Restaurants in Annapolis County

The End of the Line Pub in Bridgetown in located in the former Train Station.

There are many fine Restaurants in Annapolis County which cover many different cuisines. We offer everything from very fine dining, great family meals to quick lunches and even your regular fast food.

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In January, 1922 Miss Mildred Orde of Graywood had a twin apple - one stalk but two cores and pits. Was quite a freak.

In 1840 there were sixteen stores in Granville Ferry and shipbuilding was the main industry.

Prior to the completion of the Dominion Atlantic Railway run from Halifax to Yarmouth in 1893, a traveller had to buy four separate tickets for the trip. One from Halifax to Windsor where he changed cars; another from Windsor to Annapolis Royal via the Windsor to Annapolis Railway; then a ticket to Digby via a steam boat or coach; and then the fourth from Digby to Yarmouth by the Western Counties railway.

Edna Lockhart Duncanson was the only female Canadian to play in the United States Professional Baseball League. A native of Avonport, she suited up for the New York City Bloomer Girls in 1935.

On July 28, 1921 the temperature at the Annapolis Train Station at 1 p.m. was 93 degrees in the shade, which was a new record for that day.

The scallops harvested by the Digby scallop fleet are sea scallops. These sea scallops are only found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean from Cape Hatteras north to Labrador.

Small railed platforms found on top of many houses along the coast are called a "Widow's Walk".

Nova Scotia used to enter prize-winning floral floats in the Rose Bowl Parade in California until the government change in 1978.

During the 1990 Western Days in Annapolis Royal the song "Your Cheating Heart" was played at Fort Anne in an attempt to have the most guitars playing the same song together at one time.

Because of its position sitting halfway between two counties Bear River was referred to as "The Bridge" for several years.

The first export of apples in Nova Scotia is believed to have been made in 1849 by Benjamin Weir of Halifax and Ambrose Bent of Paradise who exported from Halifax to Liverpool, England.

A native of Welsford in the Annapolis Valley, Alfred C. Fuller established a door-to-door sales empire which gained international success and still bears his name.

October 29, 1926 - Weather today - brilliant sunshine, rain, a flurry of snow, heavy wind, and at 11 in the morning a hailstorm, accompanied by lightening and several crashes of thunder! This is definitely a full day of weather.

A Cape Island fishing boat is also known as "the workhorse of the Nova Scotia fishing fleet"

If you are seeing "flankers" then you are seeing sparks coming from the chimney.

The musical variety show "Sing Along Jubilee" replaced the "Don Messer Show" on Halifax's CBC-TV.

Isle Haute, an island in the Bay of Fundy has had hundreds of people search it for treasure supposedly buried there by infamous pirate, Ned Lowe.

Even though it is separated from the rest of the county by the Minas Basin, Parrsboro, at one time was part of Kings County.

In 1904 the Nova Scotia Sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis was built in Kentville.

Ernest Buckler, a famous Annapolis Valley author chronicled local life in such books as “The Mountain and the Valley” and “Oxbells and Fireflies”.

In 1929 Annapolis Royal experienced and earthquake strong enough to knock dishes off the walls.

In 1925 small steam boats carrying supplies from St. John, NB for the various grocery stores travelled up the Annapolis River on the full tide as far as Bridgetown.

In the summer we can't wait for a bowl of "Hodge Podge" which is made with all new vegetables from the garden.

Nova Scotia farmers considered the unlikely combination of molasses, oat meal and water a refreshing drink at haying time.

In June 1927 businesses started closing on Wednesday afternoon. This was supposed to be just for the summer, but this tradition lasted for about thirty years.

In the early 1800s the Gates family had a plant at Port George where they made their Doctor's Home Remedies, and a shipyard and wharf. During this time the village was called "Gate's Breakwater".

In its first years the Annapolis Valley Exhibition was called the Riverside Guernsey Club Show and it was only a one day event.

Sam Langford originally from Weymouth Falls was a Black Canadian boxing standout of the early part of the 20th century. He was known as the "Boston Bonecrusher," "Boston Terror" and, his most infamous nickname, the "Boston Tar Baby."

January of 1982 saw severe cold weather in the valley as the temperature dropped to 12 degrees below zero F.

The heaviest claw on a lobster is called the "Crusher Claw" and the smaller claw is called the "Pincher claw".

A "Sou-wester" is a fisherman's oilskin cap that has a brood brim and it slops down at the back. They are usually yellow.

In 1921, Halifax resident Burkman was one of the first to walk the 3,600 miles to Vancouver by way of the railroad tracks.

The summer and autumn of 1815 saw an invasion of mice such has never been seen before in the history of the province or country. They caused much destruction before it was brought under control, including enough damage to crops to threaten a famine throughout the valley.

In 1993 one hundred and twenty-five buildings were designated as heritage properties in Annapolis Royal, which is believed to be the most for any one town.

In 1838 the Western Stage coach Company was formed to operate four-horse drawn coaches from Halifax to Annapolis Royal three times a week during the summer and two or three times a week during the winter.

Having volunteered her services to enforce curfews and patrol the wharves in Annapolis Royal, Rose Fortune, a black loyalist is believed to have been the first police woman in Canada.

In 1959 an unnamed hurricane swept across Nova Scotia killing 33 people, mostly lobster fishermen. Hurricane gales reaching 120 km per hour were reported causing considerable property damage.

In sailor's terms if you are "feeding the gulls" then you are being seasick.

Nova Scotia was the first province to issue coinage, the halfpennies in 1823.

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During “Cherry Sunday" in Bear River you could buy the fruit off a cherry tree from a local farmer for between fifty cents to three dollars. Once bought, you would bring the family to spend a day, or weekend completely picking the tree clean of the fruit.

The first white settlers to the Port George area were the Gates family, the same ones known in the area for their doctor’s home remedies. Their popular Gates Invigorating Syrup was supposed to cure everything.

Born in Kentville, Gladys Porter was both the first female mayor in Eastern Canada in the 1940's and the first female to be elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature.

In 1846 a sudden gale like tornado, which was accompanied by hail and thunder swept through the Annapolis County from the westward, demolishing buildings and uprooting trees.

The strong current of the Bay of Fundy stirs up lots of plankton as it travels back and forth. This plankton attracts plenty of herring and mackerel which in turn attract many species of whales to area.

Small railed platforms found on top of many houses along the coast are called a "Widow's Walk".

Nova Scotia does not have an official bird. It is the only province without one.

According to Nova Scotian folk medicine, you should place salt fish on the patient’s feet to combat a fever.

Until 1803 the Annapolis Valley community of Lawrencetown was known as Dunn’s Mills.

1922, August 31 the Berwick Register reports a three pound "Rome Beauty" apple, the largest apple ever grown on record.

Falmouth native Trevor Andrew competed in Snow Boarding in the 1998 Nagano Olympics.