From the Moose’s Mouth
A Piper’s Watery Delight
Size: (regular) | Difficulty/Terrain (3/3) | Placed: 6/2/2001 View Details
read moreAbigael hikes to Captains Cove ( A )
Size: (regular) | Difficulty/Terrain (1/3.5) | Placed: 7/24/2006 View Details
read moreApple of My Eye
Size: (regular) | Difficulty/Terrain (1.5/2) | Placed: 9/16/2010 View Details
read moreBras d’Or Lake Mountaintop Mob
On September 17, 2011, Moosebait.com, Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Reserve Association, The Lakes Golf Course and Ski Ben Eoin invited people to a special celebration to mark the UNESCO designation of Bras d’Or Lake and watershed as a Man and the Biosphere Reserve. The mob, consisting of 38 people ranging in age from 6 to 78, made its way up Eagle ski slope for a mountaintop mob-style gathering where they enjoyed the panoramic view of Bras d’Or Lakes, trivia (with prizes), and a song (May I remind you we are hikers not...
read moreButterfly Box
Size: (regular) | Difficulty/Terrain (3/3) | Placed: 10/12/2009 View Details
read moreCape Breton Facts and Folklore
by Bill Doyle Shortly after retiring, long time CBC radio producer Bill Doyle spent over a year reading everything he could about his island to write Cape Breton Facts and Folklore, a veritable who’s who, where’s where and what’s what about the island and its people. The book is chock full of small snippets of information on people, places, politics, labour, sports, culture and history. To the native Cape Bretoner, the book is quite engaging because of the breadth and variety of things covered. For instance the...
read moreCape Breton Highlands National Park: A Park Lover’s Companion
by Clarence Barrett Small and easy to carry in a backpack, this book is ‘a park lover’s companion.’ Legendary outdoors person and park warden Barrett’s narrative starts with different ways to discover the park; on foot, skis, canoe, kayak, bicycle or car. He provides a short history of the park with notes on Mi’Kmaq people, early European settlers, transportation routes, and the building of the Cabot Trail and the park itself. Every trail (up to the book’s publication in 2002) is practically and thoughtfully described....
read moreCape Breton Weather Watching
by Bill Danielson Cape Breton Weather Watching: for the naturally curious (2007) Everyone talks about the weather around Cape Breton. For that matter everyone talks about the weather everywhere. So why not a well written, easy to understand weather book replete with beautiful photos, graphs and diagrams to illustrate the science behind It all. The author, a retired meteorology professor, lives part time in Smelt Brook not far past Neil’s Harbour in northern Cape Breton and focuses many of his examples of weather phenomenon from...
read moreCB Highlands National Park Middle Head Multi
Size: (regular) | Difficulty/Terrain (2.5/2.5) | Placed: 7/13/2009 View Details
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