The tiny community of Blue Rocks and its neighbor Stonehurst are two of the most picturesque areas on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. The area is greatly favored by artists and photographers. But, it doesn't get to see the influx of tourists like the famous Peggy's Cove, despite being every bit as beautiful, and maybe more so. For one thing it is quite far from the city and the cruise ship tourists, and also the roads are just too narrow and winding for tour buses. Maybe that's a good thing, it remains kind of a secret
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Blue Rocks The walk starts from The Point, where there is a parking area.
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West from The Point Looking out across to the many outer islands and shoals.
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Fishing shacks These picturesque shacks are built out along a ridge of rock.
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Off We Go Our group of hikers sets off along Herring Rock Road.
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Waters Edge Houses and sheds built along the rocky edge to the ocean.
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Sand Cove After a short distance we pass by this cove with the fishing shack...
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End of a career This old fishing boat is hauled up on the shore of Mud Cove
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St. Pauls United Opposite Mud Cove is this small but immaculately maintained church
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Rocky Barren The narrow road passes through this rocky barren. The house for the movie...
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The Farley After a while we arrive at a tidal inlet known as The Farley.
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Tall House This house is built along The Farley. It is not typical of the region at all.
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Red Shack Near the end of the walk we come to a small inlet and see this unusual...
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Lobster Season This boat appears to be all set for the often lucrative lobster season.
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End of the Road Calm waters at the mouth of the small inlet at Stonehurst.
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Willneffs Island The road ends at Stonehurst. The people who live in the last three...
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Footbridge Looking back from the island. If you look carefully you might see there is a...
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Multi-story boathouse This unusual shack takes advantage of the steep shoreline of the island.
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Rocks by the Footbridge These shoreline rocks still had a dusting of snow on them where where...
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Privy The island must be really windy at times, as evidenced by the cables holding...
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Still Standing after All These Years On the way back, I couldn't resist taking a picture of this...
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Blue Rocks Walk map The map of where we walked. View full-size to read the details.
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