Second Peninsula

Second Peninsula is a village in Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Second Peninsula is situated nearby to the village Heckmans Island, as well as near First Peninsula.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lunenburg Opera House and Lunenburg Town Hall.

Lunenburg Opera House

Theater building

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The Lunenburg Opera House is a building within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1907, the land needed to build the Opera House was purchased by the Rising Sun Lodge of the International Order of Odd Fellows from C. Lunenburg Opera House is situated 3½ km southwest of Second Peninsula.

Lunenburg Town Hall

Town hall

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Lunenburg Town Hall is situated 3½ km southwest of Second Peninsula.

Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

Museum

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The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic is a museum in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, operating seasonally from mid-May through mid-October. The museum commemorates the fishing heritage of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic is situated 4 km southwest of Second Peninsula.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lunenburg and Mahone Bay.

Lunenburg

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Lunenburg is a small fishing town in Nova Scotia that was established in 1753. Its Old Town is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. UNESCO considers the site the best example of planned British colonial settlement in North America, as it retains its original layout and appearance of the 1800s, including local wooden vernacular architecture.

Mahone Bay

Photo: Edgar El, CC BY 3.0.

Mahone Bay is a village of 1,000 people along the South Shore of Nova Scotia in Lunenburg County. Situated on the northwest shore of its namesake bay, it is a long-standing picturesque tourist destination.

Second Peninsula

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

44.40294° or 44° 24′ 11″ north

Longitude

-64.28109° or 64° 16′ 52″ west

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Open location code

87PQCP39+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6219839687

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

6143549

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