Outdoors & Nature

Big Glace Bay Beach

Big Pond Beach

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

Black Brook Beach

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

Broad Cove Beach

Dominion Beach Provincial Park

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

Ghost Beach

Indian Beach

Ingonish Beach

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

Inverness Beach

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

Judique Flyer Trail (part of Celtic Shores Coastal Trail)

Kennington Cove Beach

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

La Bloc Beach

Lockman’s Beach

Meat Cove Beach

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

Mira Gut Beach

Morrisons Beach

Neils Brook Beach Trail

Point Michaud Beach

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

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.

Salmon River Beach

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

West Mabou Beach

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