Return to Lunenburg

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia is a World Heritage Site and although we visited last year we couldn’t come down this coast and not visit again.

Everything above the harbor is a hill.

The campground sits on the top or side of a hill between the back bay…

and the harbor.

This year we did try to do some new things. We played disc golf in this pretty park nearby.

We drove east out to this extremely narrow road past Blue Rocks.

We tried the Blue Rocks Common hiking trail.

It led across those blue rocks…

which were in places quite striking.

It had some pretty views.

We went as far as Matey would go.

But the real attraction here remains the town itself.

It’s lovely old houses, many with “bump out” rooms above the doors.

The way everything has to fit on the hills.

Come on in, if you don’t mind the climb. The stairs are just off to the left.

The central square lends itself to vistas,

but not to lawn bowling.

On the opposite hill from the campground sits the Lunenburg Academy. It is now the campus for a private English academy, a Music academy and a private primary school, but for many years it was the K-12 school for the town.

It got too expensive to maintain, you can imagine why.

House painters have plenty of work here.

We walked the pretty hills…

and back paths…

and eventually came back to the harbor.

It’s a busy place…

and the heart of this unique and beautiful town.