North Sydney & Sydney Mines Area

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An independent, locally-owned retailer. EO promotes an active & outdoor lifestyle. Visit them for all your active and casual clothing, footwear & gear needs.

Escape Outdoors is located in North Sydney, on beautiful Cape Breton Island, adjacent to the Marine Atlantic Ferry Terminal and the gateway to Newfoundland.

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Port Hawkesbury

Welcome to the "Gateway to Cape Breton Island". Make Port Hawkesbury your homebase for day trip ups and down the coast, or settle in and enjoy all that the Strait area has to offer.

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Suas e!

The Gaels celebrated their culture not in huge buildings or sculptures but in their songs. Their songs told the stories of the people, the land, good times and bad, love's lost and yearned for.

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The True Meaning of “Ceilidh” in Cape Breton

It's often heard around the island that there will be a ceilidh in this place, or that people are going to a ceilidh tonight, or will there be a ceilidh anywhere this weekend?

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