Blogs from Cabot Trail, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

My first of 3 days exploring the Cabot Trail. Left Cheticamp early morning and visited the information Centre of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. I purchased my pass, picked up a map and off I went. First stop Corny Brook Trail. An easy trail and after an hour you reach a lovely waterfall. Total time about 2 hrs 20 min including pictures. Next stop Fishing Cove trail It is described as a "steady descent to rugged coastline." Steady indeed! An elevation change of 1165 feet. Quite a demanding hike up as the first 45 minutes is this steady ascent! Needless to say I took my time, rested often, and had my share of water breaks. A sunny day, a bit cool, around 13 C but pleasant for a hike. The cove is small but worth the ... read more

Nachdem ich sooft hoeren durfte "In diesem Park sieht man mit Sicherheit Moose", ich aber bis jetzt nie welche erblicken durfte hatte ich schon langsam die These aufgestellt, dass Moose sowas is wie der kanadische Yeti: Immer wieder kommt jemand der angeblich welche gesehen hat, aber eigentlich is es nur ne ausgekluegelte Touristenfalle. Ich wollte mich schon auf nen Job bewerben um durchn Wald zu laufen und ueberall Mooseabdruecke oder Scheisshaufen fuer die bloeden Touristen zu verteilen die dann glauben dicht auf den Spuren von angeblichen Moose zu sein! Doch dann kam Cape Breton, und selbst euer vom Mooseglueck nich grade verfolgten Jaja bekam endlich welche zu Gesicht. Die ersten in der Naehe vom Highway, dann 8 weitere aufm Trail! Lassen wir die Bilder und Videos sprechen: Einfach WUNDERSCHOENE Tiere!!! ... read more

Yesterday was a long and exhausting day but we had so much fun and made so many unforgettable memories. When I woke up this morning in Scotia Pine Campground in Truro, Nova Scotia, I had to pinch myself and make sure I wasn’t dreaming. I’ve always wanted to see Nova Scotia and I truly never thought it would happen, but here I am and it is real. (smiling really big) It was freezing cold this morning as the thermometer read a mere 43 degrees but we had to get out of bed and get the ball rollin’. We made our way over to the “pay showers” and began our morning routine. (still can’t believe I have to pay to take a shower) By this time, we all pretty much had the schedule down pat. It may ... read more

The is a certain amount of excitement as you approach a "treasured" location that you've heard so much about and have been wanting to see for yourself. Perhaps this is why the drive up to Ingonish seemed a bit long. Or perhaps it was the roundabout route that the highway takes, first heading north and then coming back south down the inlet to the inland sea before crossing over at a narrow point. Joining the circular Cabot Trail at this point, the road north is less of a highway and more of a two-lane twisting scenic route. This suited us just fine, because the Cabot Trail scenery was what we had come for, along with good food and good maritime music. I would imagine that this road is extremely frustrating to drive in the summer when ... read more

Today we headed out for a full day around the Cabot Trail. It was unbelievable; it is impossible to describe the beauty. The pictures could never do it justice. There was such a contrast; from mountains and valleys to rivers and bogs all being fed by the Atlantic ocean. We stopped along the way to admire and even wandered into one of these bogs hoping to see a moose. We never saw any but we did see where they had been laying on the grass; huge pieces of matted down grass. We were sure that they were close by, we just couldn’t see them. We even had the chance to walk through a 350 year old maple forest. We now understand why the Cabot Trail is visited by people from around the world. This is how ... read more