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The town and the surrounding communities of Oakland, Indian Point, Mader's Cove, Fauxburg, and Blockhouse were settled in 1754. The people of Mahone Bay were German, Swiss, and Montbéliardais settlers who founded the town and township of Lunenburg in 1753. Among the settlers were the Hyson, Zwicker, Keddy, Eisenhauer/Eisner, Weinacht/Whynot/Veinot, and Ernst families. All these names can be found in the area today. The old cemetery, known as Bayview Cemetery, has some 18th-century slate gravestones in German.

The Innlet Cafe mentioned above was the site of the Keddy sawmill while the Ocean Grill was the Zwicker Inn in the 19th century.