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tours the
Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, routinely stopping in ports across Nova Scotia, as well as Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto and many ports of call in the United States, serving as a goodwill ambassador and promoting Nova Scotia tourism.
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Preservation Trust". The trust's mandate was to restore the aging schooner to full operational status and continue to operate her for the people of Nova Scotia. Over the winter of 1994–95 the ship's hull was restored and she was recommissioned in May 1995.
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has also travelled further afield, such as in 1986 when it participated in the
Vancouver World's Fair. Summer activities include onboard tours, harbour cruises and deckhand experiences, as well as outreach for schools and youth groups in Nova Scotia.
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restricted its summer tour to Nova Scotia ports. The schooner's 20-person crew formed a
Bluenose quarantine bubble for training, maintenance and sailing, and its visits to ports aside from Lunenburg were restricted to at-anchors or sail-pasts.
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renovations were completed, two years behind schedule with the final cost reaching $ 24 million. A report by the Nova Scotia
Auditor General blamed mismanagement and inexperience by the province's Department of Culture and Heritage.
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to be led by the province's
Tourism, Culture and Heritage Department. The project was projected to cost $ 14.4 million. In July 2010, the Nova Scotia government awarded a $ 12.5 million contract for the restoration of
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The schooner's mission is "to continuously promote the history and legacy of
Bluenose and Bluenose II as well as the rich past and present of Lunenburg and Atlantic Canada." In this capacity, during summer months
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to a consortium of three Nova Scotia shipyards. When the ship was finally relaunched in 2012, after major delays, the final cost had risen closer to 16 million dollars, just from the Nova
Scotian government.
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Heritage Department sources stated that the restoration was "not intended to create an authentic replica of the original
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when the federal government allocated $ 2.3 million for the schooner through a consulting firm but only a small amount of the money reached the vessel. The trust maintained and operated
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in the world, measuring 386 square metres (4,150 sq ft). She has a total sail area of 1,036 square metres (11,150 sq ft).
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in 1971 for the sum of $ 1. After a number of years of managing the schooner directly, the province gave possession of the ship to the "
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