There will be a ceremony this Saturday at 1pm to officially unveil the five interpretive panels at Fish Point.
It’s located on a small penninsula just before the Yarmouth Bar.
Each panel is situated so that when you look up from the panel, you see the spot described.
Nadine Gates, Director-Curator of the Yarmouth County Museum, says this is the first of three phases to properly recognize one of the most historically significant spots in Southwestern Nova Scotia.
“We’ve installed the panels, they’re there for the public to view already but we thought we’d have an official ceremony, unveiling them for the general public and some of our visitors, who come from away.”
She says they hope to have Phase two finished by this time next year.
“We’re looking at having armour stone, which are the big, huge rocks, installed in and around that point to break the wave action to slow down the erosion of that point before it’s washed away to the ocean.”
The project has been funded by private donations, the provincial government, and the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth. Phase 2, which will hopefully be done by the end of next summer, will be bigger and much more expensive.
Reported by Sean MacLellan
