Second Peninsula, Nova Scotia

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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.George Bates. John Gorham 1709-1751. Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, p. 87 After participating in the Siege of Louisbourg (1758), Gorham was in the area fighting against the Mi'kmaq militia's Lunenburg Campaign (1758).

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References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071216042138/http://www.destination-ns.com/common/places.asp?PlaceID=2071 Second Peninsula on Destination Nova Scotia]

Category:Communities in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Category:Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia

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