Peggy’s Cove
Peggy's Cove is a hamlet and popular tourist spot in Nova Scotia. It is both bleak and picturesque with its historic and still-used lighthouse standing watch over the village and the granite rocks and cliffs.Photo: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Eric Raymond Lanning, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Village with 30 residents
- Description: village and cove in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Also known as: “Peggys Cove” and “Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia”
Photo: Sukantag72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peggys Point Lighthouse and William E. deGarthe Provincial Park.
Peggys Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Michel Rathwell, CC BY 2.0.
Peggys Point Lighthouse, also known as Peggys Cove Lighthouse, is an active lighthouse and an iconic Canadian image. Located within Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, it is one of the busiest tourist attractions in the province and is a prime attraction on the Lighthouse Trail scenic drive.
Peggy’s Cove
- Categories: town, bay, and locality
- Location: Halifax, Halifax Region, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.4938° or 44° 29′ 38″ northLongitude
-63.9149° or 63° 54′ 54″ westPopulation
30Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
87PRF3VP+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 4451008586OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6100559Wikidata ID
Q1021695
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Peggy’s Cove” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Peggys Cove”
- Asturian: “Peggy’s Cove”
- Cebuano: “Peggys Cove”
- Chinese: “帕基斯岬燈塔”
- Dutch: “Peggys Cove”
- French: “Peggy’s Cove”
- French: “Peggys Cove”
- German: “Peggy’s Cove”
- German: “Peggys Cove”
- Indonesian: “Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia”
- Indonesian: “Peggys Cove”
- Italian: “Peggy’s Cove”
- Italian: “Peggys Cove”
- Japanese: “ペギーズ・コーブ”
- Korean: “페기스 코브”
- Persian: “پگیز کوو، نوا اسکوشیا”
- Swedish: “Peggys Cove”
- Urdu: “پیگیز کوو، نووا اسکووشیا”
- “Peggys Cove”
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