Town of Lunenburg

Nine hole course with proshop, restaurant, green fees, club and cart rentals

Open to everyone each day 8 am - noon for cards and board games.

 

On September 23, 1948, 42 women met to form the Ladies Auxiliary of Fishermen's Memorial Hospital - an organization which would become the hard-working backbone of the hospital's volunteer services. Now membership exceeds 100.

Highlights of the early years include the official opening of the hospital on June 2, 1952 and the first edition of the Dutch Oven Cookbook. Created as a revenue generator, the cookbook is now in its 18^th edition and is a standard for kitchens far beyond Lunenburg. The publication even won a cover spot in Chatelaine Magazine.

Focusing on the need for expensive hospital equipment, the Auxiliary initiated Bowl for Dollars, the successful annual fundraiser, in the early 80's. To date the event has raised over $135,000. Other important projects pursued during the Auxiliary's 50+ years include: the operation of the hospital Gift Shoppe, which has enjoyed good sales figures over the years; the purchase of equipment including haematology automated differential analyser, defibrillator and external pacemaker, x-ray machine, gastroscope, and heart monitor; VON Foot Clinics; Well Woman's Clinic; Laser Therapy Clinic; donation of Christmas decorations and other items for the Children's Unit; assistance with weekly interdenominational church service; furnishing the reception area for a bone densimeter, fundraising through the presentation of gala balls, the $100 club; fashion shows, calendars; tag day at the exhibition; a large food booth at the Craft Festival; a fair called the Huttzlesuppe; distribution of linens and layettes; maintenance of a magazine and book cart for patient's enjoyment; and, other simple but important volunteer services.

At the heart of it all - from 1948 until today - are dedicated enthusiastic volunteers.

Emergency services including x-ray, lab and EKG, detox unit, veteran's unit, a medical floor, various clinics. General practitioners and specialists affiliated.

The first meeting of this organization was in 1984 in Lunenburg. Originally, the name was the German Speaking Association of Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Chapter. The group incorporated in January of 1987. The first directors were: Ernst Achenbach, Tom Ernst, Linton Wentzell, Joan Jobb, and Gisela Stock.

The objectives of the German-Canadian Cultural Association of Lunenburg County are: to preserve the German Cultural Heritage and German-speaking settlers and immigrants and their descendants in Lunenburg County; to promote the understanding and appreciation of the German language and cultures of German speaking countries; and, to cooperate with other associations having similar objectives regarding any activity to further these objectives.

Presently, there are over thirty active members. The German-Canadian Cultural Association of Lunenburg County meets the second Thursday of each month with the exception of July and August.

Provides programs for girls in Sparks, Brownies, Guides and Rangers

This organization began nationally on February 13, 1900, but was organized in Lunenburg October 9, 1914.

The mission of IODE, a Canadian women's charitable organization, is to improve the quality of life for children, youth and those in need, through educational, social service and citizenship programs.

The vision of IODE is to improve the physical and emotional health and expand the educational opportunities of all Canadians within a unified country.

Locally, we assist with citizenship, court, award a scholarship at Lunenburg High School, award book prizes to the Lunenburg Academy, provide books and magazines to school libraries, assisted costs of students attending music camp, pack a Christmas box for a local family, plus many more.

We support numerous national projects, especially in Labrador where we adopted a class in Nain school.

The Lunenburg Academy was built in 1894-95 on Gallows Hill after the first Lunenburg Academy, built on what is now known as Jubilee Square, was completely destroyed by fire on September 23, 1893. The Gallows Hill site was chosen following acrimonious debate in Town Council which resulted in a tie vote which was broken by the Mayor casting a deciding vote.

Designed by H.H. Mott of Saint John, N.B. and built by the Oxford Furniture Co. and a local shipbuilder - Solomon Morash - it has always been regarded as a masterpiece of architecture.

