Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

They say that Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia is one of the most photographed places in Canada.  Now I can understand why. 

Peggy's Cove has been one of the places on my must see list for a long time.  My parents were there about 18 years ago and had some pictures framed for me and brought me a couple of souvenirs... after all my name is Peggy.  My mother had told me that there wasn't really anything there...and she was right.  But the photo opportunities are endless.  Even if there is a marine layer.

We took our chances on finding a campground.   We hadn't made any reservations.  We came across one that was right on the ocean.  The owner said we could park on any site we wanted and any way we wanted.  We chose a great site and parked parallel to the water.

The first day right after we set up, we headed to Peggy's Cove.  We soon found out that it was a holiday in Nova Scotia...Natal Day.  This gave a lot of  people a three day weekend. There were bus loads of tourists milling around.   Peggy's Cove doesn't have much for developed areas.  It is a fishing village, not really set up for tourists...but they show up anyway.

There is a visitor Center with a decent size parking lot.  If you can find a place to park there, you can easily walk to everything.  There are no sidewalks on the narrow hilly road through town.  People walk along the road - either side.  The major destination in town is the lighthouse.  It's a short hike from the visitor center.  Everything in town is built on the granite bedrock that is everywhere.  Up near the light house is a restaurant/gift shop.  There is a parking lot there also, but it's difficult to maneuver around the people and buses.  There are a few warning sign, but there are no railings or barricades.  People are free to wander on the granite boulders.

There are a couple of other gift shops that carry Island crafts also.  You can also buy coffee and ice cream all from old houses...that are still old.  The small harbor in town almost looks like it was staged to photograph...Old fishing boats, nets, buoys.. all old.








We also climbed a granite hill outside of town in search of a geocache.  Got some great photos from there.  Randy wanted to walk on the granite near the water.  We found a spot with sort of trail and walked to be closer to the waves.  It was great. 

 

Just a short distance from Peggy's Cove is a memorial created to honor the residents of Peggy's Cove and Blandford for their hard work after the crash of Swiss Air Flight 111 in 1998.  229 people died in that crash and residents of the area worked tirelessly to help with recovery.  The memorial is simply made out of granite. 

Almost everyone visiting in the area stops to walk out to the memorial.

We took some really great pictures.  Make sure you click on the link on the right and then slideshow at the top of the pictures you'll see all of them.  Peggy's Cove was beautiful and serene - in spite of all the people visiting.