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Peggy’s Cove and Lunenburg day trip from Halifax

A day on Nova Scotia’s South Shore from Halifax: the Peggy’s Cove lighthouse before the tour buses, the Swissair memorial, the three churches of Mahone Bay, then Lunenburg’s UNESCO old town, the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, a distillery and the fish shacks of Blue Rocks before dinner. 9 stops with times and notes. Stay off the dark, wet rocks at Peggy’s Cove, where waves sweep people into the sea.

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Distance

76.5 km

Peggy’s Cove → The Knot Pub

Day

1

Stops

9

Day 1: Peggy’s Cove to The Knot Pub

76.5 km

Out on Route 333 to Peggy’s Cove, across to Mahone Bay and Lunenburg, and back on Highway 103 in about an hour.

  1. 08:30

    Peggy’s Cove

    Sight

    The lighthouse on the granite, before the buses arrive around 10. Stay well back from the black rocks by the water.

    2.6 km · 5m drive to next

  2. 09:50

    Swissair Flight 111 Memorial

    Sight

    A quiet granite memorial on the Whalesback to the 229 people lost offshore in 1998.

    47.4 km · 1h drive to next

  3. 11:10

    Mahone Bay

    Sight

    The three churches on the harbour, and the shops along Main Street.

    12.7 km · 15m drive to next

  4. 12:25

    The South Shore Fish Shack

    Food & drink

    Fish and chips and lobster rolls on the Lunenburg waterfront.

    188 m · 5m walk to next

  5. 13:30

    Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

    Sight

    Three floors on the North Atlantic fishery, and the boats tied up outside. The Bluenose II berths nearby when she is home.

    278 m · 10m walk to next

  6. 15:10

    Old Town Lunenburg

    Sight

    A UNESCO World Heritage town laid out in 1753. Walk up from the water to the hillside streets and St. John’s Anglican Church.

    438 m · 5m walk to next

  7. 16:15

    Ironworks Distillery

    Food & drink

    Small-batch rum, gin and brandy in a former marine blacksmith’s shop on the waterfront.

    5.8 km · 10m drive to next

  8. 17:00

    Blue Rocks

    Park & nature

    A fishing hamlet of shacks and slate-blue rock ten minutes east of town. Go for the late light.

    7.0 km · 10m drive to next

  9. 18:00

    The Knot Pub

    Food & drink

    Pub food on Dufferin Street before the hour back to Halifax.