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The tiny Mahone Bay Museum Ferries depart regularly for
displays exhibits and artifacts nearby islands. The Roosevelt GREAT VIEW
relating the town’s settlement Campobello Inter national To the
by foreign Protestants in 1754, Park is a 4-sq-mile (11-sq-km) Lighthouse
and its prominence as a boat- preserve built around the Nova Scotia has the
building center. There is also a elegant summer home of US largest number of
collection of 18th- and 19th- President Franklin D. Roose- lighthouses in Canada,
century ceramics and antiques. velt. The 34-room Roosevelt with over 160 that can
Cottage has been restored, be visited, all with asto­
Mahone Bay Museum and includes artifacts belong- nishing views. Many
⌂ 578 Main St #Jun–Sep: ing to the family. For Campo- are located along the

Tue–Sun ∑ mahonebay bello Island, 12 miles (20 km) Lighthouse Route, a
museum.com south of Saint Andrews, a ferry scenic roadway that
departs from L’Etete to Deer follows the province’s
Island, from where another southern shore from
boat goes to Campobello. Halifax to Yarmouth.
18 "-= Ruggedly beautiful Grand
Kouchibouguac Manan Island is popular with
National Park birdwatchers, as it attracts The village was the home of
large flocks of seabirds. well-known marine artist and
£ @ & g Miramichi # Daily sculptor, William E. deGarthe
∑ pc.gc.ca
(1907–83). Just above the
The name of this park comes 20 harbor, the deGarthe Gallery
from the local Mi’kmaq word hosts a permanent exhibition
for “River of Long Tides.” The Peggy’s Cove of many of his works. Right
park’s 92 sq miles (238 sq km) n Sou’wester Restau rant; outside the gallery, the
encompass a salt-spray world www.peggyscove Fishermen’s Monument is a
of wind-sculpted dunes, salt- region.com 100 ft (30-m) sculpture by
marshes packed with wildlife, deGarthe, created as a memo-
and miles of fine sand beaches, The still-operational Peggy’s rial to Nova Scotian fishermen.
as well as excel lent terrain for Point Lighthouse stands atop According to local legend, the
cyclists. The Voyageur Canoe granite rocks in Peggy’s Cove large angel in the sculpture
Adventure – a three-hour and is one of the most photo- is the original Peggy, sole
paddle to offshore sandbanks graphed sights in Canada. The survivor of a terrible 19th-
where gray seals bask – is village, with its colorful houses century shipwreck, for whom
very popular. clinging to the rocks, has Peggy’s Cove was named.
certainly earned its reputation Just outside the village, at
as one of the area’s most the Whaleback promontory,
19 picturesque fishing villages, is a memorial to the victims
of the tragic Swissair
and is a delightful place to
Passamaquoddy Bay stroll through. 111 crash of 1998.
@ Saint Stephen g Black’s
Harbour & L’Etete n Saint
Andrews Tourism Bureau;
(506) 529 3556
There is a historic charm to the
villages surround ing the waters
of Passamaquoddy Bay, and
none is more intriguing than
the resort town of Saint
Andrews by-the-Sea. In town,
Water Street is lined with
boutiques, craft shops, and
fine restau rants. At the dock,
tour com panies offer sailing,
whale watching, and kayaking
trips. Nearby, the Georgian
home built for Loyalist Harris
Hatch in 1824 now houses
the Ross Memorial Museum,
which contains an extensive Pretty fishermen's cottage dotted
collection of antiques and art. along the shore in Peggy's Cove
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