Beautiful Mahone Bay – Pirates, Ghosts and Scarecrows
Just an hour north of White Point Beach and White Point Manor is the town of Mahone Bay. Like Many of the small towns in Nova Scotia Mahone Bay is a postcard-perfect maritime town. Named one of Canada’s best small-town downtowns by Harrowsmith Country Life Magazine, Mahone Bay is also considered by many as one of the most beautiful towns in Canada. Situated on a bay of more than 100 islands Mahone Bay is a treasury of history, culture and 19th century architecture. The charming main street hosts an assortment of art galleries, specialty shops and living museums – all within an easy stroll.
When you take Exit 10 and make a right at the the “T” intersection you will glide down the hill to and amazing view of 5 churches. When you line up the steeples of the three prominent ones you will see the towers of two more in the background.
Mahone Bay’s famous ghost ship is the Young Teaser. In 1813 the Young Teaser, a pirate ship, was trapped by British warship in Mahone Bay. Rather than allowing the ship to be caught and hanged, Lieutenant Frederick Johnson threw a torch into the ship’s powder magazine, blowing the ship from the water in a fiery blaze, killing himself and the entire ship’s crew.
A few nights after the explosion, locals began to report sightings of a ship resembling the Young Teaser, burning on the horizon. When rescue boats were sent out the ship simply vanished. Those who see the burning ship claim to see panicking men shrouded in flames on her decks. Perhaps they are paying the ultimate penalty for piracy, doomed to relive this tragic moment in history over and over. To this day, the residents of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia pay tribute to this legend by reenacting the burning of the Young Teaser at their
In the fall is the popular Scarecrow Festival where the whole village is decorated with hundreds of amazing scarecrows.
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