Peggy's Cove
It is the home of the famous Peggy's Point Lighthouse.
The first public art gallery, tea-room, and gift shop was opened in a shack in Peggys Cove in 1937.
Today, although there is only one street, it is lined with gift shops, art galleries, ice cream stands and a couple of restaurants.
Fisherman's Monument, sculpted out of a 100 foot granite face of rock depicts 32 fisherman and their wives and children enveloped in the arms of a guardian angel.
It is a lasting memorial to the fishermen of Nova Scotia.
Another monument we visited was the Swissair Memorial Site.
On September 2, 1998 Swissair Flight 111 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport at the entrance to St. Margaret’s Bay. All 229 people on board perished. The crash site was 8 km / 5 mi from the shore, not far from Peggy’s Cove in the South Shore region. A short walking trail (30 m) to a monument in memory of the people who lost their lives.
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