Cape Breton Island
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We’ve compiled the best of the best in Cape Breton Island - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
A 950-square-km (366-square-mile) wilderness of wooded valleys, barren plateaus, and steep cliffs, Cape Breton Highlands National Park stretches...Read More
This may be Cape Breton's most remarkable attraction. After the French were forced out of mainland Nova Scotia in 1713, they established their...Read More
The 40-acre "village" is set high on a mountainside with a spectacular view of Bras d'Or Lake and narrow Barra Strait. Its 11 historical buildings...Read More
This site pays homage to Bell's many inventions and humanitarian work. Inside the main building, films, photos, artifacts, and models provide...Read More
This long, sandy beach remains untouched by modern development, other than the picnic tables on the adjoining grassland. It's a great place...Read More
Here you can learn about the difficult lives of the local men whose job it was to extract coal from undersea collieries. After perusing the...Read More
Packed with exhibits detailing the fine points of fiddling, the center also has an archive with classic recordings and oral history interviews...Read More
Built in 1787, this unpretentious wooden building was originally home to Reverend Ranna Cossit—Cape Breton's first protestant minister—his wife...Read More
Being home to direct descendants of the Gaelic pioneers, St. Ann's Bay is a logical site for this college, established in 1938 with a mission...Read More
Nova Scotia is a center of Shambhala Buddhism, and though Shambala International is headquartered in Halifax, this abbey is its monastic heart...Read More
This restored 18th-century French blacksmith shop occupies a handsome stone structure on the waterfront. In its 19th-century heyday, it supplied...Read More
The center, which contains the Elizabeth LeFort Gallery, displays samples of the rugs, tapestries, and related artifacts that helped make Chéticamp...Read More
On a spectacular headland, this site commemorates the spot at Table Head where, in 1902, Guglielmo Marconi built four tall wooden towers and...Read More
Exhibits at this unassuming and yet widely renowned museum are proudly old-school, which seems fitting because they're housed in a former one...Read More
The tiny community of Big Pond consists of a few houses dotted along the highway, but most people come to see one in particular: the former...Read More
Two affiliated facilities across the harbor from Sydney proper chronicle the area's prehistoric and more recent pasts. The mines museum, which...Read More
The focal point of this park, 14½ km (9 miles) north of Baddeck, is a forested 1½-km (1-mile) round-trip trail to a much-photographed 50-foot...Read More
The center spotlights the ancient history and rich traditions of the native Mi'Kmaq people, with aboriginal guides providing interpretations...Read More
A wide sweep of sandy beach backed by a dune system is the standout feature of this 530-acre park on Mabou Harbour. The only public-access beach...Read More
Visitors who like to stay on dry land while observing sea life should stop by the center. Using zoom scopes on the whale-spotting deck, you...Read More
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