Adventures

Lobster Fishing off Breton Cove, Cape Breton

November 18, 2010

Lobster Fishing Off Cape Breton
The MacInnis family are neighbors of ours at Breton Cove.
Merrill’s family has been lobster fishing over 80 years. One morning I went on his boat and helped out with the mackerel nets (for bait) and enjoyed the early morning cruise along the Cape Breton Coast…and generally got the feel of 4:20am departure, lobster “lunch” at 8:30 am….
This video gives you a bit of the history and crew in action, the coast line just below the Breton Cove Hideaway, and even lobsters being cooked by Merrill at Cabot Shores…His boat is called the Briton Bounty. The video [...]

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Enjoying Summits above the Cabot Trail

November 7, 2010

Take a Hike with Your Honey Barbara and Dr. Paul often take guests and other hikers to a special summit just west of the Cabot Trail, offering a 360 degree view of the Atlantic, the Cape Breton Highlands, the lakes, and the French River Wilderness. Colleen the intern brought her wonderful companion, Elijah, pictured below. click [...]

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Group Adventures

August 1, 2010

Experiences Come In A Magical JAR at Cabot Shores (Learn about the Group Adventure of young people in the Waldorf Adventure Video on the right.) What is the Magical JAR? At Cabot Shores “JAR”J stands for: Journey, Adventure, Retreat. Most all of us travel some distance to arrive on Cape Breton, even just from Halifax, [...]

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Biking the Cabot Trail

June 10, 2010

As Far As Biking Experiences Go, It’s the Wheel Thing Cape Breton is also a spectacular road biking destination. The paved Cabot Trail brings out some of the most beautiful country side you will ever witness. Up the hills and back down to sea level – You won’t be disappointed! For excellent Maritime cycling tours, [...]

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Hiking Cape Breton Island

June 10, 2010

A film crew visited to explore, hike and document the area on Kelly’s mountain. Took a helicopter over St. Ann’s Bay
and you see what they saw from the air, investigating whether the Chinese settled before the Europeans here.

Original settlers are really the Mi’kmaq, here over 10,000 years, as hikers and hunters and fishers.
You can see the site of Glooscap Cave, and Indian Brook leading to the Highlands and French River Wilderness
and past there to the Cape Breton Highland Park.
Great hikes start at Cabot Shores–along the beach and up along to Indian Brook Falls.
Enjoy nearby hikes, including: Indian Brook Falls, Red [...]

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Canoeing Cape Breton Shores

June 9, 2010

Different Strokes Chalet guests often rent canoes and kayaks at Cabot Shores. One world traveler from Columbia, South America travels to a special place with her family every summer. At Cabot Shores, Adriana’s and her sisters’ families set out on Church Pond and turned up Indian Brook on their canoes. Even the teenagers find fun [...]

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Bird & Whale Tours

June 9, 2010

A Tail to Tell Puffin Boat Tours is owned and operated by Donelda MacAskill. For nearly 20 years Donelda fished lobsters with her husband John around St. Ann’s Bay and Bird Islands. About 10 years ago she decided to buy her own boat and do boat tours to the Bird Islands from Englishtown. Because of [...]

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Sailing St. Anne’s Bay

June 9, 2010

Buoy Oh Buoy Charter a sailboat for a tour from Baddeck, past Alexander Bell’s Island. Take your own cruise along St. Anne’s Bay to the Bird Islands… Or launch your own sailboat on Church Pond, without leaving Cabot Shores… It’s your choice. Depends on the day. Almost always a good wind on Cape Breton. Tweet

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Lobster Fishing Off Cape Breton

January 28, 2010

We had a great day’s lobster fishing… Tweet

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Alexander Graham Bell Museum

January 18, 2010

Located on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, the site consists of 10 hectares of land, overlooking Baddeck Bay, part of the Bras d’Or Lakes, and Beinn Bhreagh, Bell’s summer home, where much of his scientific work was pursued. The land slopes steeply from the exhibit complex to a small pond beside Highway 205. The Site [...]

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