Peggy's Cove

July 5, 2013

Peggy's Cove is one of the most picturesque places I've ever seen. It is a little fishing village 26 miles south of Halifax.

The village was formally founded in 1811 when the Province of Nova Scotia issued a land grant of more than 800 acres to six families of German descent. The settlers relied on fishing as the mainstay of their economy but also farmed where the soil was fertile. In the early 1900s the population peaked at about 300. The community supported a schoolhouse, church, general store, lobster cannery and boats of all sizes that were nestled in the Cove.

The first recorded name of the cove was Peggs Harbour in 1766. The village is likely named after Saint Margaret's Bay, Peggy being the nickname for Margaret, which Samuel de Champlain named after his mother Margarite.

Oops, someone is blocking the scenery.

Taking in the view.

We are happy to have sunshine.

I think my guidebook cover is a scene from Peggy's Cove.

In the foreground are old lobster traps; beyond the small cove are ocean waves.

Artist William De Garthe spent years carving granite in his backyard to honor the working fishermen.

That's Peggy with the basket.

It is a little strange seeing the tourists out on the rocks-scenario for science fiction movie.

Steely blue Atlantic Ocean

I understand why so many people visit Peggy's Cove Lighthouse.