Nova Scotia Archives
Lunenburg by the Sea
"View of Lunenburg from Battery Point"
Captain Campbell Hardy's companion sketches "Goldwashing near Lunenburg" and "View of Lunenburg from Battery Point" appeared in The Illustrated London News, 5 October 1861. Nova Scotia was experiencing a small gold rush and Captain Hardy reported that "Every day fresh discoveries of auriferous districts are being made in this province…" He also noted that "Lunenburg was a 'pretty little village'" and then gave a description of The Ovens (page 352).
Date: 1861
Photographer: Captain Campbell Hardy, RA
Reference: NSARM Newspapers Nova Scotia Archives The Illustrated London News, 5 October 1861 p. 347