Upper Tantallon
Built around a rural road junction near St. Margarets Bay, Upper Tantallon grew into a residential and service community on Nova Scotia’s South Shore. The settlement lies west of Halifax, where Highway 103 carries long-distance traffic through a largely wooded corridor and meets routes serving shoreline communities. St. Margarets Bay is a broad Atlantic inlet whose coves and islands shape this section of coast. Upper Tantallon belongs to the Halifax Regional Municipality, combining everyday local services with a position on the main road towards the South Shore. Nearby settlements retain the dispersed pattern typical of this coastal district, with homes, small businesses and forest set back from the highway. Nova Scotia’s signed Lighthouse Route follows the older coastal road network around the bay.
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Developed along the Halifax and Southwestern Railway, Upper Tantallon grew into a residential community with local services near the head of St. Margarets Bay, west of Halifax. The former rail corridor is now part of the St. Margaret's Bay Trail, a multi-use route through woodland that connects communities around the bay. Highway 103 passes nearby, placing Upper Tantallon on the principal road between Halifax and Nova Scotia’s South Shore. The area combines suburban daily life with the wooded terrain and Atlantic character of the bay district. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of St. Margarets Bay and Nova Scotia’s South Shore.
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