Brigus Head - East Coast Trail

Our hike around Brigus Head began by the harbour in Brigus South. If you look closely on the right hand side you can see the our car parked down by the wharf. I would highly recommend this hike, it can be done with two cars, one at Brigus South and the other at Admiral's Cove for a 5 or 6 km hike, or, as we did, you can use one car and do the hike as a loop taking an old cart path, now used by four wheelers, to turn the hike into the 8.5 km circuit.

Brigus South

The picture above was taken on our return to Brigus South. It was cloudy with a cool breeze blowing in off of the water when we first set out on our hike around Brigus Head.

Brigus Head

We never did figure out what that object down by the water is, on our return we went for a closer look. It was made of wood and resembled a teepee to some degree; we wondered if maybe it was part of an old boat.

What is it?

The trail turned inland near what ever it is and followed the old cart path a short way before turning to the left. The trail mostly wandered through the forest with several up and down sections along the way but nothing to strenuous.

Despite being mostly in the trees, the trail stayed close to the edge of Brigus Head allowing for many scenic views along the way. Herring Cove, a pocket beach, was the first break from the forest we came across.

Herring Cove

Many other views offered themselves to us as we circumnavigated the head.

Hares Ears

It took us a while to figure out where the name "Hares Ears" came from, can you see it?

Deep Cove

View along trail

After rounding the head we came to Tar Cove where we stopped to have our lunch.

Tracey heading down to the beach at Tar Cove

And everyone pitched in to gather wood for the fire, even the ever helpful Mya.

Mya gathering fire wood

Tracey enjoying the fire

Tar Cove was the perfect spot to stop. There was a nice pebble beach and a fire pit waiting for us complete with handy logs to sit on. The other pleasant surprise was that shortly after arriving at Tar Cove the sun decided to come out from behind the clouds and shine down on us. After our lunch we explored our beach.

Tar Cove

Climbing the rocks

Mya

After out time on the beach we continued our walk around Brigus Head. There were more nice views along the way towards Admiral's Cove which completed our circuit of the Head.

After reaching Admiral's Cove we took the old cart track across to Brigus South. After a short walk we again reached the ocean.

When we made it back to Brigus South we discovered a family of ducks out for a afternoon paddle around the harbour.