The Official Halifax Visitor Guide 2021

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HALIFAX HARBOUR

EXPERIENCE

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE STAY & PLAY GET YOUR CAMPGROUNDS DOLLAR LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK

Wyses Corner | Musquodoboit Valley

• 97 campsites • Beach access to Dollar Lake (supervised & unsupervised swimming) • Public boat launch • 4 hiking trails

LAURIE PROVINCIAL PARK Grand Lake | Airport Area

• 62 campsites • Beach access to Grand Lake (unsupervised swimming) • 1 hiking trail (with look off point overlooking Grand Lake!)

SHUBIE PARK CAMPGROUND Dartmouth | Dartmouth-Cole Harbour

• 99 campsites • Beach access to Lake Charles • Multiple walking trails

MURPHY’S CAMPING ON THE OCEAN Tangier | Eastern Shore

• 26 campsites • Scenic Boat Tours & Island Adventures

Acorn Art & Photography

HIKING SHOES COLE HARBOUR HERITAGE PARK TRAILS

Cole Harbour | Dartmouth-Cole Harbour GETTING THERE: 25 mins from Downtown

Halifax

DIFFICULTY: Easy-Moderate LENGTH: 0.3 km - 2.5 km per trail TYPE: 7 looping trails across a 400-acre pro-

vincial park built on former farmland.

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MCDONALD SPORTS PARK

Waverley | Airport Area GETTING THERE: 30 mins from Downtown

Halifax

DIFFICULTY: Easy-Moderate LENGTH: Main trail is a 6 km loop TYPE: Wooded trails

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POLLY’S COVE HIKING TRAIL

West Dover | Peggy’s Cove Coastal Region GETTING THERE: 45 mins from Downtown

Halifax

DIFFICULTY: Moderate LENGTH: 4 km TYPE: Coastal barrens. Peggy’s Cove’s

MUSQUODOBOIT TRAILWAY

Musquodoboit Harbour | Eastern Shore GETTING THERE: 45 mins from Downtown

Halifax

DIFFICULTY: Moderate-Difficult LENGTH: 6 trails ranging from 1 km to 15 km

in length TYPE: Former railway

The trail passes across a 130-foot trestle bridge which offers an amazing view of the Musquodoboit River! ..............................................................................................

BLUFF WILDERNESS TRAIL

Timberlea | Peggy's Cove Coastal Region GETTING THERE: 30 mins from Downtown

Halifax

DIFFICULTY: Moderate-Difficult LENGTH: 4 looping trails covering over 30 km

total - each loop takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete TYPE: Forest trail .......................................................

lesser-known neighbour, this trail is part of West Dover Provincial Park. .............................................................................................. @daveandsky

NORSE COVE CAMPING Tangier | Eastern Shore

• 14 campsites • 7 Nordic huts

PORTERS LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK

Porters Lake | Eastern Shore

Acorn Art & Photography

• 77 campsites

• B each access to Porters Lake (unsupervised swimming) • Public boat launch • 5 short hiking trails

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LONG LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK

SHUBIE PARK

SUSIE'S LAKE BLUE MOUNTAIN-BIRCH COVE WILDERNESS AREA


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