334 Pelham Street
Rous' Brook Park at the Founders' Landing
From 1749-1752 over 24 shiploads of immigrants first arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as part of the British’s attempt to colonize the Nova Scotia territory. The voyages from Halifax to Lunenburg that took approximately 12 hours (with a fair wind).
On June 8th and 17th, 1753, many of these first immigrants then arrived in Merligash (Lunenburg) and stepped ashore at Founders' Landing honored now by the Rous' Brook Park overlooking this beaytiful harbour landing site.
This is the location where the first Foreign Protestants Lunenburg Founders disembarked from their ships arriving from Halifax. They then traveled by foot up the hill a short ways on a unnamed trail taking a left on what is now called Hospital Road loacted at the junction of Rous' Brook Park on Pelham Street. Pelham to the right becomes Blue Rocks Road ending at Blue Rocks, while going to the left led them to the future town of Lunenburg.
First voyage: June 7th, 1753 (14 vessels) A total of 642 settlers of which 289 were able to bear arms. They embarked on May 28th but didn't leave Halifax Harbour until 8 p.m. Thursday June 7th and the ships arrived at Merligash (Lunenburg) between 7 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. on Friday June 8th.
Second voyage: A total of 11 vessels and 811 settlers embarked on June 15th but didn't arrive in Lunenburg until June 17th.
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