MacCormack Provincial Park

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MacCormack Provincial Park is a small picnic park overlooking Bras d’Or Lake on Cape Breton Island off Route 223 on the Bras d’Or Lakes Scenic Drive. Picnic tables are scattered through a softwood forest. The park has beach access with a view of picturesque Plaster Cove.

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2481 St Columba Road, Iona, Nova Scotia

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