Peggy's Cove, perhaps the most photographed fishing village on the planet, has been awarded the prestigious Triple A designation by the American Photographers' Association. Triple A means essentially that a photographer can point the camera in any direction, at any time of day, in any weather, in any season, and expect to get good results!!
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The Cabot Trail is a destination for all seasons, one of the most beautiful scenic drives in the world, the Trail winds for nearly 300 km (185 mi.). Named for famous explorer John Cabot, this magnificent highway through Cape Breton’s Highlands National Park is carved into the sides of mountains that rise high above the shimmering waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Look-offs offer unforgettable vistas, where pods of whales can often be seen just offshore and bald eagles soar aloft. The park has 26 trails ranging from 20-minute family walks to challenging hikes.
In summer the Cabot Trail is a golfer's paradise with exciting, world-class championship courses. In fall, every road leads through a tapestry of brilliant autumn colors, fiery reds, oranges, crimsons and golds. In winter, the seemingly endless groomed trails open the highlands for cross-country skiers and snow-mobilers, and Ski Cape Smokey's 300-m (1000-ft) vertical drop.
Cheticamp, on the western side of the island, is the center of Acadian French heritage in the area, and St. Ann's, on the eastern side, offers North America's only Gaelic college.
Cape Breton's most famous resident, Alexander Graham Bell, once said "I have traveled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all."
The Bay of Fundy
Nowhere else in the world will one find a more extraordinary tidal environment than Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy where 14 billion tonnes (14 cubic kilometres) of seawater flows into the Bay's Minas Basin twice daily, actually tilting the Nova Scotia countryside slightly under the immense load! Walk the ocean floor and visit the site of the highest recorded high to low tide range in the world at Burncoat Head Park.
Museums
The Glooscap Heritage Centre for Mi’kmaq history and culture. You will be introduced to a variety of stone tools and early weavings, which were fundamental to the survival of the Mi’kmaw people for many generations. As you move throughout the centre you will be able to imagine yourself in a time and place when living off the land’s resources was essential for survival. The ancestors of today’s Mi’kmaq knew the land intimately, its seasons, its animals, its plants and its mineral resources.
The Balmoral Grist Mill where you can see grain ground into flour by water power, or visit the Sutherland Steam Mill, where steam power turns logs into lumber just as it did when the mill was built in 1894.
The Hector Heritage Quay - Relive the way of life and experiences of the Scottish settlers who landed on the shores of Pictou in 1773. Hear the sizzling sounds of the blacksmith's forge and the rhythm of the chisels and mallets of the ship's carpenters. See the site's resident artist Dave MacIntosh at work. Explore the intricacies of the authentic re-creation of the Ship Hector.
Northumberland Fisheries Museum tells the story of fishermen in the area from the 1800's to the present. There are over 1000 Artifacts with new ones arriving daily, Boat Building Models, Rare Live Lobsters, an authentic Fisherman's Bunkhouse, the "Silver Bullet" (a 1930's fishing/racing boat), and many tributes to the local fisher folk. The museum is housed in the old Pictou Train Station which stopped running in the 1950's.
The Museum of Industry - retells the story of industrialization in Nova Scotia through the eyes of the workers. The Museum is home to over 18,000 artifacts. The magnificent Samson, the oldest steam locomotive in Canada, now rests near the track she once worked, the Foord Coal seam, 1,100 feet below the museum site. Visitors punch in their time card to take them back to the mines, factories, railroads, antique cars and locomotives and much more. Interpreters in period costumes add to the mystique and the mystery of the galleries. Interactive displays and model train sets keep the whole family fascinated.
Antigonish Heritage Museum, and Saint Francis Xavier University, which is home to one of North Americas largest collections of Gaelic literature and research.
Whitman House Museum & Canso Islands National Historic Site.
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