About The Preservation Trust
On October 31, 1994, the Province of Nova Scotia, owner of the schooner Bluenose II, having decided to scuttle the ship, handed over possession of Bluenose II to a group of us volunteers. Our mandate was to restore the ship to full operational status and to maintain and operate her for the people of Nova Scotia. Over the winter of 1994-95 we restored the ship’s hull, and she was recommissioned in May 1995. Under an agreement with the Province we maintained and operated Bluenose II with pride and success until 31 March 2005.
We volunteers incorporated ourselves under the name Bluenose II Preservation Trust Society, a not-for-profit organization, on 17 November 1994, when we also were registered as a charity under the Income Tax Act of Canada.
In 1995, we established a trust fund to preserve the traditional seamanship skills and the craft of building great wooden ships, as now represented by Bluenose II. Funds are raised through proceeds from sales in the Bluenose II Company Store, which was established by the Trust in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in the spring of 1995, and from public donations.
Nova Scotians and supporters of the Bluenose legacy from across Canada, indeed from around the world, can be part of that “wooden ships and iron men” legacy through donations to the Trust. Tax receipts are issued for all donations of $5.00 and over.
Learn more:
- Trust Operations
- Saving the Bluenose II
- Store Location
- Ship's Company Store Online Catalogue
- Donations
- News Archive
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