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Did You Know? Cheticamp
n 15584 Cabot Trail,
Gaelic, Acadian Cheticamp; www.
French, and Mi’kmaq cheticamp.ca
are still spoken in
several communities This vibrant town is the
largest Acadian community in
on Cape Breton.
EXPERIENCE The Maritimes 5 "'-= miles out at sea. The Acadians
Nova Scotia. Its beautiful Saint
Pierre Church is visible from
of Cape Breton are skilled
craftspeople, and the town’s
Glenora Distillery
seven cooperatives produce
pottery and hooked rugs.
⌂ 13727 Route 19, Glenville
Cheticamp’s best-known rug
# Jun–Oct: 9am–5pm daily
∑ glenoradistillery.com
whose large and intricate
In the early 1800s, Scottish
works depicting prominent
moments in history have
immigrants flocked to Cape hooker was Elizabeth LeFort,
Breton Island, and, finding hung in the Vatican and in the Low-lying mist over
the land resembled their White House. Several of her Margaree River Valley
Highland homeland, they finest rugs are on display at at sunrise
settled and made the island the Dr. Elizabeth LeFort
their permanent home. Museum at Les Trois Pignons.
Traditions traveled with Cheticamp is also a popular exterior is made out of
them, including the making whale-watching destination; sandstone that was quarried
of a spirited whisky. Glenora tours are available for seeing from Cheticamp Island, across
Distillery, located on the many varieties. the harbor, and transported
scenic Ceilidh Trail, maintains during the winter across
these traditions and is the frozen water by horse.
Canada’s first single-malt 7 The interior is decorated in
distillery. It’s renowned for its Baroque style and features
Glen Breton Rare, a ten-year- Saint Pierre Church a Quebec-made Casavant
old whisky that’s made using ⌂ 15114 Cabot Trail, organ dating from 1904 –
Cape Breton ingredients, Cheticamp § (902) 224 it's one of the first ever built.
brewed in authentic Scottish 2064 # Times vary, call The church is open to the
copper pot stills, and aged to check public; it has a small museum
in American oak casks. and lovely views from the
All guided tours include Overlooking the harbor at second floor.
tastings, and there’s a pub, the center of town, Saint
an inn, and a gift shop Pierre Church was built in 1893.
here too. The French Neo-Classical GREAT VIEW
White Point
Hiking Trail
Located at White Point,
this relatively easy
1-mile (1.5-km), one-
hour hike takes you
along a dramatic rocky
coastline high up on
the cliffs, past an old
sailors' graveyard, and
with incredible views
all around.

The stunning interior
of the Saint Pierre
Church in Cheticamp
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