Historic Bluenose II…#notacruiseship!

While in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, we witnessed the historic Bluenose II preparing to set sail! Bluenose II is a replica of the fishing and racing schooner Bluenose, commissioned by Sidney Culverwell Oland and built in 1963 as a promotional yacht for Oland Brewery. Sidney Oland donated the schooner to Nova Scotia in 1971 and it has since operated as a sailing ambassador and promotional device for Nova Scotia tourism. In honour of her predecessor's record, Bluenose II does not officially race. The most famous ship in Canadian history, the original Bluenose was both a fishing and racing vessel in the 1920s and 1930s. Launched in 1921, the "Bluenose" is the most famous ship in Canadian history, achieving immortality when it’s image was engraved onto the Canadian dime.