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5 Easy Cape Breton Snowshoe Hikes

Come late November, when parts of Canada begin to be blanketed with snow, Cape Breton wonders if Mother Nature has forgotten her. Not a chance. Winter on Cape Breton Island is inevitable.

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How to Eat Lobster Like a Local

On Cape Breton Island, lobster isn't a delicacy you eat with polite restraint. It's a bib-on elbows-on-the-table kind of meal, and it's not one to rush. Here's how to do it like a local, and how...

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5 Easy Hikes in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park

We all need some motivation to leave the house, put our boots on and hit the trails. Some do it to stay in shape, some do it to meet fellow hikers and some do it just...

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