Six entrances access three floors. The first and second contain six large classrooms each. The third floor has a large Assembly Hall and five classrooms. The floors and wainscotting are of birch, while the rest of the interior is finished in ash and birch. Four towers again adorn the building due to the renewal of the shorter front tower during the Restoration Project which took place in 1998-99. It was the goal of many to see a new roof and the repair of the exterior walls and windows. A new heating system has made the third floor accessible year round.

The Lunenburg Academy is a landmark in the Town of Lunenburg. Always prominent by day, it is now especially beautiful at night due to the generosity of alumni who, for a Reunion project for the 100^th Anniversary in 1995, bestowed exterior lighting.

The Lunenburg Academy has been in continuous use as a public school since 1895. As a new century and millennium dawn, we know that it will endure as an educational and cultural centre of the town.

The Lunenburg Academy Foundation, established in 1981, has as its mandate the preservation and restoration of this historic structure. Since 1981, a Volunteer Board of Directors and an enthusiastic alumni have carried out many significant Restoration Projects as well as a major Centennial Reunion. One of the most ambitious projects to date has been the installation of year round exterior lighting, a Centennial gift from former students. Now in the evening the Academy does resemble a "Castle on the Hill".

Our most recent undertaking has been to partner in the two million dollar Exterior Restoration Program. Within the Academy, the Foundation has been instrumental in enhancing the third floor. Projects carried out include an elevator, washrooms, classroom restoration, lighting and the refurbishing of the Mc Kittrick Library.

We are currently planning for Reunion 2000 which will again bring former students and friends to the Academy home to their "Castle on the Hill". We would like to thank all volunteers who have supported the Academy over the years. Remember anyone interested in the Academy can become a member of the Foundation regardless of whether they attended school.

We look forward to continuing our work at the Academy which is an architectural landmark, as well as an active elementary school. All volunteers are welcome to become part of our dream.

Coordinates and promotes the display of art exhibitions in the Lunenburg Art Gallery.

For more than 25 years, the Lunenburg Art Gallery has given us an exciting parade of fine art by Lunenburg County artists and distinguished professionals from across Canada. For eight months of the year, the Gallery is open to residents and visitors, providing us all with quality exhibits and programs.

The Gallery has established an admirable reputation as a focus of our cultural life. This is a remarkable achievement for a volunteer group in our Heritage Town of 2600 people.

The Lunenburg Art Gallery was founded in 1972 under the auspices of the Heritage Society. Lunenburg Art Gallery was established initially to provide a home and display area for a collection of paintings by the noted artist, Earl Bailly. It has evolved into an independent non-profit society with a membership of 200.

The Lunenburg Art Gallery displays the works of more than one hundred member artists, as well as the works of visiting painters, sculptors, and photographers. From March to October each year, the shows are open free of charge to the public six days a week. Fund-raising events and artists' workshops, a gift case and auctions help finance the Gallery.

From a satellite organization, the Gallery has grown to one with a colour catalogue of member artists' work, a web site, computerized records and archives.

"The Lunenburg Board of Trade was organized in the Council Chamber and judging from the attendance of businessmen and others and the enthusiasm displayed it should have a very useful and successful career". Progress Enterprise, Wednesday, November 30, 1927

Eighty four years later, the Lunenburg Board of Trade is still going strong. Our objective today remains the same as it did all those years ago; "the Lunenburg Board of Trade shall be for the purpose of advancing commercial, industrial and civic interests of the Lunenburg Board of Trade and district, based on the fundamentals of cooperation and communication".

Lunenburg's traditions and entrepreneurial tenacity are legend. The Lunenburg Board of Trade is one of the oldest and most venerable Boards of Trade on the eastern seaboard.

Assists police authorities by raising funds for payments to those who provide information which leads to the solving of specific crimes.

