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Cape Breton Highlands National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cape Breton Highlands National Park is located on northern Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia. The park was the first National Park in the Atlantic provinces of Canada and covers an area of 950 km². On the eastern side of the park are the beaches at Ingonish on the Atlantic Ocean. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cape_Breton_Highlands_National_Park

Cape Breton Highlands The Cape Breton Highlands National Park was established in 1936 as the first national park in Atlantic Canada. The exact location of these, and the other, trails may be obtained from the park offices or, for a more detailed description, refer to “A Nature and Hiking Guide to Cape Breton’s Cabot Trail&; by Dave Lawley, a park naturalist. This is what much of Cape Breton would have looked like to the first Scottish settlers who, driven off their lands by British barons and their sheep, came to the New World in search of a better life. www.coastaladventures.com /CBHigh.html

Who we Are - Gaboteux Tours - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada In the northern part of the island is Cape Breton Highlands National Park which covers 950 square km (367 square miles). Jean was employed for eight years as a naturalist in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Cape Breton is an island on the east cost of Canada, separated from the rest of Nova Scotia by the narrow Straight of Canso. www.gaboteuxtours.com /who-whereweare.html

Destination: Nova Scotia - Page Cape Breton Highlands National Park is approximately 950 km2 (365 sq. The Trail circles northern Cape Breton Island where the highlands rise from the coast to a large plateau of forests, lakes, bogs and tundra, much of which lies within the boundaries of the national park. Cape Breton Highlands National Park encompasses one of Canada's most exceptional wilderness areas. www.destination-ns.com /common/trails/AreaID.asp?AreaID=7B

Travel Information: Cape Breton Highlands National Park Cape Breton Highlands National Park is the jewel in Cape Breton's wilderness crown. Even more information regarding the Cape Breton Highlands can be found at the Northeast Highlands Chamber of Commerce website. The park protects the tundra-like barrens, the boreal forest, the hardwood stands, and the rocky coastline and provides a great variety of visitor services and opportunities for outdoor activities. www.capebretonhighlands.com /areainfo/national_park.htm

Cape Breton Highlands National Park Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada.....section of the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park..... It passes through Cape Breton Highlands National Park, winding along steep cliffs... Cape Breton Island Accommodations Nova Scotia- Canada www.freeourparks.org /cape-breton-highlands-national-park.html

Destination Cape Breton Cape Breton Highlands National Park protects part of the northern Cape Breton highlands ecosystem where the mountains meet the sea. A national park is an outstanding representative of a natural area of Canada. And be sure to visit the largest nature bookstore in Atlantic Canada. www.cbisland.com /index.php?p=64

The Weather Network · Park Report Cape Breton Highlands National Park is located 120 kilometres north of Sydney. Cape Breton Highlands National Park protects a good portion of this breathtaking landscape. One of the best ways to experience this section of road and to revel in all of the grandeur of the national park is to travel it by bicycle. www.theweathernetwork.com /features/parks/stories/CANS0227.htm

Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Encyclopedia.com Search for Cape Breton Highlands National Park in: Pictures and Maps for: Cape Breton Highlands National Park CAPE BRETON: "I have traveled the globe.: I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes and the Alps: and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton: outrivals them all." www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CapeB1retN1P1k.asp

Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Canada - National Parks - proudly presented by Kanada News' Canada Vacation Planner The Online Travel Directory Cape Breton Highlands National Park can be discovered by car or bicycle, utilising the 298 km Cabot Trail, one of the world’s most scenic highway. Cape Breton Highlands National Park has been established in 1936. The Park stretches across the northern tip of Cape Breton Island between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean. www.canadavacationplanner.com /listings/en/698

Cape Breton National Park, Nova Scotia Like the other National Parks in Canada, the Cape Breton Highlands preserves a variety of habitats that are home to thousands of different species of plants and animals. Conserving and protecting the majestic highlands and coastal wilderness stretching across the northern tip of Cape Breton Island between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean. Although the Park is a very important part of the Cabot Trail, one must not forget the communities that are within and border the National Park, from Pleasant Bay to Neil's Harbour. www.cabottrail.com /info/park.htm

Biking Cape Breton, Nova Scotia The island is northeast of Nova Scotia proper and encompasses the Highlands National Park to the Northwest, Alexander Graham Bell's summer home to the South, and Louisburg Fortress to the East. Cape Breton bike ride will take you along spectacular rocky cliffs that plunge into the sea, across vast bogs, windswept barrens, broad valleys and down through deep-walled canyons. The park service built a wooden path through the bog and placed informative plaques that describe the vegetation and wildlife resident in the bog. www.usac.com /trips/NovaScotia.html

Highlands Links - Our Location Highlands Links is owned and operated by Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Ingonish Beach, Cape Breton. The Park, located at the northern tip of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, protects 950 square km (366 sq. The Park is an exceptional location that is the true testimony to the Parks Canada philosophy of "Proudly Bringing You Canada At Its Best." Home to the world-renowned Cabot Trail, visitors can enjoy the wonders of the Trail and a marvellous range of outdoor experiences throughout the entire park. www.highlandslinksgolf.com /location.htm

Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia The Cape Breton Highlands National Park was first set aside in 1936. The Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site is found in Baddeck, Cape Breton. In the Highlands, all Canada& wilderness regions are united for easy sampling. www.pedalandseaadventures.com /cape-breton-highlands.html

Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island This ride is north of Cheticamp, in the southwest corner of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. This trail is located in Inverness County, just a mile or so south of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. This trail is in the vicinity of Mabou, on the west side of Cape Breton Island in Inverness County. www.trails.com /activity.asp?Activity=&StateID=&AreaID={11C89D3E-5385-43DE-A42D-632975CDBD4B}

Highlands Highlands, mountain region in the northern extremity of Scotland. The dress was outlawed by the British government in the 18th cent., when it became alarmed at the area's continued interest in the Jacobites—the Highlands had furnished the backbone of the Jacobite uprisings of 1715 and 1745. The distinctive marks of the Highlands, the dress (including the kilt, tartan, sporran, tam, and dirk) and the clan system, were products of the late Middle Ages. www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0823692.html

Cape Breton 1 Cape Breton Highlands National Park is a large NP which spans the northern part of Cape Breton Island. The Cabot Trail is a road which loops the perimeter of the park and covers about 150 miles. Most of those miles are on rocky cliffs, winding, and steep roads. www.mekkerfest.com /Nova/06CapeB.html

Ian Bull (dot) Com Cape Breton highlands national park stretches across the northern part of Cap Breton Island in Nova Scotia. Fundy national park, located on the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick (about 80km from Moncton) offers a great chance to get away for a weekend or an extended period of time. This park is definitely on the list of must see parks. www.ianbull.com /camping/myparks.php

Cape Breton Island Cape Breton has classic rocky coasts, rugged Acadian forests and the largest concentration of bald eagles in eastern North America. Cape Breton Island is connected to mainland Nova Scotia via the Canso Causeway. The first national park in the Atlantic provinces. www.geocities.com /yosemite/trails/1551/capebret.htm

Canadian Geographic Magazine: Maps, Travel, Photography, Geography Contests, and Canadian Geographic Magazine Subscriptions The highlands of Cape Breton are distinct not only in landscape but in culture too - many communities in the region are largely of Scottish descent. Cape Breton Island is tied to Nova Scotia's mainland in the south by theTrans-Canada Highway, which traverses a two-kilometre-long causeway across the Strait of Canso. The Cape Breton coastal lowlands are dominated by spruce and fir trees due primarily to the cool, wet, acidic conditions. www.canadiangeographic.ca /snapshots/Cape_Breton

Canada - Canadian Tourism Commission Cape Breton Highlands National Park protects 950 square kilometres of magnificent highlands and coastal wilderness. A sightseeing drive along the park's 106-kilometre stretch of the Cabot Trail is one of Cape Breton Highlands' purest joys. The park is dominated by an elevated, flat-topped plateau deeply cut by river canyons, and is home to some of the most scenic sections of the world-renowned Cabot Trail. www.travelcanada.ca /tc_redesign/app/en/ca/attractions.do?catId=119&provinceId=8

