The Brier Island Coastal Trail crosses 4 km of gently rolling seaside meadows and wide open beach within the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Brier Island Nature Reserve.
One end of the trail starts at the picturesque red and white striped Western Light at Western Point – aptly named when you consider it the most westerly point of land in Nova Scotia.
Western Light is at 720 Lighthouse Road. The Pond Cove end of the trail is at 538 Gull Rock Road.
The trail offers spectacular coastal scenery, lots of wildflowers and fantastic bird watching in season. Seals are a regular sight along this shore and whales can often be seen spouting in the distance.
The beach at Little Pond Cove is pebbly rock and Big Pond Cove is fine white sand.
One end of the trail starts at the picturesque red and white striped Western Light at Western Point – aptly named when you consider it the most westerly point of land in Nova Scotia.
Western Light is at 720 Lighthouse Road. The Pond Cove end of the trail is at 538 Gull Rock Road.
The trail offers spectacular coastal scenery, lots of wildflowers and fantastic bird watching in season. Seals are a regular sight along this shore and whales can often be seen spouting in the distance.
The beach at Little Pond Cove is pebbly rock and Big Pond Cove is fine white sand.
DIRECTIONS FROM WESTPORT:
To start at Western Light, take Wellington Street West (from Robicheau's General Store) and then turn left and take Lighthouse Road to the very end -- Western Light is at 720 Lighthouse Road. To start at Big Pond Cove, drive east on Water Street and turn right on to Gull Rock Road. Follow it to the end and when you see Big Pond Cove on your right, look for a dirt road on the right leading down to a parking lot near the beach (at N44.2363146, W66.3690278). |