Visiting PEGGY'S COVE Lighthouse + POLLY'S COVE Hike | Our Epic Road Trip in NOVA SCOTIA, Canada!

Our road trip in Nova Scotia continues and in today's video, we'll be visiting one of the most popular attractions in the whole province: Peggy's Cove! Peggy's Point Lighthouse, also known as Peggy's Cove Lighthouse, is pretty much an iconic symbol in Nova Scotia. This classic red-and-white lighthouse sits on a granite outcrop and it very well may be the most photographed lighthouse in all of Canada.

Normally, during the summer months, you can expect to find hundreds of visitors walking across these rocks, but we visited in summer 2020, which explains why we had the whole place almost all to ourselves.

As for the town of Peggy’s Cove, it was founded in 1811 when the Province of Nova Scotia issued a land grant of more than 800 acres to six families. The settlers relied primarily on fishing, though they also farmed and used the surrounding lands to raise cattle. By the early 1900s the population had peaked at about 300, and the community had its own schoolhouse, church, general store, and lobster cannery.

Today, the population of Peggy's Cove is much smaller with approximately 30 residents, and while it still remains a fishing community, it’s economy does rely quite heavily on tourism. There are plenty of cottages, restaurants and souvenir shops to choose from, but I think if you really want to experience the charm of the place, it’s worth spending the night so you can see have the place all to yourself once the tour buses and day-trippers (like us!) have gone.

After visiting the lighthouse, we drove to nearby Polly’s Cove. This is a 3.9-kilometre loop trail through coastal barrens that offers numerous look-offs and cliff views. We only completed a portion of the trail since we had quite a distance to cover before sundown, but we really enjoyed what we saw.

We hope you enjoyed this episode of our road trip in Nova Scotia and we'll see you in the next video where we explore Tatamagouche!

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Visiting PEGGY'S COVE Lighthouse + POLLY'S COVE Hike | Our Epic Road Trip in NOVA SCOTIA, Canada!

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