Port Hawkesbury
Port Hawkesbury is the gateway to Cape Breton from the mainland — the Canso Causeway (built 1955) crosses the Strait of Canso here, the deepest causeway in the world. The town is a service centre and the home of one of Canada's largest paper mills.
For most travellers it's a refuel stop, but the NSCC Strait Area Campus is here, and the town has a workmanlike walkway around the harbour and a small live-music scene at The Granite Brewery.
