Outdoors & Nature in Chéticamp & Margaree

12 places — trails, beaches, parks, and the wild beauty of Cape Breton Island

Type
Region

Le Buttereau Trail – Cape Breton Highlands National Park

park

La Bloc Beach

beach

Waves End RV & Campground

park

Oceanfront RV and tent campground beside the Cabot Trail in Chéticamp.

Mkwesaqtuk / Cap-Rouge Campground

park

Walk-in cliff-side Parks Canada campground above the Gulf.

Big Intervale Campground

park

Tiny riverside campground at the foot of North Mountain.

Corney Brook Campground

park

Small first-come oceanfront campground on the Cabot Trail.

Chéticamp Campground (Cape Breton Highlands National Park)

park

Parks Canada front-country campground at the Cabot Trail's western gateway.

French Mountain Lookoff

lookoff · 0.50 km

Highest point on the Cabot Trail with a boardwalk loop across the bog plateau.

Enragée Point Lighthouse

Enragée Point Lighthouse

lighthouse

Octagonal lighthouse on Cheticamp Island guarding the entrance to Cheticamp harbour.

MacIntosh Brook Trail

traileasy · 1.70 km

Flat streamside walk through tall hardwoods to a small waterfall.

Fishing Cove Trail

traildifficult · 16.00 km

Long descent to a remote backcountry beach and the only wilderness campground in the national park.

Acadian Trail

traildifficult · 8.40 km

Steep climb above Cheticamp to a panoramic overlook of the Acadian coast.

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