Lunenburg Shipyard
Lunenburg Shipyard Ltd. is a full-service yard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, providing haul-out, refit, repair and storage services for working vessels and visiting yachts. Its trades cover composite repair, coatings, carpentry, fabrication, electrical and electronic systems, engines, plumbing, hydraulics and rigging, and it also arranges surveys, Transport Canada and class inspections and vessel deliveries. Two divisions extend the business: the Old Foundry Marina, offering deep-water dockage, fuel and in-water refit space on the Lunenburg waterfront, and Lunenburg County Marine Contracting, which builds wharfs, drives piles and carries out shoreline works along Nova Scotia's South Shore.
Lunenburg Shipyard Ltd.
Lunenburg Shipyard Ltd. is a full-service marine yard on the historic Lunenburg, Nova Scotia waterfront, supporting working vessels and visiting yachts from haul-out through refit and seasonal storage. The site traces its origins to the late 19th century and continues to operate as part of a working waterfront, with in-house trades, a marina division and a marine contracting arm.
Services
- Haul and launch, and Quicklift service, priced by vessel length
- Refit space, outdoor and indoor (heated or cold) storage
- Composite/fiberglass repair, coatings and painting, carpentry
- Fabrication and welding, electrical systems, electronics
- Engines, mechanical work, plumbing and sanitation, hydraulics
- Rigging and outboard repair, vessel cleaning
- Surveys, Transport Canada inspections, class inspections, telephonic port of entry, vessel deliveries
- Equipment hire: forklift/zoom boom, boom truck, yard moves
Facilities
- Travel lift and marine railway
- Indoor and outdoor vessel storage
- Old Foundry Marina: protected year-round deep-water dockage, gas and diesel fuel sales, dedicated in-water refit dock space and vessel storage
Marine Contracting
Operating as Lunenburg County Marine Contracting, the company delivers waterfront infrastructure work for harbours, commercial operations and working waterfronts:
- Timber and driven-pile wharf construction, plus structural repairs and upgrades
- Pile driving for marine structures, docks and shoreline reinforcement
- Custom floating dock installations for commercial and recreational use
- Shoreline preparation, excavation, stabilization and engineered rock walls
- Mooring system installations for commercial vessels, private docks and harbour operations
- Barge transport, equipment mobilization and on-water project logistics
- In-house engineering and regulatory permitting for provincial and federal compliance
Vessel Types
- Working commercial vessels and fishing/harbour craft
- Visiting and recreational yachts, with published rates spanning under 38 ft to over 58 ft
Location
- Yard: 52 Burma Road, Lunenburg, NS, Canada B0J 2C0
- Old Foundry Marina: 2 Brook Street, Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 0800h to 1630h Atlantic
- Marine contracting service areas: St. Margaret's Bay, Chester and Mahone Bay, Lunenburg County