Nova Scotia Archives
Lunenburg by the Sea
"Memorial of the Merchants & others, Inhabitants of the Town of Lunenburg"
Petition for Fish Lots signed by 39 inhabitants; already the settlers of Lunenburg understood the potential of the sea at their doorstep.
Date: 16 April 1787
Reference: NS House of Assembly Petitions Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 GP vol. 1 no. 5