Cape Breton Island’s Natural Wonder
The Cape Breton Highlands National Park is not only known for its spectacular scenery and abundance of wildlife. It also has one of the world's most scenic highways running through it: the Cabot Trail.
Covering 950 square kilometers (366 sq. mi), the Cape Breton Highlands National Park stretches across the northern tip of Cape Breton Island and portrays nature at its finest, with steep cliffs and canyons that carve into the forested plateaus on the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the other side.
While travelling through the Cape Breton Highlands National Park stop at one of the many scenic look-offs, hike one of the 25 trails, and make sure you keep an eye out for the moose, coyote, black bear, bald eagles and whales that can be found in abundance within these magnificent highlands.
25 trails ranging from easy 20-minute strolls to challenging climbs offering panoramic view of canyons, the highlands, and seacoasts. Some are wheelchair-accessible. The trails explore various habitats in natural wilderness and our cultural history.
