Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

 After visiting Lunenburg World Heritage Site in Nova Scotia, Canada, we went on to Peggy's Cove. It is quite a tourist attraction, and the lighthouse is one of the most visited in Canada.

The road goes around the edge of St Margaret's Bay. A Swiss Air flight 111 crashed into the bay 2 Sept 1998, approximately 8 km southwest of Peggy's Cove with the loss of all 229 aboard. There is a memorial. 

As we approached Peggy's Cove, the deciduous trees disappeared, also most of the conifers, as the granite rocks became more prominent, giving a tundra like landscape. These large boulders date back to the Devonian period, 415 mya and are actually glacial erratics, deposited by the glaciers. 

Peggy's Cove was really busy when we arrived early afternoon. I went to the lighthouse, which is no longer in use, it is just a tourist attraction. Nova Scotia is home to over 160 historic lighthouses. Peggy's Cove Lighthouse, also known as Peggy's Point Lighthouse, is one of Nova Scotia’s most well-known lighthouses, built in 1915.

There is a danger of rogue waves here and as it is a protected area, visitors are asked to keep to the pathways. 

Alpine horn -

I loved the rocks, so smooth and rounded and random -

I had decided to have a lobster roll, but when I saw it was $28 for a takeout I decided not to bother. Instead I had a foggy dog hotdog for $5. Then looked around the rest of the area.

William E. de Garthe Memorial Monument to Nova Scotian fishermen. It is on a 30 m long granite outcropping situated behind his house in Peggy’s Cove. The sculpture depicts 32 fishermen, their wives and children, St. Elmo with wings spread, and the legendary Peggy of Peggy’s Cove.

We left Peggy's Cove and continued on around the bay, heading back to Halifax. These were taken through the bus window and show the erratic boulders -