Taxis and Shuttles
If you are registered at the Annapolis Basin Conference Centre, please take their dedicated shuttle bus. It will be stopping at the two stops on First Avenue and at Bruce’s Automotive across from the Sunset Pub.
If you are staying in Smiths Cove and not staying at the ABCC, you will find yourself lost in the countryside … watch for the NSLC Cabbioke Shuttle to go to Smith’s Cove at the end of Friday or Saturday evenings!
On Saturday, August 31st, Kings Transit is offering free shuttle service from Cornwallis and Weynouth into Digby.
Digby is in the middle, so it is visited every hour; Cornwallis and Weymouth every 2 hours.
The first bus leaves Cornwallis at 9am, disembarks in Digby at 9:30am, picks up in Weymouth at 10am and disembarks in Digby at 10:30am.
Cornwallis pick ups will be on the even-hour and Weymouth on the odd-hour.
The last bus departs Digby for Cornwallis at 6:30pm and last bus departs Digby for Weymouth at 7:30pm.
The Wharf Rat Rally has contracted one shuttle bus provided by the charity Transport de Clare and sponsored by NSLC’s Cabbioke.
The shuttle will run ONLY FRIDAY EVENING, SATURDAY during the day AND SATURDAY EVENING. The route for both of this bus is planned as follows:
Daily:
- Between Walmart and the Atlantic Superstore, in front of the Walmart garden centre
- In front of the Sunset Pub / Bruce Chev Olds
- Guy’s Frenchy’s parking lot
- In front of the NSLC by Sobeys
- At the Wharf Rat Rally Welcome Centre
- At the Arena on Shreve Street
- In front of Town Hall and the Sydney Street Pub downtown on First Avenue
- Behind Headquarters on First Avenue
- Back to the Welcome Centre
- Back to Sobeys / NSLC and then
- Back to Walmart
To start the Friday evening run, the bus will go to Annapolis Basin Conference Centre, where it will also finish at the end of the night.
On Saturday, the bus will make one trip around 6:30 to ABCC and then travel through Smith’s Cove to finish at ABCC at the end of the night.
The NSLC Cabbioke Shuttle will be at Bay Ferries’ Digby terminal at 10:30am to pick up passengers arriving from Saint John, New Brunswick and will return at 5:00 pm to drop off passengers who have visited Digby for the day and are returning to Saint John.
The downtown Digby pick up/ drop off location will be behind Headquarters on First Avenue. When the NSLC Cabbioke Shuttle is not making ferry terminal runs, it will flow back into the cycle from Walmart through Conway downtown and back again.
If you are a volunteer or have parked nowhere near a shuttle stop, the Wharf Rat Rally’s own limited shuttle service may be able to help you.
Please call 902-245-4263 and let the volunteer know where you are, and where you’d like to be taken.
This service is graciously supported by registration revenue, area car dealers and Enterprise Rent-a-Car because we really will pick you up!
Here are the contact numbers for the taxi companies that serve Digby and area:
Kathleen’s Shuttle 902-249-0086
Basin Taxi 902-245-4408
Admiral’s Taxi 902-245-4542
Digby Cab 902-245-6162
The Taxi companies DO NOT go downtown on Water Street near everyone’s bikes until past 10pm. If you need to meet up with a taxi between 7am and 10pm, please go uphill one street to First Avenue to catch it there.