Peggy`s Cove - Nova Scotia
While looking for some photos on my external hard drive, I found this B&W one, which brought back a lot of memories from an amazing road trip I did from Montreal to P.E.I., close to 3000 km round trip.
Peggy`s Cove is a beautiful fishing village from Nova Scotia. Its most iconic landmark is its lighthouse: Peggy Point Lighthouse. This charming little cove is located only one hour away from Halifax, on the South shore and it was built in 1915.
None of the photos I have seen or taken do justice to this place. It is a charming little village with beautiful scenery, gorgeous coastline, delicious sea food and incredibly friendly people.
We got there around lunch time and spent a few good hours on the rocks, watching the waves and exploring the big granite rocks. The free parking lot behind at the lighthouse was full, thus we had to park in the village.
The black rocks near the lighthouse were very slippery and we were warned not to step on them. The pounding waves on the rocks were incredibly strong and could have swept away anyone who dared to go closer to the water.
Later on we took a walk down the hill heading to the village, admiring the colourful quaint old buildings. There, there were no waves and everything looked calm and peaceful as if the whole town was under a spleep spell.
The unique geology and the fantastic scenery make the lighthouse one of the most photographed lighthouse in Canada. During summer, each day, hundreds of tourists reach Peggy`s Cove and enjoy its breathtaking views. Most of them, focus solely on the lighthouse and tend to ignore this charming old village formed from less than 50 houses.
There was a wide array of attractive activities that tourists could do there: hiking trails, kayaking, whale watching, bird watching, fishing, etc.
This mesmerising cove had gift shops, restaurants and it offered some scenic views. We grabbed a coffee and some lobster which we had outside and enjoyed a magnificent sunset which inspired me to write two poems which I may post in here.
This is a place I would love to revisit one day, take some more photos and savour the fantastic sea food that I still remember the taste.
What about you? From all the places you`ve seen, which one would you like to revisit?
That reminds me of the little villages in the Islands of Azores. So cool! 😎
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What a cute little town, it looks like one of those places where nothing ever happens and people just go there to get away or retire lol
Yes, it was just like that! Lovely to visit but way too calm to live there!
Quaint little places, what a lovely village hidden away down on the coast. Must have been an amazing trip. Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful Photograph, beautiful place.
I'm planning a ride to PEI, penciled in for summer 2021. Might get pushed back to 22. The plan is to ride the Maritimes and maybe Goose Bay Labrador. PEI is listed as the terminal point, but Labrador and Newfoundland call to me...
I keep hearing about the Sea Food in Nova Scotia. You can bet I'll sample some.
I have two bucket lists. One is places I haven't seen and one is places I HAVE to go back to. North Rim of the Grand Canyon and the White Mountains in Arizona need to get seen every year, for instance.
PEI and New England are unseen needs...
Thanks for this. Makes my day.
That is quite some trip you are planning. You will love it @bigtom13! I guess we all have those two bucket lists. ;0) Grand Canyon, I haven`t been there yet... One day...
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I think this is exactly an eastern shore (for you) that our Western Shores (for us and for our Viking characters) is about. I'll always be happy to see more views from around there. Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure! I will have a few more posts with photos from this trip soon. Thanks for stopping by! Be well! ;0)
I think its really neat how they built that storage building half over the water and half over that huge outcropping of rock! Two very hard things to build something on/over. Overall this is a really cool black and white shot. I would not ignore the town for just one lighthouse. That would be a pointless.. so much history there I agree. Thanks for sharing this..I really enjoyed it 😊
I bet that would be a wonderful place to visit, even if only for the lighthouse. I love lighthouses. There's a beat up old lighthouse on Pelee Island in Lake Erie that I was fascinated by, and a great story about some Royal Surveryors getting into an altercation with the lightkeeper, killing him in the process, and then begging forgiveness from the King on the grounds that the lightkeeper was doing a poor job anyway. Alas, I lost all my pictures from that visit, but wikipedia has a good picture of the lighthouse itself: