07/07: Waves, Waves and More Waves
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Yeah!!! no rain today!!!!
This morning we headed north on the Cabot Trail. Just out of town is the Cape Bretton Highlands National Park. The park was the first national park in the Atlantic provinces and covers an area of 948 square km. A good portion of the northern part of the Cabot Trail runs through the National ParK. Within the park there are lots of view points and trails, outside of the park are restaurants, gift shops and craft stores. Here are some sites along the way.
Pillar Rock.
We ventured off the trail at Cape North and drove to Meat Cove. It's a really pretty cove but an enterprising person has put in a campground and cabin in the area overlooking the cove. It was still worth the drive as the scenery was amazing, plus we were able to get to the shingle beach to watch the waves coming in.
Still at the top end of Cape Bretton we stopped in at Bay St. Lawrence, a little fishing village. Tomorrow is the start of crab season so a lot of the boats were busy loading crab pots. We talked to a retired fisherman (he gifted his fishing company to his son last year). He's a crab and haddock fisherman and is a vegetarian. He said he just doesn't like the taste of fish, seafood or meat. Oh, he doesn't like seaweed either. He also told us he's a snowbird. About eight years ago he started going south to Halifax for the winter.
We headed back south to the Cabot Trail then took the turn off to White Point. The park ranger at the NP information centre told us that the "coastal loop" was more scenic than staying on the Cabot Trail. He also suggested that we hike the trail at White Point. A suggestion we were happy that we followed.
This morning we headed north on the Cabot Trail. Just out of town is the Cape Bretton Highlands National Park. The park was the first national park in the Atlantic provinces and covers an area of 948 square km. A good portion of the northern part of the Cabot Trail runs through the National ParK. Within the park there are lots of view points and trails, outside of the park are restaurants, gift shops and craft stores. Here are some sites along the way.
Pillar Rock.
We ventured off the trail at Cape North and drove to Meat Cove. It's a really pretty cove but an enterprising person has put in a campground and cabin in the area overlooking the cove. It was still worth the drive as the scenery was amazing, plus we were able to get to the shingle beach to watch the waves coming in.
Still at the top end of Cape Bretton we stopped in at Bay St. Lawrence, a little fishing village. Tomorrow is the start of crab season so a lot of the boats were busy loading crab pots. We talked to a retired fisherman (he gifted his fishing company to his son last year). He's a crab and haddock fisherman and is a vegetarian. He said he just doesn't like the taste of fish, seafood or meat. Oh, he doesn't like seaweed either. He also told us he's a snowbird. About eight years ago he started going south to Halifax for the winter.
We headed back south to the Cabot Trail then took the turn off to White Point. The park ranger at the NP information centre told us that the "coastal loop" was more scenic than staying on the Cabot Trail. He also suggested that we hike the trail at White Point. A suggestion we were happy that we followed.