Who is peggy's cove named after?

Answer 1

According to the legend, Peggy's Cove was named after the sole Survivor of a shipwreck around the mid 1800's. One version claims she was a young woman named Margaret, and the locals called her Peggy.

To everyone's surprise, two ladies from North Dakota arrived at the Cove in 1996, claiming to be the great-granddaughters of Peggy. They said it wasn't a young woman, but a little girl too young to remember her name. The family who took care of her, named her Peggy.

In both versions of the legend, folks from around St. Margaret's Bay would say, "Let's go see Peggy of the Cove," and soon that was the title she inherited. The villager's were so impressed by this young child's miraculous survival and wonderful character, that they eventually name their village after her, Peggy's Cove.

Some think Peggy's Cove was named after the abbreviation of "Margaret" in St. Margaret's Bay, but most prefer the romantic version of the shipwreck survivor.

Answer 2

Peggy's Cove is named after Margaret (Peggy) Richardson, the wife of an early settler in the area in the early 19th century.