The Lunenburg Summer Festival of Crafts held its first Festival the second weekend in July 1975 at the Lunenburg Academy with 72 booths. It began as an idea of Barbara Zwicker, with the help of many volunteers. It is one of the fund-raising events of the Lunenburg Heritage Society. Money raised by the Festival goes to the Lunenburg Heritage Society to help maintain the Lunenburg Heritage Bandstand and other projects of the Society.

The Lunenburg Summer Festival of Crafts is always held the second weekend in July and is totally run by volunteers. It now has evolved to 145 booths held at the Lunenburg War Memorial Arena .

The Lunenburg and Area Garden Club was established in October 1993 and incorporated into a Society in 1996. Jayne Gladwin, Bea Renton and Jenny Sandison were instrumental in starting the Club. With over thirty members from novice to landscape designer, the Club provides members with the opportunity to exchange their gardening experiences in various locations - Town and rural properties or rocky seaside sites.

Our main objective is helping to maintain gardens of the Town of Lunenburg. Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at the Fisheries Museum except the months of July and August when the Club tours various local gardens, unless other events are planned.

Under the Presidency of Vivian Tanner for the past four years, the Club's gardening efforts culminated in September 1999 when the Town of Lunenburg was awarded top honours in the National Communities in Bloom Competition as Canada's most beautiful small town! This was a tremendous honour for both the Club and community recognizing the efforts of many volunteer organizations.

Curling got its first start in Lunenburg during the winter of 1904-05 when a group of citizens led by A.K. MacLean organized a club which played in the old arena located near present day Starr Street. The club played for three or four years and then was forced to disband due to lack of suitable ice.

On January 15, 1932, a group of approximately 30 residents decided to form a club and played in the Lunenburg arena when ice time was available. W.T. Powers was elected the first president.

In early fall 1932, construction of a curling rink was started on a site located just west of the present day arena. The rink was completed in December 1932. It was a natural ice building which was dependant on outside temperature to freeze the ice. From 1933 to 1947, curling took place each season with a gradual improvement in the standard of play.

During the summer of 1946, construction began on the present day curling rink. This was the start of the artificial ice era in Lunenburg. In 1978, a concrete floor was poured and the ice making system improved. Since then, there have been numerous improvements made to the club rooms, kitchen area, ice making equipment and curling stones.

Today, the Lunenburg Curling Club continues to provide residents of Lunenburg and surrounding areas with the opportunity to enjoy recreation and social activities in the spirit of fellowship and fun.

The idea of a Day Care Centre for Lunenburg came to Ruth (Dauphinee) Foley in the fall of 1972. After a survey to determine a need and the receipt of a Local Initiative Program Grant, the Centre was set up temporarily in the Sunday School rooms of Zion Lutheran Church.

Opening Day, February 12, 1973, met the new Centre with a fierce winter storm. The Centre opened with three employees: Ruth Foley, Joan Lantz, and Ivy Ernst, and six children ranging in age from 18 months to 6 years.

Gradually, the licence for spaces increased, as well as subsidized spaces and by the end of 1979, they were 50 full time spaces available of which 18 were subsidized. In 1980, the Centre became a registered Society with charitable status.

In June of 1987, the Board received word that the church no longer wished to house the Centre and the search began for a new home. After two years and a very expensive false start, the Centre purchased the former Foodland building and with the help of a government grant, donations, fundraising projects and a mortgage, renovations began in December, 1990.

On March 11, 1991, the new Centre opened, with a staff of 18 and spaces for 57 children. The official opening, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House took place on June 8, 1991. Guest speakers were Marie Dechman - Minister of Community and Social Services and Al Mosher - MLA for Lunenburg Centre.

The Centre and its staff have undergone great growth and development over the years with the addition of a Special Needs Program in the fall of 1992 and a Nursery School in September of 1993. It was with great joy when our mortgage was paid off in November of 1997. As of January 2000, the centre was registered for 75 children of which 19 were subsidized spaces. There were a total of fifteen on staff of which 11 were fully trained.

