Mavillette Beach Provincial Park

Nova Scotia


This huge, dune-backed beach sprawls for 1.5km overlooking Cape St Mary, and can be accessed by boardwalks from the parking lots. The receding tide reveals huge areas of sand flats, and in summer the shallow water heats up fast, making for great paddling. The beach is only supervised on Saturday and Sunday in July and August.


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