Lunenburg and Peggy's Cove

It was raining when we arrived in Lunenburg, it rained all night long and all the next day and night. It was too junky to go out sightseeing so we stayed in the RV - Susan read her magazines and books and I mostly played with the computer, except when I had to take Shadow out to do his thing. Shadow had a little fleece for warmth and a yellow slicker that was waterproof. I'm not sure how he got his leg up. I wore a rain jacket (LLBean) and jeans which got wet every time we went out.

Finally, the rain let up and we are able to walk to the "Old Town". What a sight -  colorful buildings and lots of shops and restaurants. Susan was able to do a little damage to our credit card which exchanges at par.

Very interesting. We've visited a lot of working seaport towns and they all have some type of Fishermen's Memorial to honor those who have been lost at sea. Lunenburg is no exception with this beautiful display.

This is the Bluenose II, a replica of the original ship that was built in Lunenburg and lost back in the 60's off the coast of Haiti. Lunenburg has a large working waterfront with several boatyards doing repairs on the large boats that fish 100 - 150 miles offshore.

This part of the coast is a lot like Maine in that it has a lot of peninsulas off the coast and there is a scenic route to these areas. Peggy's Cove was just a few miles away - a very small picturesque fishing village with a short drive up and down some hills to the lighthouse. I hid behind this boulder to take a picture with no people in in. In our short visit there were several tour buses bringing people from Halifax which is only 35 km away.

This is the Peggy's Cove memorial to the lost fishermen. On the right is the working fishermen. in the center is Peggy and friends enjoying the bounty an d on the left is an angel saying a prayer as the fishermen go to see. Quite a monument carved by a 70 year old artist. This monument is right across from the welcome center where we parked and walked past the scattered homes, galleries and wharfs to the lighthouse.

The short story is that one night many years ago a violent storm came up and a sailing schooner got caught in the storm and capsized losing all of the passenger's and crew except for one. A little girl was carried by the current to this cove and found the next morning by people living in the area. Her name was Peggy and she was raised by those who found her and they named the coast Peggy's Cove.

This building is typical of others built over the water. Some are built on pilings and others are built over a wooden structure that is filled with rocks and stones. This is called "crib" construction.

And now we're off for Cape Breton.