Idyllic
by Kristin Elmquist
Title
Idyllic
Artist
Kristin Elmquist
Medium
Photograph
Description
The first recorded name of the cove was Eastern Point Harbour or Peggs Harbour in 1766. The village is likely named after Saint Margaret's Bay (Peggy being the nickname for Margaret), which Samuel de Champlain named after his mother Margarite. There has been much folklore created to explain the name. One story suggests the village may have been named after the wife of an early settler. The popular legend claims that the name came from the sole survivor of a shipwreck at Halibut Rock near the cove. Artist and resident William deGarthe said she was a young woman while others claim she was a little girl too young to remember her name and the family who adopted her called her Peggy. The young shipwreck survivor married a resident of the cove and became known as "Peggy of the Cove" attracting visitors from around the bay who eventually named the village, Peggy's Cove, after her nickname.
The village was formally 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.
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October 3rd, 2012
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Kristin Elmquist
Thanks, John, for featuring this image in the Color photographs Only Group. I appreciate it. :)
Randy Rosenberger
Awesome capture and superb presentation the buildings against the rock shoreline and the serenity of the water is wonderful, Kristin! fave and vote
Kristin Elmquist
Thanks, Randy, for featuring this one in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group. I appreciate it. :)
Kristin Elmquist
Thanks, Neal, for featuring this image in the All Things Reflective Group. I appreciate it. :)
Kristin Elmquist
Thanks, Maria, for featuring this image in the Healing Through Art Group. I appreciate it. :)
Kristin Elmquist
Thanks, Kathy, for featuring this image in the Old Barns and Structures Group. I appreciate it. :)