In the late 1940's, through the Lunenburg Home and Schools Association with a Festival Committee, the schools in the county held a non-competitive Lunenburg County Music Festival with groups and individuals performing oral and piano selections. In private homes, in the School Inspector's office on Lincoln Street in Lunenburg, and in public buildings, organizational meetings were held throughout the county.

Because of steady growth of the Festival, in 1972, the Lunenburg County Festival became two: The Lunenburg and District Music Festival and the Bridgewater Area Music Festival, with the LaHave River providing a natural division line.

Both festivals have continued to grow, with students participating in four different disciplines: voice, piano, instrumental, and strings. Most instruction was given by private music teachers. Due to the cut backs in the music program in the schools, very few school choruses participated. However, a growth in the school band programs provides two days of band music in the festival, including Beginner, Junior, Intermediate and Senior Concert Bands, plus Jazz Bands.

Through the years, the Festival gradually changed the classes from non-competitive to competitive. The latest participation in the Lunenburg and District Music Festival show these figures in entry numbers: 380 piano, 156 vocal, 99 instrumental, 10 string and 23 bands.

Monies for adjudication, awards and other festival costs are raised through entry fees, admission fees, Stars of the Festival Concert and through the generosity of both businesses and individual donors. To date, the Festival has failed, through several attempts, to gain a sponsor.

In 1998 and 1999, we were very fortunate to hold all sessions and the Star's concert in the Starlight Theatre, through the generosity of Mr. Edi Bauer. With the closure of the theatre, in the year 2000, Festival classes will be held in the "Assembly Hall" in the recently restored Lunenburg Academy, with the Star's concert in the Community Centre building.

With no available written records of the first years of the Lunenburg County Music Festival, the beginnings of this historical data is gathered from memories of those who participated in the Festival as students, teachers or committee members. The current Festival committee would appreciate any further information from anyone having some historical knowledge.

In 1977, the Lunenburg and District Swimming Pool was officially opened. The first donation came from the estate of Gladys Smith, an avid Red Cross volunteer who was particularly interested in the Water Safety Program. She recognized the need for a facility which would provide proper instruction for all interested people.

The Lunenburg and District Swimming Pool Society is committed to providing every child an opportunity to learn to swim. To this end, a committee has been formed to raise funds to support those who might not be able to afford to either take lessons or swim without financial aid.

During the early years, following the founding of the Town of Lunenburg in 1753, families and neighbours assisted one another when there was an outbreak of a fire, using the best resources at hand; namely buckets, pots, pans, wells, brooks, ponds, etc. In essence they formed their own bucket brigade.

The first officially organized fire company was formed in 1820, and in 1829 was given the name of "Town Fire Company", this being the bucket brigade. The thirty two members of this Fire Brigade apparently responded from their homes at the sound of an alarm. In 1838, the Fire Company was reorganized and assumed the name of "Lunenburg Town Fire Company". Then, in 1842, a hand pumper was purchased and this was the first mechanical fire fighting device used by the Fire Company, and this prompted plans to build a fire house. In 1886, as the Fire Company outgrew it's facility on Prince Street, another building was constructed on Cumberland Street. At this time, the motto "DEEDS NOT WORDS" was adopted by the Fire Company, and remains the motto of the Fire Department to this day.

In 1889, following the incorporation of the Town of Lunenburg, (1888), the Fire Department was placed under the jurisdiction of the Town Council. The first water system was installed in 1895 with hydrants coming into being in 1903. This again changed the concept and methods of fire fighting.

In 1928, a new fire hall was built at Cumberland and Duke Streets and the department took on the new name of "the Lunenburg Fire Department". This fire hall served the community for 48 years.

During the 1980's and after a number of expansions to the Fire Hall and a need for more space, it was realized that a new facility was required. In 1996 a new state of the art fire station was built. During this period, the name was changed to "Lunenburg and District Fire Department" to reflect the important role that the District plays in the operation of the department. The new station was officially opened on May 4, 1996 on 25 Medway Street, on the site of recently purchased old C.N. Railway property.

