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Details..... Middle Head Peninsula Hiking Trail is a fantastic Walk high above the ocean shore. Easy level ( except the big hill on the way back - but there are benches!) The view from the end - it's like standing in the middle of the Ocean without leaving land! You can do the hike in an hour and a half, then stop in at the Atlantic Takeout Window for ICE CREAM! The Skyline Trail is perhaps the top hiking Trail in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Three hours round trip allows you a breath taking view from the boardwalk and the end of the trail. Depending on the weather you might chance upon a moose munching away beside the path! White Point (Near Neil's harbour) is off the Cabot Trail - take the Alternate Scenic Route at Neil's harbour staying to the right. Beautiful boats and a small village and then just rugged coast line. Take the turn off to White Point and pull into the makeshift gravel parking lot. Take a walk along the rocky hills that over look Aspy Bay - incredible views. There is a hiking trail there for the adventurer. I just like to watch the birds and the play of water and sun. Whale Cove Look off My other favorite spot is again off the Cabot Trail at Whale Cove - just below Margaree Harbour. While travelling the Cabot Trail south of Belle Cote take a turn onto the road beside the Duck Cove Motel and head to Whale Cove. On your left you will pass an old holiday village and to your right up on a hill you will see a Cemetery and bluff. That is where you are heading. Look for a small wooden cemetery sign on your right beside a dirt road. Turn onto the dirt road and follow it up onto the bluff. Amazing view... |
| Details... The Red Island Trail is relatively easy and takes you down to the ocean and pebbly beach to a pristine unspoiled spot which makes you feel like you are on a deserted island. This trail is located at the St. Ann's Bay United Church about 10 minutes from our house. St. Ann's Bay Look off is accessible from the TransCanada about a mile up the road from exit 12 (going toward Sydney) on a Clear day you can see for miles! There is a lot of history in the St. Ann's Bay area. The Candy Shoppe and Chocolate Bar, located on the Traffic Circle at the Causeway, is a favorite stop. Try the hot chocolate with whipped cream and you are in for a treat while sitting at a Soda Fountain Bar that belonged to Dick Clark!! The Fortress of Louisbourg I believe this is one Historic place NOT to be missed on a trip to Cape Breton! A huge reconstruction of the original 1700's site is most exciting on a misty day when it seems to appear from nowhere as you enter the area. Driving through the St. Peter's/ Arichat area can be very rewarding with amazing pastoral scenery, fishing villages and the famous Locks at St. Peter's - the very first ever built in Canada. Fall Colours in Cape Breton Perhaps because I am British and we do not have quite the spectacular array of colours with the Canadian Maple in the UK, but the season is a highlight with week after week of increasing beauty. And while the temperatures dip I'm still holding on to thoughts of summer! |