Blogs from Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Day 8: Today dawned sunny and beautiful so we decided to take a ride about 30 miles away to Peggy's Cove. But...then we noticed we'd be going right by Fairview Cemetery, where many of the Titanic graves are so... we decided to go there first. Going in and out of the city we were crossing toll bridges at $1 per crossing. We didn't have a dollar coin this time, but guess what w... read more

Halifax and Peggys Cove – 1 September 2016 We checked into the Chocolate Lake Hotel (yes it was next to a brown lake) for our last 2 nights in Nova Scotia. We had dinner in the hotel which we rarely have done on this holiday. The next morning, we got up early (well 7.00am is early!!!!) as we were heading west along the southern coast for Lunenburg and on the way back, Peggys Cove. What a fantastic day we had. We decided to drive along the freeway out to Lunenburg and drive back to Halifax along the coast. We easily found a park in Lunenburg after an hour’s drive from Halifax. Lunenburg is a small fishing town in Nova Scotia first established in 1753. The Old Town of Lunenburg was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage ... read more

If you love lighthouses, Nova Scotia is the place for you! There are over 160historical lighthouses scattered along the 7400 km coastline. In fact, Nova Scotia has the more lighthouses that any other province in Canada... although, really.. is that a surprise? there's not much competition - most of the country is landlocked. The oldest working lighthouse in North America is there - 82 feet tall, built in 1758, and located on Sambro Island! Thinking that's very old, I Googled to see how 1758 compares to the oldest working lighthouse in the world... and I found the Tower of Hercules, which is an ancient Roman lighthouse built some time late in the 1st century (probably during the reign of Trajan, betwe... read more

Cloudy day, but great scenery!!!! Ate Fish & Chip's from a grease truck!!!! Yummy!!!!... read more

May 29-31, 2010 Peggy’s Cove Light House and Digby, NS After leaving the Cabot Trail I headed down to Halifax via Coastal Highway 316. The route took me through quaint Atlantic Ocean seaside fishing villages that probably don’t get many tourists. The skills of fishing have been handed down from generation to generation. It’s kind of like our family farms in the Midwest…trying to carve out a living but seeing large corporate farms buying up all the small family farms. Along the fishing villages, the fishermen were complaining about the price of their catch while large fishing “ships” are taking away their livelihood. Many will sell their boats when they retire as no family member wants to carry on the tradition. One cannot travel fast in Nova Scotia especially when traveling along the coast. The roads ... read more