Peggy's Cove
By: Author: J Bakken

On our first day in Nova Scotia in July, 2005, we stopped at Peggy's Cove and it quickly became one of my favourite spots in the Maritimes! The sight of the sapphire sea meeting the azure sky just off the rocky shore where the lone lighthouse stands as a beacon to a small fishing community was truly spectacular.
Listening to the waves crash along the rocky shoreline was mesmerizing as I sat there soaking in the sunshine of that summer day. I watched others explore the rocks and sea around the famous beacon. Youngsters ran up and down the rocks not waiting for their elders to catch up to them. A very fit 71 year old and his 25 year old grandson also explored the nooks and crannies of the rocks, the grandson barely keeping up to his grandpa. I too, joined in their exploration.
Then, many of us went inside the lighthouse and mailed our postcards from within it's walls...a unique experience...to have a post office within a lighthouse. We talked about the history of the lighthouse and then turned our discussion to the tiny community itself. Back from the lighthouse were perhaps no more than 80 houses scattered along the rocky coast. Beside them were fishing boats, indicative of the livelihood of those who lived there.
Peggy's Cove was truly a magnificent sight on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in friendly Nova Scotia.

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