Canadian Yachting February 2017 - 30

FAST FACTS
MARINE
Baddeck Marine: baddeckmarine.com
Ben Eoin Yacht Club: beneoinmarina.com
Bras d'Or Yacht Club: brasdoryachtclub.ca
Sailing CBI: sailingcbi.com
St. Peter's Marina: st-peters-marina.com

Cape Breton has 631 native plant species and 118 introduced, or
"exotic", species brought to the area as garden plants or by
accident. Lupines, rampant through the island, are one of the
transplanted species and although beautiful to look at spread
like wildfire and not everyone's favourite bloom.

very few allergies is shellfish and lobster ranks #1 in bad reactions so I wasn't even tempted. However, I delighted in watching
friends shuck lobster with great aplomb everywhere we went.
For one week during my stay, I rented a lovely little cottage
through VRBO just outside Englishtown, and overlooking St.
Ann's Harbour. Its location on the Cabot Trail allowed for many
wonderful day trips, each with a main focus whether it be shopping, golfing, eating or beaching.
Baddeck is a truly inviting walking coastal town filled with
cafés, restaurants, galleries, and shops as well as a CO-OP for
groceries, a liquor store, and laundromat. Stop by Our Seaside
Home Décor for all things nautical. Although not all locally created, it is a great place to pick up a hostess gift or a personal
treat. Two Buoys Home & Gifts also offers an eclectic selection
of arts, crafts and clothes and if you stop by during the right
hours, you can indulge in its Café's mouth-watering lobster rolls
- sadly hearsay, but reputable hearsay all the same. For adventure gear, a stop by The Outdoor Store is a must. Owner/entrepreneur John Pino, a long-time Baddeck resident also runs the
Broadwater Inn down the road - well-appointed casual cabins,
all with a great view of the bay. Of course, the Bras d'Or Yacht
Club offers the best view and visitors are more than welcome to
stop by for a drink. Right next door off the pier, is the Baddeck
Marine - a fully operational chandlery and boat maintenance
facility. For guaranteed live entertainment, you can either walk
up and down the main street and follow the music or I suggest
you grab your friends and enjoy a pint and some great local
talent in the Thistledown Pub at Inverary Resort - part of the
Cape Breton Resorts.
Ingonish, a year-round resort town located just north of the

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ATTRACTIONS & EVENTS
Acadian Museum:
inverness-ns.ca/acadian-museum.html
Alexander Graham Bell Museum:
pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ns/grahambell/visit.aspx
Cabot Links: cabotlinks.com
Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design:
capebretoncraft.com
Cape Breton Highlands National Park:
gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ns/cbreton/index.aspx
Celtic Colours: celtic-colours.com
Fortress of Louisbourg: fortressoflouisbourg.ca
Gaelic College: gaeliccollege.edu
Highland Village: highlandvillage.novascotia.ca
ACCOMMODATIONS
Big Hill Pottery & Retreat: bighillretreat.com
Broadwater Inn: broadwaterinn.com
Glenora Distillery & Inn: glenoradistillery.com
Inverary Resort:
capebretonresorts.com/our-resorts/inverary-resort
Keltic Lodge Resort & Spa: kelticlodge.ca

eastern entrance to the Cape Breton Highlands National Park is
home to the Keltic Lodge Resort and Spa. If you can't stay
overnight in one its newly renovated rooms, definitely stop by for
a drink in the Highland Sitting Room or devour a delicious meal
in the Purple Thistle Dining Room prepared by Chef Daryl
MacDonnell, another local Cape Bretoner.
Cheticamp - easily spotted from both the north and the south
by the spire of Saint Pierre Church - is a lively waterfront community that thrives on fishing, farming and rug hooking. The
Acadian Museum, right in town, offers demonstrations in spinning, weaving and rug hooking (as well as displays of FrenchCanadian antiques and glasswares). If you like what you see, head
just north to Petit Etat's Proud to be Hookers store.
Inverness, a slight detour south off the Cabot Trail, is yet
another charming seaside town boasting a 5 km. white sandy
beach and boardwalk, cafés, galleries and some great hiking.
Take in a live harness race nearby or visit the Glenora Distillery
- North America's first single-malt whisky distillery - for tastings. Back stage passes will have you visiting the Whisky
Warehouse where you'll draw a sample directly from the barrel!
Although still building a market for its winter tourism activities - snowmobiling, skiing and ice-fishing - this magical
island will no doubt have you coming back time and time again
to discover what itself does not yet know it has to offer you and
the world.
Fill your boots, laddie. Again, again and again. *

FEBRUARY 2017

http://www.baddeckmarine.com http://www.beneoinmarina.com http://www.brasdoryachtclub.ca http://www.sailingcbi.com http://www.st-peters-marina.com http://www.inverness-ns.ca/acadian-museum.html http://pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ns/grahambell/visit.aspx http://www.cabotlinks.com http://www.capebretoncraft.com http://www.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ns/cbreton/index.aspx http://www.celtic-colours.com http://www.fortressoflouisbourg.ca http://www.gaeliccollege.edu http://highlandvillage.novascotia.ca http://www.bighillretreat.com http://www.broadwaterinn.com http://www.glenoradistillery.com http://www.capebretonresorts.com/our-resorts/inverary-resort http://www.kelticlodge.ca

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