Second Peninsula, Nova Scotia
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Second Peninsula in Nova Scotia
Second Peninsula is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Lunenburg Municipal District in Lunenburg County.[1][2]
The climate is continental. The average temperature is 6 °C. The warmest month is August, at 19 °C, and the coldest is February, at −10 °C.[3]
Ranger Joseph Gorham owned 300 acres of land at Lunenburg: land still named Gorham Point at the end of present-day Second Peninsula, two islands nearby,a peninsula leading from the community of Mahone Bay as well as the Seven Islands, near Sacrifice Island in Mahone Bay.[4] After participating in the Siege of Louisbourg (1758), Gorham was in the area fighting against the Mi'kmaq militia's Lunenburg Campaign (1758).
