Accommodations Nova Scotia
Your Guide To Accommodations In Nova Scotia
Southwest Margaree, Nova Scotia
You'll find Southwest Margaree on your way from Margaree Forks
on Route 19. Folks in Southwest Margaree are known for their love of
music and dancing.
Each Friday night from late June to Labour Day,
there's fiddle music and dancing at St. Joseph's Hall, right beside
the church. If you're staying in the area, these dances or
'ceilidhs,' shouldn't be missed; they are known all over the island.
Traditionally, the southwest was known for the Gaspereau fishing on
the Margaree River in springtime. The Gaspereau make their way in
from the ocean, up the Margaree to spawn in Lake Ainslie; on the
riverbanks, huge box-like cages were lowered into the water on a
pivot, then raised full of fish.
These fish are pickled in salt and
exported to the Caribbean, where they continue to be a favourite.
You can still see men fishing this way on the river in parts of the
southwest.
