How did Peggy's Cove get it's name?
Was it named after Margaret's Bay, due to it's location at the entrance of the bay and then shortened to
Peggy's Cove.
Or was it named after a young woman named Margaret who was the sole survivor of a schooner wrecked on Halibut Rock one dark October night?
To read more about the legend of Peggy click Peggy.
The first lighthouse at Peggy's Cove, a wooden house with a beacon on the roof, was built in 1868 to mark the eastern entrance to St. Margarets Bay. The current octagonal lighthouse was built in 1914. It stands almost 15 metres high. The lighthouse was automated in 1958.
To see the lighthouses created by Mrs. Moore's grade five class click on the play button below. The sentences that are written below each lighthouse were chosen from the stories each student wrote.
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The following three stories were written by grade five students in Mrs. Moore's classroom. The authors retell all, or part of, the story of Peggy of the Cove in their own words. |
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