Cape Breton, Nova Scotia -- Kathleen and Mark


Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

When it's summer in NYC -- and you're looking for the cooling feeling of Maine but not the tourist mania -- head to Cape Breton. Follow us through a three stop tour of music, beauty and peace along the coast of Cape Breton -- where fiddle music, craft, hiking and oat cakes are plentiful and the people are spirited and lots of fun! Below you'll find pictures from our trip and some recommendations for places to visit or stay.

Highland National Park - the Cabot Trail [at right]


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    pictures


    Castle Moffett, Baddeck, Cape Breton


    Mark and the lobster boxes, Saint Ann's Bay


    The View from Alexander Graham Bell's Home


    Mark at the Nova Scotia Highland Village, Iona


    Iona and Bras d'Or Lakes


    Nova Scotia Highland Village in Iona


    Ingonish Harbor


    View from Middle Head, Ingonish Beach (a hike from the Keltic Lodge)


    At the point -- Middle Head


    Ingonish: Gaelic for "comfortable rock"


    Kathleen sitting at Middle Head Point


    Mark at Middle Head


    Mark at Middle Head -- take two


    Meat Cove - next stop, Greenland


    The End of the Earth -- Meat Cove


    Meat Cove


    Kathleen at Meat Cove...


    ...and what she could see


    Kathleen at Pleasant Bay, Cabot Trail


    Mark at Pleasant Bay, Cabot Trail


    Views from Pleasant Bay, Cabot Trail


    Pleasant Bay, Cabot Trail


    The Blue House, West Mabou Beach on the Northumberland Straight


    Hands, West Mabou Beach


    Lounging on Drift Wood, West Mabou Beach


    Lounging on Drift Wood, West Mabou Beach


    Iris, Port Hood Beach


    Mark strolling on the Port Hood Beach Boardwalk


    A View of Cape Mabou from Finley Point


    View of Coal Mine Point from Finley Point


    Hiking the old railroad tracks across from the Duncreigan Country Inn


    On the tracks ... in Mabou


    Views along this hike


    More beauty


    More ... 


    links

    Lodgings
    Castle Moffett - Baddeck, Cape Breton
    Keltic Lodge - The Spirit of the Highlands
    Duncreigan Country Inn Of Mabou - with a top-notch restaurant
    Key Craft People to Visit
    Shape Shift Pottery North River Schoolhouse, Baddeck
    Cape Breton Clay - Absolutely Unique Pottery. Margaree Valley
    Susan Craig Designs - Mabou Mines Road, Mabou -- a must visit.  email: scdesign@auracom.com
    Gaelic College Celtic Arts and Crafts - St. Ann's
    Cape Breton Music
    Welcome to Cape Breton Music Online
    Natalie MacMaster Official Site
    Key Museums, Vineyards and Distillery
    Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada/museum Baddeck, Cape Breton
    Inverness Miners Museum, Inverness
    Jost Vineyards, Malagash
    Glenora Single Malt Distillery and Inn
    Cape Breton Island, Atlantic Canada's Masterpiece
    Welcome to Cape Breton Music Online
    Welcome to the Cape Breton Post Online Edition
    Natalie MacMaster Official Site
    General info
    Destination Nova Scotia
    Welcome to the Cape Breton Post Online Edition

     


    Kathleen and Mark Lucente / [last update: 2001 July]