Talk:Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

Film Location?

I could have sworn that the film To Die For had a part filmed at Peggys Cove, the scene where they walked across the ice looks like one of the pics in this article. I can't find my DVD of this film however so I can't find the scene to verify and there was no mention of it on IMDB or the Wiki, so I don't want to add it to the article.N9jig (talk) 03:35, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Spelling of Name

The official spelling is without an apostrophe: see National Resources Canada's geographical names site.

St. Margarets Bay and Hacketts Cove also have no apostrophe. Indefatigable 23:23, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I don't know that we can take National Resources Canada's word as definitive. The page referenced above in 2005 has since disappeared, but what I assume to be the current version of that page can be found here and lists both "Peggys Cove" and "Peggy's Cove." Official Web sites for Peggy's Cove Coastal Region and the province of Nova Scotia both prefer "Peggy's Cove" with the apostrophe, and the apostrophed version accounts for more than 70% of Google search results at the moment. Given that the article itself currently prefers "Peggy's Cove," perhaps the title should be updated to reflect that spelling? Secret-HQ (talk) 21:49, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

As far as I can see on the ground, the only instance of Peggys is the highway sign. The Preservation Area sign has Peggy's, as do all the businesses I saw whose signs bore the name. I would be strongly in favour of moving the article (back?) to Peggy's Cove. Awien (talk) 18:09, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Google ngram, very few mentions, but the apostrophe wins.

Note also the Peggy's Cove Commission and the related piece of legislation The Peggy's Cove Commission Act, presumably named by those with some local interest.

I favour a rename to Peggy's Cove. moogsi^(blah) 22:52, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

I agree. It should be renamed. Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:35, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Content

I plan to add some content to this page. also some pictures. the lighthouse is a copy of a painting or a touch up job or taken with a filter. the picture of peggys cove is great but too small.

who is in charge of this page? joe 03:20, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

There is no proof, beyond folklore, of the cove being named after a shipwreck survivor. I have tried to reflect the various theories while still retaining the folkloric detail. Letterofmarque 02:11, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

The section "Site for Best Short Film" does not list the actual film name?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawtcalm (talk • contribs) 12:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

William deGarthe

I'm thinking the section entitled "William deGarthe" is unnecessary, as it doesn't do much but repeat the information found on the page for the same William E. deGarthe, to which I also added a link in the "History" section. However, I'm not sure whether to completely remove the section or just revamp it slightly. Maybe it could be a section on "Famous Residents" and include a link to deGarthe as well as other well-known residents, if there are any? Oregongirl0407 (talk) 19:45, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Promotional Conflict of Interest

I removed the promotional advertising for the "Peggy of the Cove" attraction from the geography section. The contributor was blatantly promoting his own business which is against Wikipedia policy. Letterofmarque (talk) 03:14, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I have tagged this site for COI as a contributor continues to use this article to promote his books and tourist attraction.Letterofmarque (talk) 02:04, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Whoever it is who keeps putting slogans and promotional notes for Ivan Fraser's gallery and souvenir shop, please stop. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a marketing magazine.Letterofmarque (talk) 21:27, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Monuments

"The site of the crash and the two monuments form a triangle" Two monuments and any location on the planet form a triangle so this is akin to writing that the sea near the crash contains water.. 86.181.83.209 (talk) 16:21, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

In the course of copyediting the section, I removed this sentence. What I suspect is that the editor means an equilateral triangle, but a perfunctory search didn't find a ref. If anyone could find one, it would be good. Awien (talk) 09:19, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

OK, equilateral triangle is indeed what was meant: http://www.st-margaretsbay.com/swissair_memorials.html Restoring the sentence, but don't know how to do the ref. Awien (talk) 17:51, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

swissair flight 111

"It is one of two memorials built to commemorate the victims of the Swissair Flight 111 disaster, which saw the aircraft crash into St. Margarets Bay on 2 September 1998." in this sentence, 'which' does not make any sense. please revise. --96.63.2.100 (talk) 01:03, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Fixed. Awien (talk) 18:03, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

The Swissair Memorial is not in Peggy's Cove, but in Indian Harbour. Peggy's Cove was the staging area during the disaster. Snowy Badger (talk) 17:59, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Deaths

There should be a section on all the deaths of people who have gone too close to the water and have been swept out to sea and died. I have been trying to gather a list of the fatalities, but so far the internet has not been very helpful. I will keep looking. In the meantime, I encourage anyone who has such a list to add it here, including: name, age, date of death.

Jamie Quattrocchi, 25, April 2015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.176.229 (talk) 14:48, 16 August 2017 (UTC)