The first question Cape Bretons ask when you arrive in this remote but rather gorgeous bit of Canada is: “What’s your father’s name?”
It’s the quickest way to suss out your roots, which side of the fence you sit and whether you might be descended from some long lost relative across the seas to the east, a five-hour or so flight away in Scotland. There’s been much water under the bridge since the 18th and 19th centuries when thousands of persecuted Scots abandoned their homes to seek their fortunes in the land called Nova Scotia but the phonebooks and businesses still carry dozens of names associated with Scotland – Campbell and Macdonald, McCulloch and MacInnis...
Coastal scenery along the Cabot Trail at Cap LeMoine, Scotsman Magazine
Posted on: January 03, 2012