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Route 217 is a collector road in Nova Scotia that runs completely in Digby County, Nova Scotia from the town of Digby down a rocky and tide-carved headland called the Digby Neck. The highway goes through two island Long Island and Brier Island. The area is famous for whale watching and rare wild orchards. Is also known as 'Digby Neck and Islands Scenic Drive
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- Digby
- Marshalltown
- Rossway
- Waterford
- Trout Cove
- Centreville, Centreville is named for its location, half way between Digby and Petit Passage. As you walk along the magnificent shoreline of the Bay of Fundy here, you will find beautiful sunsets and perhaps the hidden treasure supposedly buried there. Driving through on Trout Cove road you can see the first brick house built on Digby Neck. Built in 1789 from local clay by James Ward, it was called the old Ward Inn for many years. Captain Isaac Titus from New York state settled here in 1788. Originally called Trout Cove, the area became Centreville in 1875. The main industry in Centreville is hand-line and lobster fishing. There was also a fish processing and canning plant located by the wharf, which was started in the late 1800s by Alfred Boutilier, no longer in operation although there is still the Gidney Fisheries Inc plant.
- Lake Medway
- Sandy Cove, The Indians called it Noogoomkegawaachk, "a small sandy cove." There is some evidence that the place was once called Prince William until the early 1850's. The present name was in use by 1857. Thomas Hamilton and John Dickson settled here in 1778. They had wandered down the Bay in search of a promising place for fishing saw Sandy Cove and went no further. Stephan Fountain, a skilled blacksmith settled in Sandy Cove in 1788. Fishing is the main industry here and on St. Mary's side a newly constructed wharf is port to many types of fishing vessels such as draggers, scallop draggers and lobster boats. These can be seen from the highway in Sandy Cove.
- Mink Cove
- Little River
- Tiddville
- Tiverton
- Central Cove
- Freeport
- Westport
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