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Cabot Trail, Cape Breton

Canada Nova Scotia

Cabot Trail, Cape Breton
Photo: glangille, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A 298 km loop road around northern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, through the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, with ocean cliffs, Acadian and Scottish villages and whale watching. Walk the Skyline Trail for views over the Gulf of St Lawrence.


Autumn colours peak in early October, with the Celtic Colours music festival.

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