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).

References

  1. ^ "Second Peninsula". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  2. ^ Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 614. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  3. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ George Bates. John Gorham 1709-1751. Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, p. 87

44°24′19.21″N 64°17′31.17″W / 44.4053361°N 64.2919917°W / 44.4053361; -64.2919917 (Second Peninsula, Nova Scotia)


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