Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia

Tantallon (pronounced 'tan-TAL-en') is an exurban community in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It extends from about two kilometers south of Trunk 3, along Route 333, just north of Ballfield Road, for roughly three kilometres along Route 333, to just south of Longards road, and includes Whynachts Point and Sheeps Head Island. It is bordered to the north by Upper Tantallon and to the south by Glen Haven. The community is about 32 km (20 mi) from Downtown Halifax.The community is likely named for Tantallon Castle in Scotland.

Glen Haven (population 204) is a small coastal community within the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada, about 40 km from Halifax city centre. It is situated on the shore of the St. Margarets Bay immediately adjacent to Tantallon and French Village along Route 333, also known as Peggy's Cove Road.It was once a part of French Village and was settled around 1785 by a number of foreign Protestants from Lunenburg County. Around 1900, Gordon Hubley organized a petition to create a separate community with a new name - and its own post office. Family names of settlers including Boutilier, Hubley and Dauphinee can still be found in the bay area.Within the community is a peninsula called Indian Point that stretches into the bay. At its tip are two small islands: Big Indian Island and Little Indian Island. All three are so named because of arrowheads that have been found there in the past, suggesting that this was once a Mi'kmaq summer camping ground. Big Indian IsIand is also popularly referred to as Micou's Island. It is a tidal island accessible by a sandbar at low tide which has become a popular beach during summer months.

Boutiliers Point (English: ) is a rural community in the Halifax Regional Municipality on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on Trunk 3, 27.61 kilometers from Halifax.The original European settlers in Boutiliers Point were mostly Protestants from France. They were given grants of land under the condition that they would settle permanently in the area.The community evolved after Jacques Boutilier's son, James Frederick and Jacques' nephew John Coulaw Boutilier *purchased on September 20, 1794 from Charles Ingram's son-in-law, William Coolen, the 1500 acre Ingram Grant for 140 pounds, to be paid 20 pounds yearly. This area later became known as Boutilier's Point, likely named for James Frederick Boutilier, a patriarch of the community.Many in the community have the last name of Boutilier . It is common that one is referred to by one's first name followed by the name of one's father (e.g., Tom the son of Eric Boutilier becomes Tom Eric). Boutiliers Point is home to the Willard Christie Memorial Park, which includes a playground, located at the top of Christie's Road and Island View Drive, and a baseball pitch located down a short driveway, which is frequented by dog walkers. There is also an outdoor ice rink that is a hot spot for hockey players in the winter months. The St. James Anglcan Church, consecrated in 1848, is located in Boutiliers Point. It was the first church built on the west side of St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia. It was originally built 40 ft by 30 ft with a capacity of up to 250 people. The earliest gravestone from the cemetery is dated 1854. The church is part of The Anglican Parish of French Village. There was a St. James' school in operation during the 19th century. In burned down in 1893 and was rebuilt the following year.

St. Margarets Bay is a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

French Village is a rural community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Chebucto Peninsula. French village initially included present day villages of Tantallon, Glen Haven and French Village. The French that migrated to the area were French speaking families from the Principality of Montbeliard (annexed by France 1793) and known as the "Foreign Protestants". They had come to Nova Scotia between 1750 and 1752 to settle Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Contrary to belief, they were not Huguenots. The church is the community is St. Paul's Church. In 1901, the Halifax and Southwestern Railway was built through the area and the railway choose the name French Village for the station serving the three communities. The French Village station, actually located in Tantallon, has been preserved as a cafe beside the recreational trail that follows the old Halifax & Southwestern Railway roadbed.

Bay View High School is a Canadian high school serving the western suburbs of Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM); namely the communities of Beechville, Lakeside, Timberlea, Tantallon and communities on the western portion of Highway 333 including Peggy's Cove, Seabright and others. Bay View's feeder schools are Five Bridges Junior High School and Ridgecliff Middle School.

Micou's Island is a 22-acre (89,000 m2) tidal island located in the Glen Haven community near the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. The island is accessible by a sandbar at low tide and has become a popular beach during summer months.

Ingramport is a rural community of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Upper Tantallon (pronounced 'tan-TAL-en') is a suburban community that extends from the Hammonds Plains Road (Route 213) to the crossroads of Trunk 3 and Route 333 within the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia Canada, 28.5 km (17.7 mi) west from Downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The community is likely named for Tantallon Castle in Scotland.

Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in Upper Tanatallon. It is located on Route 3, approximately 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) west of Halifax. The park is a small picnic park and has an area specially developed for seniors and people with disabilities. It features include picnic tables, a picnic shelter, a wheelchair-accessible fishing wharf, and a trail that connects to a rails to trails network. Parking areas and drive-in picnic sites are conveniently located close to all facilities, including a barrier-free vault toilet. Round Lake each season is stocked with brook and rainbow trout and in 2018 was stocked with salmon.

Ash Lake is a lake of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Seabright (population 522) is a community within the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia between French Village and Glen Margaret on Route 333 along the Lighthouse Route. It was home to the noted Canadian curator and historian Niels Jannasch (1924–2001).