Historic Grand Banks Schooner's Fate Under Assessment at Lunenburg Shipyard

Monday, June 2, 2025, 4:21 pm

An in-depth assessment is underway to decide the future of a historic Grand Banks schooner moored at a Lunenburg shipyard in Nova Scotia. With experts weighing restoration versus preservation, community sentiment runs high over the potential loss of an iconic maritime vestige.


globalnews.ca / Historic Grand Banks schooner’s future being assessed at Lunenburg, N.S., shipyard

An assessment has been ordered to determine the options for a historic schooner that's been berthed at the site of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg, N.S. 

thestar.com / Historic Grand Banks schooner's future being assessed at Lunenburg, N.S., shipyard

HALIFAX - An assessment has been ordered to determine the options for a historic schooner that's been berthed at the site of Nova Scotia's Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic.


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