William D. Lawrence Shipyard

The William D. Lawrence Shipyard built vessels from 1859 until 1903 in Maitland, Nova Scotia.

The merchant, shipbuilder and politician William Dawson Lawrence established the yard and built six vessels in it.

[2] Lawrence himself built three ships prior to developing his own shipyard.

He drafted plans for the Wanderer that was built at the Chappell Shipyard, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1849).

[3] The site of the shipyard is today a partially eroded beach across the road from the Lawrence House Museum, the former residence of the shipbuilder.