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The Cabot Trail is a scenic highway on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. [1] It is a 298 km (185 mi) loop around the northern tip of the island, passing along and through the Cape Breton Highlands and the Cape Breton Highlands National Park .
Located nearby, the Wilkie Sugar Loaf trail can be accessed from the Bay St Lawrence Road, 1.15 kilometres (0.71 mi) north of the entrance to Cabots Landing Provincial Park. The trailhead is at 46°57'11.76"N, 60°27'39.66"W (N46 57.196 W060 27.661) and is marked by orange flagging tape and two yellow stones.
Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park near New Glen, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island.Located on the North Branch Road 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) north of Baddeck, the civic address of the park entrance is 715 North Branch Road, Baddeck Forks, Nova Scotia, Canada B0E 1B0.
The trail passes through a field then follows Falls Brook upstream through a mixed forest and then a climax hardwood forest composed largely of maple, birch, and beech. The deep stream valley narrows dramatically in the vicinity of Uisge Ban Waterfall. At the falls, the sheer walls of the gorge tower 150 metres (500 feet) on either side.
The Cabot Trail is a scenic road circuit around and over the Cape Breton Highlands with spectacular coastal vistas; over 400,000 visitors drive the Cabot Trail each summer and fall. Coupled with the Fortress of Louisbourg , it has driven the growth of the tourism industry on the island in recent decades.
The Cabot Trail scenic highway also encircles the coastal perimeter of the plateau. While the coastal areas of Inverness and Victoria counties along the plateau are home to several dozen small fishing and tourism-related communities, the interior of the plateau has no public roads and very little human presence, making it one of Nova Scotia's ...
The Skyline Trail is a seven-kilometre, looping, hiking trail at Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies on the western side of the Cabot Trail, near French Mountain's summit. This trail is well known for its scenic views, but also for the 2009 fatal coyote assault on Taylor Mitchell. The trail’s busy hours are ...
Route information; Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal: Length: 13 km [1] (8.1 mi) Major junctions; South end: Hwy 105 (TCH) in South Haven: North end: Trunk 30 in River Bennet: Location; Country: Canada: Province: Nova Scotia: Counties: Victoria: Highway system; Provincial highways in Nova Scotia ...