Early Sunday morning, we visit Peggy's Cove. It's about an hour Southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is an attraction for locals, as well as tourists.
The lighthouse at Peggy's Cove. (Tim has a picture of this lighthouse in his office at work.)With a bit of snow still on the ground, I think we picked the best time of the year to visit; the locals don't want to be outside and tourists don't want to visit, both for the same reason - it's freezing! But no one is around so we enjoy the views all to ourselves.
The Visitor Information Center isn't yet open (too early in the morning). Fortunately they have little info tables in front with tidbits of the townpeoples's and geological histories.
The area was founded by six fishermen and their families in 1811, and fishing today is still a big part of their way of life.
This house had tons of lobster and crab nets and traps. To the right were just as many traps. I bet if you stack them all up next to the house, they'd be the same height!
Throughout the town there are boulders, big and small.
Some seem to be conveniently placed for decoration. (Small enough for people to move.) Like these...
And some are probably too big to move so they stay put. Like this one...
And this one...
Okay, that's a picture of a picture from the boards, mentioned above, but it has some interesting facts. Like, the boulders were haphazardly placed, so to speak, around the area by glaciers, about twenty thousand years ago.
The ice/snow around the glaciers would continually thaw and re-freeze and at the base, the water would melt and re-freeze into the cracks and crevices of the granite rock, picking up different sized chunks of the rock as the glaciers inched their way across Peggy's Cove. (Think of gum or something otherwise sticky on the bottom of your shoe, picking up rocks that scrape along the sidewalk as you walk.)
Here's something I thought was cool, you can see where it's been scraped on the bottom which helps us identify from what direction it came.
Enough learning, here's more pics...
Charlie and daddy exploring Peggy's cove. (Oliver's napping.)
Charlie and daddy still exploring. They're waving. Hello over there! :) (Oliver's still napping.)
The Atlantic Ocean. Peggy's Cove's website. http://www.peggys-cove.com
If you have any questions or comments about moving or about Canada or things in general or a suggestion on where to visit next, feel free to leave a comment. I'd love to hear from you!