Cape Breton Accommodations - Northern Highlands - WindSwept House Surrounding Pleasant Bay on the land side is Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Winter at Windswept House provides wilderness cross-country skiing in the Highlands amongst the moose (several of the park trails are groomed) or on the nearby groomed trail system at Cape North. Cape Breton Accommodations - Northern Highlands - WindSwept House www.capebretonet.com /northernhighlands/windswept

Cape Breton Provincial campgrounds Cape Breton Highlands National Park, and the Cabot Trail. Cape Breton Highlands National Park has trails for hiking and xc skiing. About 24 provincial parks are located throughout the province... www.camping-resources.net /resources/Cape-Breton-Provincial-campgrounds.html

AllRefer.com - Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Canada (Canadian Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia Cape Breton Highlands National Park [bret´ u n] Pronunciation Key, 367 sq mi (951 sq km), N Cape Breton Island, N. S., Canada; est. Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Canadian Physical Geography AllRefer.com - Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Canada (Canadian Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/CapeBretNPk.html

Park Tour: Cape Breton Highlands National Park @ nationalgeographic.com Cape Breton Highlands National Park stretches across the northern part of Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island, embracing the best the island has to offer. Named for John Cabot, who is said to have landed at Cape Breton while exploring for England in 1497, it is one of the most spectacular drives in North America. Here it skirts 1,000-foot [305-meter] cliffs, climbs forested ridges, descends into a valley, and exits the park near the Acadian village of Ch&. www.nationalgeographic.com /destinations/Cape_Breton/Cape_Breton_Highlands_National_Park.html

Nova Scotia Other Attractions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia Cape Breton Highlands National Park is known for its spectacular highlands and ocean scenery. Established in 1936, the National Park covers 950 square kilometres, protecting about 20% of northern Cape Breton. The Cape Breton Highlands are the most striking feature of northern Cape Breton. tours.staynovascotia.ca /site/1672/index.php

hiking Jack Pine, though common in the boreal forests of Canada, are relatively rare in Cape Breton. Hiking is popular in Victoria County with a number of short walks and long walks on trails in provincial and national park trails. The park's 18 km (11 mi) return hiking trail provides access to a spectacular steep-sided river canyon with deep salmon pools, a variety of natural habitats, including old growth forest and leads to 32 metre(104') waterfall, the highest in Nova Scotia. www.victoriacounty.com /hiking2.html

Cape Breton Highlands --  Encyclopædia Britannica It lies in the centre of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of Bras d'Or Lake. The highlands, which occupy a large peninsula bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the west, are the most prominent feature of Nova Scotia. The highlands, which occupy a large peninsula bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the... www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9020108

Cape Breton Island - Whale-Watching Tours - Sail to the Whales - Northern Highlands While traveling the Cabot Trail or visiting Cape Breton Highlands National Park, don't miss an unforgettable whale watching adventure aboard the 52' schooner Tom Saylor. The northern tip of Cape Breton Island is a favorite summer feeding ground for pilot whales, fin whales, minke whales, and white sided dolphins. We are located in Bay St. Lawrence, at the northern tip of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, a favorite summer feeding ground for pilot whales, fin whales, minke whales, and white sided dolphins. www.capebretonet.com /whales

Cape Breton - Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia - Cabot Trail - Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, accommodations, travel information, baddeck, golf, meetings Our guests come from near and far to experience the beauty of the island and they rave about our onsite activities, resort pubs, spas, entertainment and our Cape Breton hospitality. Or, move around the island with us, our properties are located around the Cabot Trail with access to all the championship golf courses and sites of the Island. We offer many ways to discover the magic of the Island with five distinct waterside properties with a variety of accommodations from cottages on the water to deluxe suites and traditional rooms. capebretonresorts.com

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