The Lunenburg & District Honorary Firefighters Club was organized by Fire Chief Robert Parks, following his retirement in April of 1997. Sixteen years of active fire service is required to become a member. R/Chief Parks presided over the first regular monthly meeting in October of 1997. There were eighteen members at that time, increasing to forty nine in 2000.

The purposes and missions of the Lunenburg & District Honorary Firefighters Club is:

• to establish a renewed comradery between honorary fire fighters and also with active fire fighters;
• to keep honorary firefighters better informed of active fire department activities, as they relate to meetings, social events, sports, fund raising and special events;
• to assist the active department as a support group, as a need may arise;
• to provide a recreation and social program for honorary members;
• to set goals of achievement for honorary members.

The Lunenburg Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary was formed in 1968 when then Deputy Chief Robert Parks approached the department for permission to form a Ladies Auxiliary.

Their main function would be to provide the Firemen with refreshments during serious fires and making sandwiches for the Christmas dance. The first meeting was attended by approximately 20 people, but regular attendance dwindled to 10 to 15. The first executive consisted of President - Heather Corkum, Vice President - Grace Wilki, Secretary - Lucille Corkum, Treasurer - Judy Myra. Two of the original members, Frances Parks and Floretta Allen, are still active members today.

We now have 36 members, including one gentleman. Our duties have expanded to include catering for meetings, banquets, weddings and anniversaries. We also participate in the Garden Party. Our profits from these functions is annually given to the Firefighters, earmarked for such things as new Fire Trucks and Bunker Gear.

In the last 20 years, the Auxiliary has donated more than $70,000.00 in either cash or equipment to the Firefighters. Our duties have grown but the purpose of our organization is still the same, to help and support the Firefighters in any way possible.

Helping to preserve the Town of Lunenburg's rich heritage keeps the members of the Lunenburg Heritage Society busy and active throughout the year. Since the Society was formed in 1972, members have undertaken a wide variety of projects, such as the conversion of a private home into a public museum, historic house tours, antique show and sale and vintage car show. The Society has contributed funds for the restoration of the Lunenburg Academy and the poignant Fishermen's Memorial on the waterfront.

An annual Summer Craft Festival was launched by Society volunteers more than 25 years ago with the specific purpose of building a new bandstand on the site of the original Town bandstand. The Society continues to maintain the bandstand and each summer Sunday afternoon music wafts from this picturesque structure compliments of the Heritage Society. Numerous other fund-raising events put members to work every year, to maintain the Knaut-Rhuland House Museum. The Museum showcases the lifestyles of early residents and also provide residents and visitors with a resource centre on early architecture and building methods and materials.

The Society welcomes new members to share its vision and to work to achieve its dream.

Lunenburg Library opened its doors in the fall of 1972 after several years of spade-work by enthusiastic citizens (including Harriet Whynacht and Sherman Zwicker) and staff of the Nova Scotia Provincial Library. For the grand sum of $1.00, the Town purchased a former Liquor Commission store from the province and provided shelves, chairs and tables, a circulation desk, and a book cart. Halifax County Regional Library furnished books and staff on a contract. Harriet Whynacht became the first borrower, with membership card number L1.

Offering a small but diverse collection of its own and access to libraries throughout the province and the world, the Lunenburg Library was an instant success, providing an example for other South Shore communities to join the Regional Library network; Lunenburg, Bridgewater, and Mahone Bay became the 'founding members' of the South Shore Regional Library, which left the Halifax County nest in 1978.

In 2002 the library's premises were substantially expanded, with particular emphasis placed on increasing the availability of computer terminals for use on the Internet. The Lunenburg Library remains a vital part of the community's cultural and recreational life.

