Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Lunenburg County is a historical county and census division on the South Shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Major settlements include Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay. Named in honour of the British king who was also the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, it was established in 1759, when the Nova Scotia peninsula was divided into five counties…
Lunenburg County is a historical county and census division on the South Shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Major settlements include Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay. Named in honour of the British king who was also the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, it was established in 1759, when the Nova Scotia peninsula was divided into five counties. The county became smaller when new counties were created from its boundaries: Queens, Hants, Shelburne, and Sydney.
  • Established: August 17, 1759
  • Country: Canada
  • Province: Nova Scotia
  • District municipalities: Chester / Lunenburg
  • Towns: Bridgewater / Lunenburg / Mahone Bay
  • Electoral Districts Federal: South Shore–St. Margaret's
  • Provincial: Chester-St. Margaret's / Lunenburg / Lunenburg West
Data from: en.wikipedia.org