Peggy's Cove is a very small fishing village on the Atlantic shore southwest of Halifax. It would be easy to dismiss it as one lighthouse and a crowd of cameras, but the setting is stronger than that: weathered granite sloping into cold water, fishing sheds around a tight cove, and surf that can turn from pretty to lethal in seconds.
The Peggy's Point Lighthouse is the icon, and it is one of Canada's classic coastal images. The village itself is worth a slow walk too, especially early or late in the day when tour buses have thinned and the working harbour feels less like a postcard.
Peggy's Cove is best treated as a half-day from Halifax or a stop on the South Shore drive toward Lunenburg. Go for the rocks, the weather, and the stark little harbour. Stay well back from wet black rock; people have been swept into the sea here.