St. Ann's Provincial Park
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: St. Ann’s Bay & North Shore
St. Anns Provincial Park is a small picturesque picnic park, with tables under softwood trees, on the shore of North Gut along the Cab...
Piper Pewter specializes in lead-free pewter products such as Celtic and Scottish jewellery, kilt pins, letter openers, clan crests, bookmarks, Christmas ornaments, and other gift items. Each piece is skilfully cast and finished by hand in our workshop at Indian Brook.
At Piper Pewter you will find a unique collection of pewter jewellery and gifts that reflect the Scottish and Celtic culture of Cape Breton. Our jewellery designs include Celtic crosses, Celtic knots, flowers, sanddollars, birds, moose, fox, Scottish terriers, bagpipes, fiddles etc. Browse through our clan crests and discover a family name with a Scottish connection. Some of our Celtic knot designs are traditional while others have been uniquely created. Local artist Angus MacLeod designs our heritage collection of Celtic Christmas ornaments.
Choose from a beautiful collection of hand-made pendants, brooches and earrings or select a unique Celtic Christmas ornament as a Cape Breton memory.
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: St. Ann’s Bay & North Shore
St. Anns Provincial Park is a small picturesque picnic park, with tables under softwood trees, on the shore of North Gut along the Cab...
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: St. Ann’s Bay & North Shore
Waterfall Season Select! Lower North River Falls Height: 5 m Distance (one way): approximately 1 km Difficulty: easy Hiking Time: 1 hour ...
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: St. Ann’s Bay & North Shore
Learn to sail along the beautiful Bras d’Or Lakes, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of over 1,000 square km of inland salt water sea in the hear...
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney & Area
Lobster-licious Dish: Lobster Poutine “Pou-Tail”. For their lobster-licious dish, BeaverTails are doing a lobster poutine, or ...
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: St. Ann’s Bay & North Shore
Chef Bettina showcases made-from-scratch dishes changing with the season depending on what is fresh and local. The menu includes unique vege...
Region: Bras d’Or Lake
Community: Bras d’Or & Boularderie Area
Groves Point Provincial Park is a popular site with a pebble beach and warm salt water situated in Bras d’Or (5 km / 3 mi south of Hig...
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