Joe's Scarecrow Village

In the 1980s, Joe Delaney tried to plant a garden in Cap le Moine, Cape Breton, just down the road from Chéticamp in Nova Scotia. As the story goes, Joe planted his garden and hoped for the best, but crows pillaged his vegetables time and time again. Joe's neighbors didn't believe he could grow anything in the rocky, salty soil of his seaside backyard, or fight the scavenging crows, so they joked he should grow scarecrows instead.

Joe placed two gaudy scarecrows in his garden. He was surprised the next day when some travelers stopped to admire his creations. The rest - including 50 or more new scarecrows made by Joe and his son - is legend.