Article Archive for May 2010
Although the Banff Springs is 40 years older the present version is the same age as White Point Beach Lodge because the original wooden structure in the Banff township was destroyed by a fire in 1926 and the new hotel opened in 1928, the same year as the Nova Scotia lodge.
For Nova Scotia’s Gaspereau Vinyard near Wolfville winning the 2010 Taster’s Guild international wine competition is an other vindication of the province as a premier wine making area.
s “Restaurant of the Year” in 2005 the Quarterdeck Grill ranks as one of the top 10 restaurants in Nova Scotia gaining a reputation as the Sandy South Shore’s finest for fresh seafood.
Over the years Angus Doggett and his heirs were known as rum runners and the manor house their headquarters. It is even rumoured that Al Capone met with Doggett on one occassion as he was headed to his liquor warehouses on St. Pierre-Miqulon in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The new Beachcomber is built on one level for those who don’t like to climb stairs but want the atmosphere of an after-beach day.
