Day 161. Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Our afternoon tour took us to Peggy's Cove on the southern tip of Nova Scotia. It reminded me so much of Rhode Island. Peggy's Cove is a quaint lobster fishing village.  (Lobster is the largest export industry in Nova Scotia.) Only individuals can fish for them (no companies) and lobster fishing is highly regulated: max of 225 lobster traps/boat and can only fish at certain times, etc.
Peggy's Cove Lighthouse is one of the most photographed lighthouses due to its granite base.
Peggy's Cove was named after a woman who was the sole survivor of a shipwreck in 1811. She was so badly injured that she had no memory and didn't even know who she was. Since her family was lost at sea, the village people took her in, raised her, and named her after the village where she was rescued, St Margaret. She spent a lot of time in this Cove, and they named it after her.
Degarth chiseled the sculpture in memory of a major ship wreck at sea, similar to the Titanic accident.Les mer