Ken and Laura's guidebook
Health and Wellness
This is the wellness studio that Laura operates: https://practicemovement.ca/
We practice in a space and invite you to explore, to dive in. Join our studio at Paddler’s Cove for yoga, cathartic physical movement, and moving meditation. A place for community.
Support your lifestyle in our wellness boutique. We have curated conscious apparel, nourishing food, and intentionally chosen self-care products.
The Practice: Energy Movement Centre Inc
300 Prince Albert RdThis is the wellness studio that Laura operates: https://practicemovement.ca/
We practice in a space and invite you to explore, to dive in. Join our studio at Paddler’s Cove for yoga, cathartic physical movement, and moving meditation. A place for community.
Support your lifestyle in our wellness boutique. We have curated conscious apparel, nourishing food, and intentionally chosen self-care products.
Infrared Sauna, massage, facials and cool retail area. https://www.naturefolk.ca/
Nature Folk Wellness Studio
90 Portland StInfrared Sauna, massage, facials and cool retail area. https://www.naturefolk.ca/
Food scene
This is one of our favourite dinner and brunch spots within walking distance. They also have a great takeout lunch spot called Little C next door. https://www.thecanteen.ca/
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The Canteen on Portland
22 Portland StThis is one of our favourite dinner and brunch spots within walking distance. They also have a great takeout lunch spot called Little C next door. https://www.thecanteen.ca/
This is a great restaurant with amazing harbour views, a large patio and great vegetarian and vegan options.
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The Wooden Monkey
40 Alderney DrThis is a great restaurant with amazing harbour views, a large patio and great vegetarian and vegan options.
This is our favourite coffee shop about a 10 minute walk away on the other side of the lake. They have great outdoor seating and are licensed if you prefer a beer instead of a coffee. Their breakfast sandwiches are also a local favourite.
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Cottage Cafe
Prince Albert RoadThis is our favourite coffee shop about a 10 minute walk away on the other side of the lake. They have great outdoor seating and are licensed if you prefer a beer instead of a coffee. Their breakfast sandwiches are also a local favourite.
Sightseeing
If you've never taken the ferry from Dartmouth to Halifax it is a great way to get views of both sides of the harbour, any ships that may be passing by and the docked military vessels that are hard to see from land. The trip only takes about 10 minutes and our 6-year old loves it. It lands in Halifax on the waterfront where there is great sight seeing, restaurants, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and more.
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Ferry Stop - Alderney (1074) station
If you've never taken the ferry from Dartmouth to Halifax it is a great way to get views of both sides of the harbour, any ships that may be passing by and the docked military vessels that are hard to see from land. The trip only takes about 10 minutes and our 6-year old loves it. It lands in Halifax on the waterfront where there is great sight seeing, restaurants, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and more.
Beaches/Parks/Trails/activities
The Birch Cove Beach trail is a 2 minute walk down the hill from our house. The short trails wind through a wooded area and bring you to the Birch Cove municipal beach which is a popular local swimming spot with bathrooms, outdoor showers and lifeguards in the summer.
Birch Cove Park Trail
Birch Cove Park TrailThe Birch Cove Beach trail is a 2 minute walk down the hill from our house. The short trails wind through a wooded area and bring you to the Birch Cove municipal beach which is a popular local swimming spot with bathrooms, outdoor showers and lifeguards in the summer.
This is the closest playground, about a 5 minute walk from our home at one end of lake Banook. There is a playground for toddlers, one for older kiddos and a swing set. There's also a large grassy area with picnic tables. There is also a sandy municipal beach on the other side of the pedestrian bridge in this park.
Henry Findlay Park
123 Hawthorne StreetThis is the closest playground, about a 5 minute walk from our home at one end of lake Banook. There is a playground for toddlers, one for older kiddos and a swing set. There's also a large grassy area with picnic tables. There is also a sandy municipal beach on the other side of the pedestrian bridge in this park.
The Shubenacadie Canal runs through a large municipal park that includes off leash dog trails, canoe rentals and a cool taco stand in the summer.
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Shubenacadie Canal Commission
54 Locks RdThe Shubenacadie Canal runs through a large municipal park that includes off leash dog trails, canoe rentals and a cool taco stand in the summer.
Neighbourhoods
Chrichton Park is a wonderful, walkable neighborhood close to Lake Banook and the multi use walking / cycling path that surrounds it. There are also several small, sandy lake beaches, tennis courts, playgrounds, soccer fields, a street hockey court.
One of the two major malls in the Halifax area, Mic Mac Mall, is also walking distance from Crichton Park.
Sullivan's Pond, a municipal park with a large duck pond in the middle is also in the neighbourhood. It's a great place to have a picnic and watch people race their remote control sailboats on weekend mornings.
On the opposite side of the lake from Crichton Park in the Paddlers' Cove building there is a yoga studio, physiotherapy clinic, coffee shop and more.
Crichton Park
Chrichton Park is a wonderful, walkable neighborhood close to Lake Banook and the multi use walking / cycling path that surrounds it. There are also several small, sandy lake beaches, tennis courts, playgrounds, soccer fields, a street hockey court.
One of the two major malls in the Halifax area, Mic Mac Mall, is also walking distance from Crichton Park.
Sullivan's Pond, a municipal park with a large duck pond in the middle is also in the neighbourhood. It's a great place to have a picnic and watch people race their remote control sailboats on weekend mornings.
On the opposite side of the lake from Crichton Park in the Paddlers' Cove building there is a yoga studio, physiotherapy clinic, coffee shop and more.