Dildo won the Harrowsmith Magazine Award in 2001
as one of the prettiest small towns in Canada.
The town has become a popular site for visitors,
who can find
Bed & Breakfast's, efficiency units, vacation
homes and restaurants in the town and in nearby
communities. It has a growing marina used for
pleasure boats and fishing boats.
The Dildo and Area Interpretation Centre
has information about archaeological digs, and
artifacts from Maritime Archaic Indians ( dating
back to 3000BC ), Dorset Eskimo and Beothuk.
The town's more recent sea heritage is on
display as well. There are touch tanks and a
heritage fish room, as well as a replica of a
giant squid that was caught in the community in
1933.
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