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North Highlands Community Museum

North Highlands Community Museum
North Highlands Community Museum
Open Gallery

North Highlands

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About

Interpretive exhibits illustrating lifestyle experienced by early settlers of northern Cape Breton. Exhibits include gypsum quarry, stores, church histories, shipwrecks, furnishings, school and transportation, forge, settlers’ garden. Extensive genealogy centre and archives, visitor information centre, c@p site. Weekly concerts and events.

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29243 Cabot Trail, Cape North, Nova Scotia

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Skyline Trail 101

An insider’s guide to the busiest trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.

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Travel and Activities in Woods Restricted

Due to very dry conditions, the Government of Nova Scotia is enforcing temporary restrictions starting at 4 pm on Tuesday, August 5th. Hiking, fishing and the use of vehicles in the woods are not permitted. Violating...

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Baddeck, the Beginning and the End of the Cabot Trail

It's no secret that the Cabot Trail is one of the biggest attractions on Cape Breton, but did you know there's an ideal place to start and finish your trip around the trail? It's a place...

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