approach from the water is worth the trip on its own.
Entirely. Old Town Lunenburg follows a grid laid out by British surveyors in the 18th century: climbing Montague Street then dropping back through the cross lanes covers three centuries of architecture in an hour's walk.
For its intact colonial town plan and its period wooden houses. Founded in 1753, it is one of the few North American urban ensembles on the World Heritage list.
The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic on the waterfront, the climb through the coloured streets to St. John's Church, and the Bluenose II berth when the schooner is in port. A lobster counter rounds off the day.
This is her home port, but the schooner sails: she is not always alongside. When she is, visitors are welcome and her crew will happily talk rigging. Built here in 1963 to the original plans, she appears on the Canadian dime.
An overhanging dormer above the front door, the town's architectural signature. Protestant settlers from Germany, Switzerland and France built wooden houses here, many of which survive with this feature.
The story of cod, dories and the Newfoundland banks, in former fish processing buildings painted bright red. Aquariums, boatbuilding workshops and former fishermen turned guides; the vessels tied up at the museum wharf can be toured from hold to wheelhouse.
A lobster roll in its buttered grilled bun, seared scallops, or spiced rum distilled in town. Several places on Montague Street and the wharves post where the catch came from, landed metres from the tables.
The Lunenburg Academy, the imposing Victorian school building above town, for the view over the coloured roofs and the bay. The waterfront trail towards the golf course gives the other great panorama, from across the harbour.
Only on a long enough call: allow for the drive both ways. The nearby fishing villages are a quicker alternative when time is short.