The Cape Breton Guide
Highlands, lake, history & culture
Everything we’d tell a friend before their first trip to Cape Breton Island — written from a house in the middle of it. New guides added regularly.
Nature & Trails
The Cabot Trail & the Cape Breton Highlands
What to actually expect from the 298km loop, the Skyline Trail boardwalk, and the national park that anchors it all.
Nature & Water
Bras d’Or Lake, the Inland Sea
An estuary the size of a small country, a UNESCO biosphere reserve, and why the Mi’kmaq call it Pitupaq.
History
Alexander Graham Bell’s Baddeck
How a shipwreck-by-accident turned a Scottish-born inventor into a Cape Bretoner, and what he built here.
Culture
Three Cultures, One Island: Gaelic, Mi’kmaq & Acadian Cape Breton
The living heritage behind the fiddle music, the place names, and the Celtic Colours festival every October.