Town of Digby
We are a small rural Town that is located along the Bay of Fundy. We have have trails along the basin that connect to our down town business district. We are know as the most romantic Town in Canada. We have three large scale festivals over the summer months Lobster Bash, Scallop Days and Wharf Rat Rally. We have 550 acres of woodland that surrounds our water shed area and in this area we have 5 km of hiking trails and 3.5 of single track hiking trail around the lake. We have approximately 2 km of Digby rail bed trail that is being that is being transformed into hiking and biking trails.
Company History
In 1783 Digby was settled by a hearty band of United Empire Loyalists led by Rear Admiral, Sir Robert Digby, Captain of the HMS Atalanta, a 24 gun Brigantine, leading the North American Squadron.
In appreciation of Adm. Digby’s leadership and guidance our early settlers from New York and New England named their new town in honour of their benefactor.
The Town of Digby has been an active fishing and lumber producing community throughout the years. Famous for the delicious scallops harvested from our local waters, spectacular vistas of The Annapolis Basin from our waterfront, clear crisp air, and of course the incredible tides (28 to 35 ft.) in our harbour, we offer our visitors a wonderful opportunity to visit or to settle in for a relaxed way of life.
Be sure to click on our Town Events for the schedule of all our exciting upcoming events and festivals.
Located near Rt. 101, a major highway, close to Digby Annapolis Regional Airport (the highest Airport in N.S.!), and the only year round ferry service to Nova Scotia, Digby offers entrepreneurial visitors a great place to start a business, or to grow an existing venture, in our Industrial Park.
Company Facts
We are a small rural fishing community know for our scallops world wide. We have some of the highest tides in the world. These highest tides make the Bay of Fundy one of the worlds most naturals wonders. The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world, and those enormous tides alone make that the Bay of Fundy is one of the world’s greatest natural wonders.
The height of the tide difference ranges from 3.5 meters (11ft) along the southwest shore of Nova Scotia and steadily increases as the flood waters travel up the 280 km (174 miles) of shoreline to the head of the Bay where, in the Minas Basin, the height of the tide can reach an incredible 16 meters (53ft).
