Eastern Shore Cooperator

09/13/2026

The weather for today’s 50 Mile Yard Sale could not have been more beautiful. Traffic was thick getting through Musquodoboit Harbour, on the big curve in Elderbank, with a big turn out in Middle Musquodoboit. The strawberry shortcake with homemade biscuits was a hit at St. Andrew’s United Church in Elderbank.

08/14/2026

Oak Island Treasure
Load of Malarkey

Adrian Blanchette gives his take on the mystery of Oak Island and it's supposed treasure.

08/14/2026

A Tour with a Master Gardener

I’ve admired Blair and Laverne Warner’s landscaped hillside on East Petpeswick for years. This summer, he took me on a walk over the grounds. He explained how over the decades they had transformed what was once a pasture, with a large vegetable garden, a greenhouse, multiple composting bins, a stone-walled pond fed by three streams with a stone-lined creek draining down to the road, a little hide-away pond in a sea of ferns where they once lost 100 trees to a hurricane, and a long row of roses along the road that grew from a 75 cent bunch of roses his mother bought long ago at Eaton’s.

08/13/2026

Pirates Take the Ferry

Adrian Blanchette talks about how the Pirates of Jeddore took over the Halifax ferry.

08/12/2026

Take a test drive on an electric car or van with Next Ride at the Musquodoboit Library until 2pm today.

08/10/2026

Pirates on the Eastern Shore

An interview with Adrian Blanchette, former owner of the Salmon River Inn, on how he and his costumed motley crew went from a pirate-themed birthday party to a pirate festival five years later that drew thousands for a raucous parade in Jeddore that closed down Highway 7.

08/07/2026

08/05/2026

Adam Campbell of East Jeddore

We are profoundly sad to share the news of the death of Adam Campbell of East Jeddore. He belonged to this place, the water, the fog, the trees, and especially the birds. He was a maker of beautiful things.

He has gone ahead of his many friends, his family, and his wife who could not have been more loved. It is hard to find the words to express the sadness we feel at his loss, and the gratitude for having been his people.

—K8

08/04/2026

08/04/2026