
We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Lower Wedgeport, of which one is a larger airport. The local timezone is named America / Halifax with an UTC offset of -3 hours. Local time in Lower Wedgeport is now 11:02 AM (Monday). The biggest Bluefin landed since the tournament's revival was 796 lbs, caught in 2014 by the Atlantic Angler. Lower Wedgeport in Nova Scotia is a city in Canada about 492 mi (or 792 km) east of Ottawa, the countrys capital.

In the past 12 years, hundreds of tuna have been landed in the Wedgeport Tuna Tournament & Festival. An event this size helps draw people to our village and brings our community together.Įach year, thanks to the South West Nova Tuna Association, we have been allotted 3200lbs of quota for Bluefin tuna. POTHIER, Phyllis Anne Mere, 77, of the Meadows Home for Special Care, formerly of Wedgeport, passed away Jin Yarmouth Regional Hospital. The oldest maintained Acadian historical site in southwestern Nova Scotia, the Butte-de-la-Croix, is a symbol of the courage and perseverance of the. Hundreds of volunteers and sponsors help every year in making our tournament possible. Passed in: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Passed on: Published in the Tri-County Vanguard. is a rural French Acadian fishing community located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Since its revival in 2004, the Wedgeport Tuna Tournament & Festival has grown each year, always attracting more participants, more tuna and of course more spectators at its various week-long events. 1 Forward Sortation Area (FSA) in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia. In the mid 1900s, we used to be able to catch plenty of tuna just off the coast of Wedgeport, however presently, most of the participating boats sail 12 hours from the wharf to a place called the “Hell Hole”, it is located south of Brown’s Bank and northeast of George’s Bank.

The Wedgeport Tuna Tournament & Festival is an annual event that takes place near the end of August.
