2km Return

Egypt Falls

Near Lake Ainslie, the largest fresh water lake in all of Cape Breton, lies Egypt Falls. It may also be listed as Piper’s Glen in some hiking books. The falls were originally called Appin Falls, named after the Steward family of Appin, Scotland, who settled near the falls in the 1800′s. The trail leading...

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7.4km Loop

Franey

Franey is one of the hiking trails that show you what Cape Breton is all about – rolling mountains, fall colours, and cool ocean scenes. I’ve gone there a few times but I will never forget it. The mountains in this region of the Highlands National park roll one into the other forming a virtual sea of...

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2.6km Loop

Lighthouse Trail

You will never find a more historical hike then the Lighthouse Trail. The present day lighthouse is actually the fourth to be built on this point, the original being the first built in Canada, in 1734. Lighthouse point was the sight of the English attack on Battery Island which guards the entrance to Louisbourg...

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3.5km Return

Meat Cove Mountain

Meat cove is one of the many small communities which litter Cape Breton. Famed as Cape Breton’s most Northern community, Meat Cove consisting of about 12 families. This community bands together as one to make sure the youth do not get left behind and visitors feel as though they are home whether they are staying...

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6km Return

White Point

White Point was once a busy little place. By 1922 it was home to a lobster factory, church, school and a sawmill, not to mention many homes. Now all that remains to mark what was once a booming French fishing village are a few stone foundations and a cemetery, with a cross marking the final resting place of the...

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