Hi!  My name is Lynn Hoffmann and I would like to tell you about our beautiful Annapolis Valley.  Having been born and raised in New York City, I was very fortunate to visit the Valley in 1966, with friends to attend the Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival.  This led to a love relationship which continues to this day.  38 years later my husband and I moved to the Valley.

The Valley is approximately 150 kms. in length from Digby and the Annapolis Basin in the west to Wolfville and the Minas Basin in the east, spanning the counties of Digby, Annapolis and Kings.  Some also include the western part of Hants County including the towns of Hantsport and Windsor even further to the east, but geographically speaking they are part of the Avon River Valley.

The steep face of basaltic North Mountain shelters the Valley from the adjacent Bay of Fundy and rises to almost 1,000 feet in elevation in some parts.  The granitic South Mountain also rises to similar elevations and shelters the Valley from the climate of the Atlantic Ocean approximately 100 kilometers further south on the province's South Shore.

The shelter provided by these two mountainous ridges has produced a "micro climate" which provides relatively mild temperatures for the region and coupled with the fertile glacial sedimentary soils on the Valley floor, the region is conducive to growing vegetables and fruit crops.  Particularly famous for its apple crop, the Valley hosts in excess of 1,000 farms of various types, the majority being relatively small family-owned operations.

It is a great place to live.

By: Lynn Hoffmann, REALTOR®

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