Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 – Pier 21 was opened as an immigration centre in 1928 to handle the large number of predominantly European immigrants coming to Canada. We were expecting so much more from this museum, but it fell dismally short of telling the immigration story in Canada. Pier 21 was closed in 1971; a lifespan of only 43 years so there wasn’t a lot of history to work with. Couple this with the fact that many of the displays and interactive kiosks were not functioning only added to our frustration. The museum is located next door to the cruise ship dock and seems to depend heavily on this traffic from the ships.
We had planned to spend the full day here but we were out within an hour. The weather was clear so we decided to try Peggy’s Cove one more time. The sun was just starting to burn off the fog when we arrived and we were able to get some half decent pictures without getting soaking wet in the process. It truly is the quaint fishing village that it is portrayed as. Now if they could only do something with all these damn tourists!!
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