En route from White Point, where we had stayed for the weekend, back to St John NB, we stooped off in Peggy's Cove. This helped to break up the 6-hour drive a little. Peggy's cove is a small seaside resort just outside of Halifax. Although it has a population is just 60 people, the town attracts up to 2 million visitors a year, and they come from all over. While most of the cars we spotted had Nova Scotia plates, I spotted car plates from Alberta, New Brunswick, like us, Pennsylvania, and even Utah!
There really isn't much to see it, but it is very pretty. We clambered across the rocks to a small lighthouse, which is now used as a post office, and were rewarded with great ocean views. There is also a restaurant, several art studios, and a couple of gift shops, where I'm afraid to say I bought some incredibly tacky tourist souvenirs (think wind-up lobster with opposable claws). Peggy's cove was also host to a huge fatal Swissair Crash last decade, and one of the largest bomb explosions ever. The latter was not an enemy attack, though - during the last world war, two ships collided, one carrying a huge amount of munitions. The resulting explosion was massive, killing thousands and leveling one-fifth of the area.