THE KNOT PUB - LUNENBURG, NS, CANADA EPIC EATERIES & SWEETERIES
by Lee Atwater
N ova Scotia is a beautiful and somewhat remote place to explore or visit. Within one small province of Canada, you can see and ride the world’s highest tides, rockhound on one of its many amazing beaches, fossil hunt the cliffs off the Bay of Fundy, visit beautiful fishing villages, and historic sites including those of some of the first outside settlers to North America. Lunenburg is a small port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada named after the Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg who had become King George II of Great Britain. It was
founded in 1753 and the historic core of the town is also a National Historic Site of Canada. In 1995 the town was designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as one of the best examples of planned British colonial settle- ment in North America, as it retains its original layout and appearance of the 1800s. But nowadays this small town located along the shoreline of a natural harbour at the western side of Mahone Bay is known as much for its amazing food offerings as it is for its ship building and vernacular architecture because of eateries like
The Knot Pub that was founded in 1987.Original- ly destined to be a German-style pub in keeping with the local culture the towns connection to the British and the nautical heritage eventually won out offering patrons a truly unique pub that would rival any found in the UK or Germany for that matter. One of the main focal points as you walk in the front entrance are the large, horse- shoe-shaped seats which look like they would be right at home in the bow of a tall ship. The design was inspired by a bar in Germany and is meant to encourage conversation and conviviality with places to stand or sit – whichever you prefer!
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