The Society began as the Centennial Plans Project Committee on August 17, 1965. Eventually, the Grand Banks Schooner Theresa E. Connor was purchased and became the Town's Centennial Confederation project, opening as a Museum on July 23, 1967. The Lunenburg Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic was purchased by the Province of Nova Scotia. It was developed by both the Federal and Provincial governments. The Lunenburg Marine Museum Society operates the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic as part of the Nova Scotia Family of 25 Museums.

The Lunenburg Marine Museum Society is committed to collect, preserve, promote and exhibit all aspects of the history, development and continued operation of the Atlantic Canada Fisheries. It will provide an aquarium, retail store and food service facilities, archives for research and develop educational programs for the benefit of all those in Nova Scotia.

The first meeting of Lunenburg Minor Hockey was held at the Community Centre on November 15, 1967 at the urging of Norman Schmeisser. Hockey was played for many years and Mr. Schmeisser felt that there should be an association formed to better organize games against other associations. The first registration was held on December 3, 1967 with 160 boys and girls signing up. The fee was $1.00 for Town children and $1.50 for children from outside Town. The official opening was held on December 20, 1967 at the arena. Rev. John Cameron played the bagpipes and all the participants paraded around the arena. After the ceremonies, the first games were played at the arena.

In September, 1954, a group of hunters and sport fishermen of the Lunenburg and the surrounding area formed the Lunenburg Rod and Gun Club. They built a six target indoor rifle range in the old curling rink in Lunenburg, which was used for two years.

In the summer of 1956 a new club house was started on land leased from the Town. Because of changing times and circumstances, the Ich Dien Hotel in the centre of town was demolished. Timbers, studding and boards were gathered by members to lay the foundation of the new club house. In addition to this, the old hotel furnished hardwood flooring and seven picture windows for the new building. The club house was seventy five feet long and twenty feet wide. It had a small bore rifle range in the basement.

In the late part of the eighties, the club had to give up the land for new industries in the town. At this time, new land was found and a new club house was built by members on the Fish Peddler Road in Indian Path, Lunenburg County. The new building is ninety feet long and thirty feet wide. The club house furnishes a place for meetings, suppers and dancing. The club has an outdoor one hundred yard rifle range, which is considered one of the most advanced in Canada.

The aim of the club is to learn to use firearms for pleasure, with safety and skill. It also provides a social centre for members and friends.

The SAC, an elected ten member council, provides all membership with a voice in decision making. The SAC works with the staff at Bluenose Academy to develop School Improvement plans and assists in developing school policies which promote academic and a positive learning climate. The SAC advises the principal and staff on school level issues related to curriculum and programs, school practices and policies such as student discipline and parent-school communication. The council advises the school board on program changes, student support services, policy development, funding issues and acts as a liaison between the school board and stakeholders. The Lunenburg Town Schools Advisory Council is committed to supporting the historical structure of the Town school system.

Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month, with the location alternating between the two schools. The meetings are open to the public and the minutes are posted at both schools, the town library and the Town Office.

Instruction in Scottish Dance for personal enjoyment and also for exhibition. Club meets every Monday at St. John's Anglican Hall.

The Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps #39 Neptune had its beginning during the second World War. Records indicate the charter was issued in 1942 which allowed the formation of the corps in Lunenburg. However, there are indications that it may have been formed as early as 1941. Up until the early 1970's Sea Cadets was a totally male organization, but in the 70's, it became co-ed.

The corps first paraded at the Lunenburg Foundry and later it moved to the Armouries on Townsend Street and shared the facilities with the Militia. The corps later moved to the Old Curling Club on the Lunenburg War Memorial Community Centre ground where it is today.

The Neptune corps is also historically involved with Camp Norway during the Second World War; the corps commanding officer being once a Norwegian Officer. The corps is sponsored by the Navy League of Canada, Lunenburg Branch, and the Department of National Defence.

The Corps is still strong and active in the community, with participation in parades and other community events. Sea Cadets are young Canadians, male and female, between the ages of 12 and 18 years old. We offer to young Canadians an opportunity to better prepare for tomorrow's challenges through becoming more self-confident, developing leadership skills, and improving physical fitness and self-discipline.

