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Val and Pat's Travel Adventures

Digby Neck

A land mass known as Digby Neck deserves its own blog post.

The Neck extends west from Digby with two islands making up the western half. Brier Island is the furthest west and in between is Long Island which is snuggled up to the neck.

We took a day to explore.

Coolest Flag

Digby Neck and the Islands municipal flag

The meaning in the flag comes from the geography.

The symbolism is quite obvious if you look at a map of the area – the longest rectangle represents Digby Neck, the peninsula, the middle one represents Long Island, and the small one Brier Island. The waves represent the waters of the Bay of Fundy and St. Mary’s Bay on either side of these land masses.

Our campsite at Belle Baie is on the south side of St. Mary’s Bay. On a clear day we should see across to Long Island. Marine fog gets in the way.

Free Ferries

We are island hopping. Getting to the end of Brier Island is the goal. Getting there will be half the fun! Two ferry trips there and two back. And these are awesome ferries – the trips are short and sweet and FREE!

Definitely a highlight.

waiting for the Petit Passage ferry at East Ferry NS

Petit Passage ferry terminal at East Ferry

Grand Passage ferry arriving at Freeport

loading at Freeport – note the school bus

And this trimaran is hanging around in the Westport Harbour. This ship has the technology to harness energy from the Fundy tides. The company has stopped the project citing red tape with the Federal government. This ship is treading water!

Fishery

We stop in Westport on Brier Island. Lovely small town and fishing port.

The black nets in the bay are for farming Atlantic salmon.

Folk Art

Adorable

Atlantic Flyway

Brier island is well known for bird watching. We drive to Pond Cove through the Brier Island Nature Reserve.

Migrating birds stop here along the Atlantic Flyway and feed at the Big Meadow Bog. This reserve has the distinction as a globally significant Important Bird Area.

We notice a few human free campers as well.

This is the end of the road for us. We’ve reached the western most point in Nova Scotia.

Food

We didn’t grab lunch along the way because we couldn’t find a restaurant that was open for lunch.

Digby is known for scallops so we splurged on a big plate seafood dinner. We are walk ins on a Friday night so really pushing our luck at The Crow’s Nest. We arrive just in time to get one of the best seats on the patio.