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Ingonish Whalewatching Tours
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If you’re visiting Cape Breton Island, enjoy a 2-hour whale watching tour off the coast of Cape Smokey on the Joan Malachi, a 14-m (45-ft) fishing/touring vessel with Captain Chester Whitty. Ingonish Whalewatching Tours offers you this spectacular adventure of sharing the waters with magnificent whales, dolphins, porpoises, tuna, sea turtles, seals, bald eagles and many species of seabirds. You will also experience the beauty of Cape Breton and its beautiful coastline. Captain Whitty is a life-long resident of Ingonish Beach and will share his experiences with you and provide demonstrations of lobster trapping. Visa and MasterCard are accepted.

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103 Harbour Drive, Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia

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