Taylor Head Beach, Coastal park in Sheet Harbour, Canada.
Taylor Head Beach is a provincial park on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore, 11 km southwest of Sheet Harbour near Spry Bay. It holds 1 km of sandy beach and 22 km of rugged hiking trails of varying length and difficulty, with geological features and natural habitats, including sand volcanoes.
Two or three sailors drowned off the coast of Taylor Head and were buried there; a sign marks their burial place. The park later became a provincial park on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore, 11 km southwest of Sheet Harbour near Spry Bay.
Two or three sailors drowned off Taylor Head and are buried on land there, with a sign marking the grave. Hunting is forbidden within the park borders. The 22 km of trails are rugged, and the park holds geological features such as sand volcanoes, found in few other places in Nova Scotia.
The park lies 11 km southwest of Sheet Harbour, near Spry Bay, and holds 22 km of rugged hiking trails of varying length and difficulty. Hunting is forbidden within the park borders. Trails cross geological features and natural habitats, including the sand volcanoes found in few other places in Nova Scotia.
Taylor Head Beach is one of the few places in Nova Scotia where sand volcanoes occur, small cone-shaped structures formed in the sand. The park also holds the graves of two or three sailors who drowned off its coast, marked by a sign at the burial place.
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