Day 63 Visit Peggy’s Cove, NS

July 21 

Visit Peggy’s Cove, NS

Left the campsite heading south towards St. Margaret’s Bay Region.  Beautiful road hugging the coast with little fishing villages along the way.  As we were traveling I spotted a house that was painted on the side with a mural and a very picturesque little Light House with "Peggy’s of the Cove" on it.  The owner, artist and writer came out and talked to us when Ross was taking pictures.

Just before Peggy’s Cove is the monument that was erected for the SwissAir flight 111 that went down off the coast Sept. 2, 1998. Peggy’s Cove became popular as the community helped with the salvage efforts.  The area is very popular with artists and also Peggy’s Point Lighthouse.

We found parking at the info centre then walked across the street to William E. deGarthe’s house which is now a Gallery and Fisherman’s monument.  He sculpted it into the granite by his house and it is about 20 feet wide by 6 feet high.  

 The name Peggy’s Cove is likely from St. Margaret’s Bay, Peggy being short for Margaret.  In 1766 it is said that Samuel de Champlain named it after his mother, Margarite.  The other story  is that the sole survivor of a ship wreck was brought here, and then fell in love and married a resident so it was referred to as Peggy of the Cove.   The lighthouse has a red light in it.

Ross & I headed to Halifax to get an oil change on the truck.  Only had 4% left so we headed to a Quick Lube.  Who knew they were so popular on Sunday’s!  We were 6^th in line but they were all small cars and they had 3 bays.  After the truck was done we spotted a Subway so picked up a Lobster sub for tomorrow’s lunch and then we saw a McDonalds so grabbed a McLobster.

 

Daily Stats: 

Today's distance: 126 km 
Weather:  Sunshine with clouds and a little breezy; High: 26 degrees; Lo: 19 degrees
Diesel Price:  $131.8 / litre and reg. Gas $136.8/litre
Campsite:  Woodhaven RV Park
Today's news event:  New King in Belgium 
Yesterday weather event:  Cambridge Narrows in NB had a tornado touch down 

Thanks to Chris Knight for suggesting some of our side trips.  I think we have done them all except one.