Pennant Point is a rugged granite peninsula near the village of Sambro, South of the city of Halifax. At the top or Northern end is a popular Provincial Park with large parking areas crowded with city people in the summer, and the well-used Crystal Crescent Beach. The beach and rock ledges are often used by nude sunbathers. Going down towards the south end the trail becomes rugged and not well defined, and you will see fewer and fewer people, until reaching the Southernmost tip (the actual Pennant Point) which feels like a very
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Holly Bush When we first came down near the water we found some bright wild...
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Sambro Harbour Past Crystal Crescent beach there are rocks and seaweed by the water's edge.
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Mackerel Cove This shallow cove almost becomes a pond at low tide.
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Smooth Granite We pass along these white granite rocks worn smooth by the last ice age.
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Dead Woods The trail passes through these dead woods
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Sambro Light Looking out to Sambro Island (which is about 5 km away)and the...
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Barrens No more trees. From now on the trail is just a vague footpath over...
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Stone angel Someone took the time to build this inukshuk at about the half-way point.
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Near The Point The trail is very wet and strewn with big rocks, but the end is in sight! The...
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Pennant Bay Near the end, looking back across the bare West side of the peninsula.
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Pennant Point This is it! We finally made it to the point. Dangerous rocks extend...
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Survivors These happy hikers made it all the way.
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Pennant Point Map View full-size image to read the text.
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