Fishermen's Memorial Compass Rose - Lunenburg, NS
Posted by: jiggs11
N 44° 22.558 W 064° 18.601
20T E 395635 N 4914466
Compass Rose located as the base of the Fishermen's Memorial in Lunenburg, NS.
Waymark Code: WMPM94
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/19/2015
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Compass rose on the base of the Fishermen's Memorial in Lunenburg. A nearby plaque reads:
Using a design based on that of a
Compass rose whose earliest European
Use as an aid to navigation for mariners
Was circa 1187 A.D.; This monument was
Erected through public subscription by
The Lunenburg Fishermen's Memorial
Society and was dedicated on
Sunday August 26, 1996.