Lunenburg County is an historical
county
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and census division on the
South Shore of the
Canadian province
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of
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
. Major settlements include
Bridgewater,
Lunenburg, and
Mahone Bay.
History
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
The Nova Scotia peninsula is a peninsula on the Atlantic coast of North America.
Location
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was divided into five counties. The county became smaller when new counties were created from its boundaries:
Queens
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(1762),
Hants (1781),
Shelburne (1784), and
Sydney
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(1784).
By Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 1863, Lunenburg County was divided into two districts for court sessional purposes –
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
and Lunenburg. That statute provided authority for the appointment of a
Custos Rotulorum and for the establishment of a general sessions of the peace for the District of Chester, with the same powers as if it were a separate county. In 1879, the two districts were incorporated as
district municipalities.
Governance
Today the county has no legal status, although its borders are coincident with the five municipalities contained within it:
* the
municipality of the District of Chester
* the
municipality of the District of Lunenburg
* the town of
Bridgewater
* the town of
Lunenburg
* the town of
Mahone Bay
The above municipalities comprise the entire territory of the county.
There are three
Sipekneꞌkatik First Nation
The Sipekne'katik First Nation is composed of four Mi'kmaq First Nations in Canada, First Nation Indian reserve, reserves located in central Nova Scotia. As of 2012, the Mi'kmaq population is 1,195 on-Reserve, and approximately 1,190 off-Reserve. ...
reserves in the county:
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Gold River 21
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New Ross 20
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Pennal 19
Demographics
As a
census division
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in the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Lunenburg County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trend
Mother tongue language (2011)
Ethnic Groups (2006)
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Religious make-up (2001)
Religious make-up, for Lunenburg County, 2001 census - 100% data
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county boundary:[Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 78-80, 86-87]
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*Trunk Routes
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*Collector Routes:
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*External Routes:
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See also
* List of communities in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
*List of communities in Nova Scotia
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*Lunenburg English
Lunenburg English is a moribund, German-influenced dialect of English, spoken in the town of Lunenburg and Lunenburg County in the province of Nova Scotia. It is sometimes called "Lunenburg Dutch". The dialect shows unique features in pronuncia ...
, the distinctive dialect of the area
References
External links
Photographs of historic monuments in Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County Map
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