Outdoors & Nature

Inverness Beach

Long sandy Gulf beach with warm water, dunes, and a wooden boardwalk into town.

Indian Beach

Big Glace Bay Beach

Lockman’s Beach

La Bloc Beach

Broad Cove Beach

Neils Brook Beach Trail

Mira Gut Beach

Judique Flyer Trail (part of Celtic Shores Coastal Trail)

Morrisons Beach

Ghost Beach

Salmon River Beach

Quiet pebble cove on the road to Meat Cove where the Salmon River meets the Gulf.

Meat Cove Beach

Wild black-and-cobble beach at the very top of Cape Breton, framed by 300-metre cliffs.

Big Pond Beach

Calm Bras d'Or Lake beach in the village famous for Rita MacNeil.

Kennington Cove Beach

Wild beach within Fortress of Louisbourg lands marking the 1758 British landing site.

Point Michaud Beach

Two-kilometre wild Atlantic beach beloved by surfers and beachcombers.

Dominion Beach Provincial Park

Long Atlantic-facing sand beach with dunes and a coastal boardwalk near Glace Bay.

Pondville Beach

Hidden barrier beach on Isle Madame separating ocean from a tidal pond.

Port Hood Beach

Long warm-water beach looking out to Henry Island and Port Hood Island.

West Mabou Beach

Quiet provincial beach with dunes, salt marsh, and warm Gulf swimming.

Black Brook Beach

Sheltered cove with a small waterfall spilling onto pink granite sand.

Ingonish Beach

Unique double beach—Atlantic surf on one side, warm freshwater pond on the other.