Burntcoat (improperly known as Burncoat) is an unincorporated rural Canadian community in Hants County, Nova Scotia.

The tide gauge at Burntcoat Head was operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service and has recorded the highest tidal range in the world.

As soon as the tide has reached its lowest or highest point, it will change directions, and either begin to come to shore or flow back out.

Barnacles, periwinkles, slipper limpets, moon snails, horse mussels, leafy bryozoa, and whelks can commonly be found.

[9] Fish species that are sometimes found in tidal pools include tommy cod, Atlantic mackerel, smallmouth bass, eels, monkfish, and flounder.

[10] Burntcoat Head is a popular location for migrating shorebirds, which include sandpipers, whimbrels, yellowlegs, willets, and plovers.

[11] The intertidal area of Burntcoat Head's shoreline is identified as a Critical Habitat for the Atlantic Mud-Piddock (Barnea truncata).

It is a species of bivalve mollusk that burrows exclusively into red mudstone in the intertidal zone of the Minas Basin.

From mid-May to mid-October, guided tours are offered by the Park to provide a shoreline exploration during low tide.

Visitors can experience hands-on learning about shore life ecosystems that live within the tidal pools and mudflats.

[13] Fossils and bones of animals that travelled the Triassic Lowland Region can be found within the rocks of Burntcoat Head.

[14] The sandstone shoreline in the area erodes from the sea level rising and falling, as well as from the currents produced by the tides.

Erosion causes sediment of sand, pebbles, and mud to be washed up and down the Cobequid Bay with the incoming and outgoing tides.

[16] After the Acadians, the next prominent settlers were three Faulkner brothers, Thomas, William, and Robert (buried in Burntcoat), who were Ulster Scots people.

The family moved from Massachusetts and settled across the Cobequid Bay from Burntcoat in Londonderry Township, Nova Scotia (Glenholme).

The road on which Burntcoat Head Park is located is named Faulkner Lane in recognition of this family, who continued to own the land and operate the lighthouses(s) for several generations.

Many local residents, including the lighthouse keeper Thomas Faulkner, heard the loud roar of the plane over their homes, then an explosion in the bay, and then silence.

[20] Burntcoat Head park contains a replica lighthouse, walking trails and displays that interpret the natural and human history of the Minas Basin.