This is a fantastic store! It's a great mix of local flavor and imported items. They carry casual…read moreclothing lines and try to carry only natural fibers. They have dresses, skirts, tops, unique accessories, funky shoes, and great jewelry! They also have great Nova Scotia books and music, tartan products, and Pugwash logo souvenir gifts and T's. You'll also find many nautical items for cottage and garden. The shops owner is priceless and always wonderful to talk to! If you're lucky, she might even read your cards!!!

This is the best thrift shop in the world! Ok, so maybe not the world-- but I only say that because…read moreI can't prove it. I can't go anywhere near Port Elgin without checking it out. Usually when people ask me,"Where did you get that?!" The answer is PEDVAC! Then I explain where it is, what it's about and why everyone should make the trip. From my first purchase in 1995: three amazing cardigans, two of which I still wear, to my fuzzy boudoir chair and smoke-stained porthole mirror, to my Betsey Johnson lace shrug, to my copies of the amazing boardgames Ratrace and Personal Preferences to the like-new 1983 GWG denim jacket I scored for my boyfriend and my signed copy of The Zucchini Cookbook. These are a tiny selection of the amazing finds from PEDVAC. Since it's a thrift store, everything is incredibly inexpensive and the money goes to help the community. It's rare to leave with an armload of treasures for more than $5. You can fill a bag of books for $1, and there are bag days where you can fill a bag of clothes for $1 as well! Before you leave PEDVAC, make sure to the craft corner, especially the mittens made of old sweaters! The ladies in the community sew them, and I couldn't recommend them higher! I've worn mine through two winters, even dropping them a few times and they still look brand new! They're durable and they're the warmest mitts I've ever owned! In addition to the wonderful volunteers and the always friendly fellow shoppers, there's usually a wonderful brown and white dog hanging out in the store too. She's wonderful if a little timid. She's a great addition to the best thrift store in the world. At least the best one I've ever been to. I send most of my stuff there when I'm done with it too. What goes around comes around! PEDVAC is a treasure trove in the truest sense of the word.

Chapters is a mega bookstore with a Starbucks cafe inside and attached to the Crystal Palace…read moreamusement park. Chapters is very similar to the Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain in the USA, most locations there offering Starbucks too. This Chapters store is pretty well organized and offers a great selection of books, literature, guides, and magazines, plus a limited selection of music & movies, games, cards, house warming gifts, candles, and soaps. There are also discount book tables too, plenty of kids books and hockey history books. I like the selection of local history books of New Brunswick and the Maritimes here. As a shopper from the USA, I immediately notice many titles in stock have two prices: US and Canada (higher). Those titles I'll only browse, make notes, and wait until I get back to the states for the lower prices and sales taxes. If I absolutely wanted the book immediately and couldn't wait, then I would suck it up and buy it. Nonetheless, I can enjoy my favourite Starbucks drink while reading a good book or magazine.

I used to spend a lot of time in bookstores, and was happy when this Chapters, and it's Starbucks,…read moreopened. Now that I mostly read eBooks, the Starbucks and the wifi are more appealing than the paper books, which I still like, but basically don't buy.

Super friendly staff and a nice atmosphere too. The deals abound here! There is something for…read moreeveryone.

Cute gallery offering a variety of gifts and something for everyone. They have accessories,…read morepaintings, jewelry, sculptures, cards, food. Prices are on the higher side but that's the cost for handmade art :-) If you're looking to support local artists, check this place out.

Food took too long to come out: lobster salad, side of shrimp and scallops, lobster roll trio,…read morecheese quesadilla. The portions were meager for what we paid.

Food was excellent. We had the Cacio le Pepe and Lobster Quadrille…read more Server was hilarious and made the experience wonderful. Thank you Adele!

Lots of places to shop! I am from the dc area and this place had more stores than some of our local…read moremalls. The mall world is still alive here and I was happy to see that! decent food court as well with about 8-10 options. Starbucks and Tim Hortons!

As far as malls go, this is a pretty good one…read more There's lots of stores to choose from that fit many different budgets. It has several of my favourite stores, such as Ardenes, H&M and newly opened Hot Topic. The mall is fairly comfortable to shop in with big wide walking areas and is well kept. Their is a large food court and even has a couple places that offer vegan choices (Guacamole, Subway, etc.) I'm not a huge fan of malls or shopping but this is a pretty good one. :)

The atmosphere, the service and the food is beautiful. Although a fine dining experience, this…read moreplace is unpretentious. Quite possibly the most comfortable and beautiful dinner experience I have had in a while. This was a pure dining experience. :)

A wonderful way to end our trip in the maritimes! Food was irreproachable, and service was 5…read morestars. Marilou, Josée and Veronique really went the extra mile to make us feel like royalty!