After visiting Peggy’s Cove and knowing that it wasn’t too much further down the road I decided to go see the Indian Harbour Lighthouse. This lighthouse is on private property so you can’t get right up to it, but you can pull off the road fairly close and get some nice pictures.
It’s a nice lil spot and definitely has some great views. To learn about this lighthouse and to get driving directions please visit Lighthouse Friends.
Finally after years of talking about it, years of thinking about it, years of trying to plan for it I was able to get myself out to Peggy’s Cove to see the lighthouse. I loved the drive out to the shore, the area is so beautiful and so different from the farmland and orchards I am used to seeing every day. The rocky inland and randomness of the boulders in the open space is quite picturesque all on its own.
Then I saw it…. The Lighthouse! I let out a shriek as I drove around the corner and up the road to the parking lot. It was the MOST beautiful sight I had ever seen, even better than I had ever imagined. I have always found photos I had seen from Peggy’s Cove to be breath taking but my oh my they‘ve really got NOTHING on seeing this lil’ Light in person!
So if you are ever in Nova Scotia visiting, or if you live here already but have never been out to Peggy’s Cove, I HIGHLY recommend making the trip out there to see its beauty for yourself. For more info on this Light and/or to get driving directions visit Lighthouse Friends.
Another point of interest in this area is the SwissAir Flight 111 Memorial. The story is sad but the location is stunning, open waters, rocky shore, and view of the Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse all in one spot. You can really tell there was a lot of time spent in that spot, and a lot of thought went in to making that Memorial. I found the spot to have an eerie silence to it….Yet I felt that I wasn’t alone standing there. The only other times I have felt that feeling was when I was standing at Ground Zero in NYC and when I go to visit my Dads grave.
I paid my respects to those who lost their lives in the crash and said a prayer for each of their families and quietly and carefully moved along.
Another Lighthouse that I have travelled past a lot but have not stopped at as much as I would like is the Hampton Light. It's a beautifully structured pepper shaker style light, standing just over 10 meteres tall. From what I have read it was built in 1911 and in 2007 it was declaired a heritage site. This is one of my favorite Lighthouses in the province, because of it's looks and because it is another that is "close to home".
Of course, it was such a pretty night I HAD to get my picture taken with the light :)
Port George Lighthouse, located right by the waters edge on the side of the road so very easily accessable. Another cute Pepper-Shaker style Light, 7.6 Meteres tall andappeared to be very well maintained. It was nice going out at night and actually being able to see a lighthouse lit up and shining bright for a change! It was very cold last night however so there was no long visit this time, but that just means another visit is in order. :)
It is a really nice place to stop, especially on the week-ends and during the summer as there is a large Farmer's Market nearby that you can visit and enjoy.
I was pleasently surprised to see how "Green" the Campus was. Their own water treatment, power windmill and solar pannels on all of the buildings.... it definitely was inspiring and nice to see a school taking on that kind of initiative in helping our environment.
Just posting a few random points of Interest, there are some beautiful Churches in the area while driving to see these Lights. The first one you will come to is a big and beautiful stone one called L'Eglise St-Bernard.
The next you will see is Saint Mary's Church.... it is North America's Tallest Wooden Church with a Steeple that reaches 56 meteres high. Not only is it amazing for that major fact, but it's a pretty nice looking church also. This Church is located next to the Université Sainte-Anne campus.
If you are looking for more info on either of these lighthouses follow the links I posted with their names or visit Lighthouse Friends.
Happy Travels
~Jenn
I've been to this Lighthouse a few times now, the last time before this spring was back in 2008. I always thought it would make a great place for a picnic, so I told my kids that someday we'd go back, and that's just what we did. Packed up a lunch and sat and enjoyed it right by the Lighthouse.
I will close off this entry with some random pictures taken from around the Gilbert's Cove Lighthouse.
Happy Travels,
~Jenn
