Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia Canada

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Formed thousands of years ago by the glaciers & smoothed over by raw nature the natural beauty here is amazing, but you need to respect the mighty Atlantic Ocean. Its dangerous to venture onto the dark/black part of the rocks as a wave can sweep you out to the sea where you cannot be saved 

With only 30 permanent residents Peggys Cove still operates as a village with its own schoolhouse, church, general store & as you can see a lobster business. The rest of the buildings are used by local artisans for the busy tourist season

 

Selling many homemade products plus art/sculpture pieces

Originally called the Adirondack Chair (from the same name of the mountains) of New York, we in Canada have adopted it & call it a Muskoka Chair.......so a perfect fit for our lifestyle in this Eastern part of my country

Located in the village a local resident William E deGarthe (born in Finland & emigrated to Canada in 1926 eventually settled in Peggys Cove in 1930) he took 6 years to sculpt these 32 figures to pay homage to the fishermen who lost their lives at sea & to the families who suffered anguish

So why the name Peggy you ask.
Well the Hollywood version 😅 is she was the only survivor of a shipwreck.
But sorry, history says that Samuel de Champlain (Father of New France) was expanding his land holdings for his country & named the area after his mother Marguerite (Margret.....nickname is Peggy) Le Roy 

The famous & most photographed lighthouse probably in the world (no kidding.....look it up)
The first was constructed in 1868 as a wooden house with a light beacon on top, the next version was built in 1914 & even was used as the local Post Office until it was closed for safety reasons in 2009
Finally it was protected by the Heritage Lighthouse Act 

The Old Sea Dog paying respect to all those experienced & hardened people who made their living on/from the ocean

Got to love the colors of the Fishing Industry

Walking the granite outside the village & watching each step i make on this very uneven surface

The awesomeness of Peggys Cove

KeyTip: some of your best photographic opportunities is to park past Peggys Cove & walk back to it. Look close, you can see the lighthouse on the top right corner

The sea was quite today but always showing it the respect it deserves

Showing the effects of the weather from the Atlantic Ocean

My artist version from my time @ Peggys Cove