detail of red door of fish shack at Peggys Cove Nova, Scotia, Canada, North America. Photo by Willy Matheisl
Willy Matheisl, Peggys Cove, also known as Peggy's Cove from 1961 to 1976, is a small rural community located on the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. Peggys Cove is 43 kilometres southwest of downtown Halifax and comprises one of the numerous small fishing communities located around the perimeter of the Chebucto Peninsula. The community is named after the cove of the same name. Peggy was a small girl who was the sole survivor of a shipwreck nearby. She was rescued by the residents of the town. Peggy was very young, and remembered nothing of her life before her rescue; not even her name. She was given the name Peggy by her rescuer's wife, whose family she lived with afterwards. The cove is named after Peggy. The village was founded in 1811 when the Province of Nova Scotia issued a land grant of more than 800 acres to six families of German descent. The settlers relied on fishing as the mainstay of their economy but also farmed where the soil was fertile. They used surrounding lands to pasture cattle. In the early 1900s the population peaked at about 300. The community supported a schoolhouse, church, general store, lobster cannery and boats of all sizes that were nestled in the Cove. Many artists and photographers flocked to Peggys Cove. As roads improved, the number of tourists increased. Today the population is smaller but Peggys Cove remains an active fishing village and a favourite tourist destination.
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Location: Peggys Cove Nova, Scotia, Atlantic Canada, North America
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