Chad’s Louisbourg Lighthouse Hiking Adventure!

There is much more than the Cabot Trail here in Cape Breton!  Hiking and exploring on trails is one of the greatest ways to get away from the crowds.  One of the great places we go is to Louisbourg. The Lighthouse trail on the coast across from the Fortress is one such place.  It is [...]

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Mandy’s Tartans and Treasures Shopping Spree!

(big stretch)  Well I finally awoke from my long winter’s nap… Now I am back to work and ready to explore!! My first stop was Tartan’s and Treasures in South Harbour.  Wow they have a lot of tartan. Did you know they are North America’s Largest collection of Tartan Scarf’s, Ties and Blankets!?! They have everything [...]

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Corney Brook Falls

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I love to get out and hike.  Here is another great hike in The Cape Breton Highlands National. CorneyBrookFallsis a 6.5 km (4 mi) fully wooded hike.  We hiked it in the rain, so I found this photo on the net.  But with the great trees they seem [...]

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Hilda Remembers A Cabot Trail Winter

Well, we started our winter off so slow in Cape Breton. Many of us had the blues at Christmas time because we had no snow. Our wonder was: Will we have a first winter, ever, without snow on our beautiful Island. January started with some snowflakes. They were so pretty and so white and so [...]

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Chad’s Hike up Franey Mountain!

Franey hike What a HIKE!  Took the day and went for a hike up Franey in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  7+ km (4.6 mi) of great hiking.  Lots of uphill going, but the views are worth it.  I even found a moose antler!

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