1842 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

This early ms map is the first to indicate the extent of the drumlin field which gives the town its uphill/downhill configuration. Notice that the town proper is situated between the present golf course (1) and Battery Point (2) and the enclosed water is called Front Harbour. On the other side of this narrow isthumus is Back Harbour; thus the town has water on two sides. The Old Town is situated between two heights of land (orange) the tops of two intersecting drumlins features created from glacial debris during the last Ice Age. That large land mass to the south east of the town is very rugged terrane which explains why it is sparsely populated. The region immediately north west of Old Town is entitled New Town and its structures date largely from the Victorian Period. The beauty of this situation is the fact that there is little room for expansion within the Old Town. The good news is that the UNESCO Heritage Designation means that the outsides of buildings have to be kept more-or-less traditional in look. Unfortunately, the insides are hardly ever treated as historic entities. Quite honestly, the town is a bit of a facade, but I like it since it is the closest remnant of my personal past.