Skyline Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
A dramatic headland cliff overlooks the rugged coast from the end of this level trail. You can enjoy an eagle’s view of the Cabot Tra...
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Part of Cape Breton Highlands National Park, MacIntosh Brook Campground is nestled in the Grande Anse Valley, a hardwood valley between North and MacKenzie Mountains, 5 km from Pleasant Bay.
Description: A wide open, grassy area with 10 unserviced sites.
Campground Services:
? Washrooms with flush toilets
? Large kitchen shelter with wood stoves
? Boil water before drinking
? Pay by self-registration or at Park Visitor Centres
There are several walking/hiking trails nearby:
? MacIntosh Brook for a walk in old-growth forest along the river to a waterfall
? Lone Shieling to see a replica of a Scottish crofters hut
? Benjies Lake to stroll through boreal forest to a quiet lake where moose can sometimes be seen.
GPS Location: N46 48.753 W60 46.063
Park is open year-round but full visitor services are only available from mid-May until mid-October.
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
A dramatic headland cliff overlooks the rugged coast from the end of this level trail. You can enjoy an eagle’s view of the Cabot Tra...
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
Note: Due to COVID-19, the visitor experience at Parks Canada places will be different than it has been in the past. The health and safety o...
Regions: Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
This trail meanders along the Aspy fault, through an Acadian and mixed forest. As nature reclaims land once used for farming and logging, a ...
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Chéticamp
Ideal for a fitness walk or a stroll, this level trail follows the bottom of the Chéticamp river canyon with cliffs almost 400 metres (1300...
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Chéticamp
Wonderful, whimsical one-of-a-kind carvings and paintings by well-known Acadian artist William Roach. We also have works by several other Ca...
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Pleasant Bay
The Whale Interpretive Centre in Pleasant Bay on Cape Breton Island promotes and preserves an awareness of whales and marine life by cre...
Enjoy snowmobiling across the Cabot Trail or near the Bras d'Or Lake. Meet up with old friends or meet new ones along the Great Trail. Pull up next to restaurants with delicious homemade food and sleep in accommodations you hand select.
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