Second Peninsula, Nova Scotia

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.

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.[1] After participating in the Siege of Louisbourg (1758), Gorham was in the area fighting against the Mi'kmaq militia's Lunenburg Campaign (1758). Coordinates: 44°24′19.21″N 64°17′31.17″W / 44.4053361°N 64.2919917°W / 44.4053361; -64.2919917 (Second Peninsula, Nova Scotia)

References

  1. ↑ George Bates. John Gorham 1709-1751. Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, p. 87


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