Places to Explore In Cape Breton Island

Arichat

Arichat is the principal village on Isle Madame: the largest island in a 44-square-km (17-square-mile) archipelago of the same name, which sits at Cape Breton’s...

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Baddeck

Baddeck has enough down-to-earth amenities (like a grocery store) to make it a service center, and enough charm to make it a tourist destination. The...

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Big Pond

This tiny community consists of a few houses dotted along the highway, and a famous tearoom...

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Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Encircled by one of the world's most scenic driving routes—the glorious, partly coast-hugging, switchback Cabot Trail—this beautiful national park rises from sea level to forested...

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Cape North

This is where explorer Giovanni Caboto (aka John Cabot) made land in 1497. Not only does Cape North still feel like a new discovery, it...

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Cheticamp

In Chéticamp, an Acadian enclave for more than 200 years, Francophone culture and traditions are still very much alive. That’s why the Gaelic-inflected lilt in...

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Ingonish

The western gateway to the Cabot Trail, Ingonish is one of the leading vacation destinations on Cape Breton, largely because it’s home to the much-touted...

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Inverness

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Judique

Like so many Cape Breton communities, Judique is only a little clutch of buildings with Highway 19 running straight through as the main street. Nevertheless...

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Louisbourg

Though best known as the home of the largest historical reconstruction in North America, Louisbourg is also an important fishing community with a lovely harbor...

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Mabou

The village of Mabou is very Scottish (Gaelic-language signs attest to it), and the residents’ respect for tradition is apparent in everything from the down-home...

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Margaree Harbour

Aside from pleasant pastimes like hillside hiking and saltwater swimming (Whale Cove and Chimney Corner are the local’s top picks for the latter), the Margaree...

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Pleasant Bay

Because it’s about halfway around the Cabot Trail, Pleasant Bay is a convenient place to stop. Local fishermen catch lobster in spring and snow crab...

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St. Ann's Bay and Around

Continuing down the Cabot Trail from Ingonish, you’ll skirt St. Ann’s Bay where communities are of the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it variety. Other than North America's only Gaelic...

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Sydney

If you come directly to Cape Breton via plane, ferry, or cruise ship, Sydney is where you’ll land. If you’re seeking anything resembling an urban...

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