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Cape Breton Highlands National Park, The park, with its mountains,
with its mountains, green wilderness, green wilderness, and rugged
coastal beauty, contains some
and rugged coastal beauty, contains of Canada’s most famous
some of Canada’s most famous scenery. scenery. Its best-known
feature of is the spectacular
66-mile (106-km) section of
8 upstream to the scenic spot the Cabot Trail highway, which
of Big Intervale, where the
traces much of the park’s
Margaree River Valley headwaters come tumbling boundary in a loop from
out of the highlands. Cheticamp to Ingonish. It is
∑ cbisland.com
For a taste of Gaelic the only route through the
Small and emerald green, culture, drive the Ceilidh park, and most attractions
the Margaree River Valley is a Trail, a scenic coastal route are found along it.
favorite with hikers, antique across a region with a strong At Cape North, a side road
hunters, and sightseers. The Scottish heritage, from the leads to the scenic whale-
river has attracted salmon mouth of the Margaree River watching destination of Bay
and trout anglers in large all the way to the Glenora St. Lawrence, which is located
numbers since the mid-19th Distillery (p317). just outside the park. Farther
century, and its shores and on, the Scenic Loop breaks
steep glacial valleys are home away from the Cabot Trail
to bald eagles and osprey. and follows the coast, offering
Paddlers looking for a 9 "-= awesome views as it descends
kayaking challenge will be Cape Breton to White Point. This road
thrilled with the white rapids Highlands rejoins the Cabot Trail to the
and chutes they find here. National Park east, where it reaches the
For a calmer canoe ride, Lake # Year-round; Visitor resort town of Ingonish.
Ainslie, further south, makes Centre: May–Oct: 9am- The Cape Breton Highlands
for a scenic day trip. 5pm § (902) 224 2306 Golf Course here is ranked
In the little town of North among the top public golf
East Margaree, the tiny but In 1936 the Canadian courses in Canada.
elegant Margaree Salmon Government set aside the
Museum should fascinate 367 sq miles (950 sq km) of Cape Breton Highlands
even non-anglers with its magnificent highlands at the Golf Course
beautiful historic rods and northern tip of Cape Breton " \ ⌂ 247 Keltic Inn,
reels. Paved and gravel roads Island to form Cape Breton Ingonish Beach
follow the Margaree River Highlands National Park. ∑ kelticlodge.ca/golf
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