The Magic of Lake-front Living on Lake Belliveau and Lake Margo in Digby, Nova Scotia
A Four-season Property
Those who own lake-front property on this richly forested landscape experience the changing seasons, each having its own special beauty. Quiet, serene, and beautiful, lake-front living on Lake Belliveau and Lake Margo in Digby, Nova Scotia, is a four-season experience, offering new sights, colours, sounds, events and activities as Summer changes to Fall, Fall to Winter, and finally, it's Spring again!
Spring on the Lake
Spring awakens the senses on Lake Belliveau and Lake Margo on Nova Scotia's Southwestern Shore. As Spring emerges, energized, from its Winter respite, so do its markers. For some, the plaintive call of the loon, the first of the year, signals the beginning of Spring. For others, the first canoe trip of the season after the ice melts away marks the beginning of Spring more accurately than any date on a calendar.
For the veteran fisherman, picking up the tackle-box and fishing rod is another rite of Spring, when once again he casts his line from his place on the shore. Owls call out into the night sky, announcing their territories, their haunting cries echoing across the lake's silvery expanse.
For the veteran fisherman, picking up the tackle-box and fishing rod is another rite of Spring, when once again he casts his line from his place on the shore. Owls call out into the night sky, announcing their territories, their haunting cries echoing across the lake's silvery expanse.
A Lake-side Summer
As Spring subsides, the forest transforms, its floor carpeted with lush, green foliage - and Summer arrives on the lake. Summer is the social season for lake-front residents, a time for family reunions, visits from friends, and barbecues that begin in the early afternoon and continue long after sundown.
In the summertime, lake-front properties are alive with activity -- and canoes, kayaks, kick-boards, water wings and inner tubes find their way out of basements and storage sheds, as owners take to the water. The rising sun casts its rays, reflected by the sparkling blue, and a day on the lake becomes the high point of the season.
Standing waist deep in the water, an experienced fishermen stays cool, escapes the cares that await him on shore, and even better, is much closer to the fish!
In the summertime, lake-front properties are alive with activity -- and canoes, kayaks, kick-boards, water wings and inner tubes find their way out of basements and storage sheds, as owners take to the water. The rising sun casts its rays, reflected by the sparkling blue, and a day on the lake becomes the high point of the season.
Standing waist deep in the water, an experienced fishermen stays cool, escapes the cares that await him on shore, and even better, is much closer to the fish!
Indian Summer's Enchantments
Next arrives the most charming season in Nova Scotia's Southwest Shore, Indian Summer, bringing with her enchantments that will soften the hardest of hearts. A pre-cursor to Fall, Indian Summer extends Summer's pleasures, but brings with her cool nights and crisp mornings that electrify the senses.
Extended weekend stays are common during Indian Summer, when the perfect weather invites owners to linger longer on the lake, its complex beauty proved irresistible.
Extended weekend stays are common during Indian Summer, when the perfect weather invites owners to linger longer on the lake, its complex beauty proved irresistible.
A Lake-front Fall
Fall makes her entrance next, her fiery reds, bright oranges, purples, and golds cast their reflection on Lake Belliveau and Lake Margo, competing with the brilliant blue of an late September sky.
Standing in the middle of a wooded lake-front lot, one is surrounded by a harmonious palette of colour, and the softest of footsteps on forested lands are met by the crackling of leaves underneath.
Standing in the middle of a wooded lake-front lot, one is surrounded by a harmonious palette of colour, and the softest of footsteps on forested lands are met by the crackling of leaves underneath.
Winter's Lake-front Landscape
Winter blankets lake-front properties with a deep, soft snow, and the lake freezes over. Skaters take to the length and breadth of the lake, its surface solid and unyielding, reflecting the cool rays of a low Winter sun.
The snowy landscape is pierced by the the footprints of small animals who leave their trails for others to follow, and cross-country skiers plot their own paths.
On a perfect December afternoon, lake-front residents remove snowshoes from cabin walls, turning art into utility and, snow-shoeing across a whitening landscape, their trails etch the story of a Winter adventure in the snow.
The snowy landscape is pierced by the the footprints of small animals who leave their trails for others to follow, and cross-country skiers plot their own paths.
On a perfect December afternoon, lake-front residents remove snowshoes from cabin walls, turning art into utility and, snow-shoeing across a whitening landscape, their trails etch the story of a Winter adventure in the snow.
Lake-front Life Begins Anew
And then, just when the snow appears to be a permanent feature of the landscape, and the lake will remain ever-frozen, Winter loosens her hold on the land; the days grow longer; the sun rises higher in the sky, Spring returns, and lake-front life at Lake Belliveau and Lake Margo begins anew.