Restaurants in Digby County

There are many fine Restaurants in Digby 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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A freak apple was discovered by Mr. Collins, Annapolis Royal in 1921 from one of his apple trees. The apple was clearly one half gravenstien and the other half deep red, the colour was perfectly marked from stalk to pit.

Before the Digby Scallop Days festival, Digby used to celebrate the Digby Fishermen's Regatta, started in 1911.

Horton Academy was established in Wolfville in 1828 and it was the forerunner of Acadia University.

Born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia Abraham Gesner is responsible for inventing kerosene.

Despite 15-foot snow banks in 1953 migratory yellow grosbeaks have touched down at their old feeding grounds here.

The famous Nova Scotia schooner "the Bluenose" was featured on a blue 13 cent stamp in 1935.

Deported Acadians that ended up in Louisiana are often referred to as "Cajuns".

In 1923 traffic on Nova Scotian roads switch from driving on the left to the right hand side of the road.

Charles Fenerty, a lumberman's son from Sackville, Nova Scotia was the first to discover how to make paper from ground pulp.

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

People in the Grand Banks fishery industry are away from home for days or weeks at a time and are referred to as "Bankers".

April of 2003 saw the worst flooding on record in the Annapolis Valley. Heavy rains over a long period of time combined with spring thaw managed to knock out 47 bridges and 200 roads in Nova Scotia.

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."

In 1924 hotels and homes received their supply of ice from horse and wagon teams, brought in from the lakes.

In the early 1800s the Gates family had a plant at Port George where they made their Doctor's Home Remedies

Although it is now worn down by millions of years of erosion, the North Mountain once towered higher than the Rocky Mountains.

According to Mi’kmaq tradition, syrup made from the bark of a black cherry tree will relieve coughs brought on by colds.

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

In the mid 1960’s, the NHL team the Montreal Canadians held their training camp in Kentville.

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.

Our average of thunder & lightening is about 10 days per year, which is down from any other Canadian province.

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.

"Fly-beer" is a drink made from brewing potatoes and hops.

Nova Scotia donated six bald eagles to the United States in 1984 to help protect their national image.

Boot Island is the name of the small island located near the mouth of the Gaspereau River.

In 1969 the CFB Cornwallis Fire Department won the Grand Award for Fire Prevention in the Canadian Military Division over 80 other departments from Canada and the United States.

The original name of the Dominion Atlantic Railway was the Windsor to Annapolis Railway.

Buck McNair, a World War II fighter ace was born in Springfield, Annapolis County.

In 1780 an ice bridge across the river resisted the action of the tide, so that persons could cross and re-cross the river to and from Granville to Annapolis Royal for three days.

The first regular ferry crossing between the important seaport of Saint John and Nova Scotia's fertile Annapolis Valley was by the "Sally" in 1784.

Petroglyphs are simple drawings on stone left by early Mi’Kmaq

Not native to Nova Scotia, pheasants were introduced into the province from England.

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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The Sissibo Sizzler Flume Ride was one of the original rides at the Upper Clements Park and was purchased for $450,000 from Expo ’86 in Vancouver.

Hick’s Ferry & The Bridge are two names that used to be used for the community of Bridgetown.

The first steamer believed to have carried apples was the "Neptune" which sailed from Annapolis Royal in 1881 for England. It is said it took 14 days for this voyage.

The "Dukes of Kent" were a well-known music group from Kentville, Nova Scotia that played Barbershop music.

In 1981 a big snow storm hit the valley bringing several feet of snow and high winds. One road going to Victoria Beach waited three to four days before it was finally opened up by a very large snow blower, brought down from Cape Breton.

Ships that carried illegal booze during prohibition were called Rum-runners

"Figgy duff" is a boiled pudding with raisins in it.

The minimum wage for workers over 18 in Nova Scotia in 1985 was $4.00 per hour.

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.

For many years the large, slow moving rodent, porcupines were a protected species in Nova Scotia.

Abundant in Nova Scotian coastal waters, Pollock is commonly retailed as Boston Bluefish.