We are a fraternal and social order which is benevolent and charitable in its actions. We raise millions of dollars annually within our membership for numerous projects that benefit many local charities such a cancer research, the Heart Fund, Arthritis Society, Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children. We also support ESTARL (Eastern Star Training Award for Religious Leadership).

Eastern Star is the largest fraternal organization in the world to which both men and women belong. Only men who are masons are eligible and only women with specific Masonic Affiliations may be members.

Except for the months of July and August, we meet monthly on the second Thursday of each month.

Called the British Empire Service League, the Branch was formed in 1926. Membership consisted of First War Veterans. Mr. Pitt Patton was the first president. They were in a building adjacent to the present structure. The building was known as the "Billy King Theatre". This building was destroyed by fire in 1954, and the present structure erected in 1959, with Mr. Gordon Hebb as President.

The membership ranges in the three hundreds, with a variety of people. The qualifications have changed considerably over the years. Branch #23 remains a vibrant and active community service organization, supporting local charities, the Poppy Campaign, and seniors' events.

Organization formed to support the efforts and aims of the of the Legion.

 

The South Shore Genealogical Society, founded in 1979, is a not for profit charitable organization located on the third floor of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Bluenose Drive, Lunenburg.

In our twenty one years of existence, we have accumulated genealogy related information on the early settlers of Lunenburg, Queens, and Shelburne Counties. There is some information on other counties and places. Our information consists of church records, census records, published and non published genealogies of various families from these areas, histories of local villages, cemetery records, wills and probate records, maps, school attendance records of Lunenburg Co., and microfilms of the Bridgewater Bulletin.

We have for sale at our office our publications: Cemetery Inscriptions for Lunenburg, Queens and Shelburne Counties Vol I, II, III and IV and Cemetery Inscriptions for Lunenburg County 2nd Series Vol A & B. There are various other publications of a genealogical nature for sale.

We are open Monday to Friday during the summer season and on Wednesdays and Thursdays during the rest of the year, except for the month of December when we are closed.

South Shore Young Naturalists Club is a fun, free nature club for kids & families. The goal of the Young Naturalists Club is to teach kids about nature through nature talks and nature walks led by local naturalists. Kids learn about all aspects of the natural world through hands-on experiences and interactions with naturalists.

The SouthSouth Shore Young Naturalists Club is a fun, free nature club for kids & families. The goal of the Young Naturalists Club is to teach kids about nature through nature talks and nature walks led by local naturalists. Kids learn about all aspects of the natural world through hands-on experiences and interactions with naturalists.

The South Shore Young Naturalists Club will have a presentation on a nature topic on the 2nd Saturday of each month (Sept-June) at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. At meetings, volunteer guest presenters teach kids about a nature-related topic. Kids may also learn natural history skills, such as how to use a field guide, how to geocache, how to use binoculars to observe birds, how to survive in the woods, how to use a compass and map, how to make nature journals...

We'll also have a nature walk on the 3rd Sunday afternoon of each month. Our field trips are in a different place each month. There is usually a theme for each month (such as species at risk, marine biology, wildflowers, astronomy, geology, wildlife, lichens,...). The workshop on Saturday morning and the field trip on the following Sunday afternoon are generally on the same theme, and often they are led by the same person. There is a different guest each month who teaches the kids about their area of interest.

For more information contact the South Shore YNC volunteer leader: Pamela Wentzell McDormand This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit the website:  http://nature1st.net/ync

Organization formed to preserve, protect and share Newfoundland's unique culture. Sponsors annual Newfie Days weekend on the first weekend of each November

Services offered by VON in Lunenburg:
Nursing
Corporate Health Services
Adult Day Program
Foot Care Clinic (held every Friday morning)
On the Move - Assisted transportation program
Frozen Favorites
Safety Check-In Program