Sunset Side of Cape Breton Island
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2014 ACTIVITY 2014 ActivityGUIDE Guide Page 1 SUNSET of Cape Breton SIDE • Summer Festivals • Scottish Dances • Kayaking • Hiking Trails • Horse Racing • Golf • Camping • Museums • Art Galleries • Great Food • Accommodations • Outdoor Concerts and more... WELCOME HOME www.invernesscounty.ca Page 2 2014 Activity Guide A must see during your visit to Discover Cape Breton Craft our Island is the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design in Art and craft often mirror the downtown Sydney. The stunning heritage, lifestyle and geography Gallery Shop contains the work of the region where artists live of over 70 Cape Breton artisans. and work. Nowhere is this more Hundreds of unique and one- evident than on Cape Breton of-a-kind items are on display Island with its stunning landscapes, and available for purchase. The rich history and traditions that Centre also hosts exhibitions have fostered a dynamic creativity and a variety of craft workshops Visual Artist Kenny Boone through the year. among its artisans. Fabric Dyeing by the Sea - Ann Schroeder Discover the connections between Cape Breton’s culture and Craft has a celebrated history geography and the work of our artisans by taking to the road with on our Island and, in many the Cape Breton Artisan Trail Map or download the App. Both will communities, craft remains set you on a trail of discovery and beauty with good measures of a living tradition among culture, history, adventure and charm. contemporary artisans who honour and celebrate both Artful surprises can be found tucked in the nooks and crannies form and function in endlessly throughout the Island: Raku potters on the North Shore, visual artists creative ways. Visit artisan in the Highlands, rug hookers in Cheticamp, quilters on the Ceilidh studios, start or add to your trail and jewellers everywhere in between. You will find fascinating craft collection and explore Tailored Workshops blends of traditional and cutting edge, functional and aesthetic, hands-on experiences for the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design simple and sophisticated craft. whole family as you discover Cape Breton craft. And if seeing isn’t enough, try creating your own handmade masterpiece - no experience necessary! You can take part in fabric Come and discover Cape Breton craft. dyeing by the sea in Mabou, a day of painting and kayaking along Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design is located at 322 Charlotte the shores of St. Ann’s, a ring-making workshop in Sydney and much Street in downtown Sydney. Hours: Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm more. The beauty of Cape Breton is its ability to inspire creative and Saturdays from noon to 4pm, with the exception of holidays. expression. capebretoncraft.com This is a paid advertisement CENTRAL AVENUE INVERNESS Soft Serve Ice Cream Subs - Sandwiches - Soup Coffee - Donuts and more... 2014 Activity Guide Page 1 ~ Welcome! Failte! Bienvenue! ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS COUNTY MAP ..................... 2 PORT HASTINGS ................ 4 PORT HAWKESBURY ......... 5 GLENDALE ....................... 13 CREIGNISH ....................... 14 JUDIQUE ........................... 15 PORT HOOD ..................... 18 SQUARE DANCES ........... 20 MABOU ............................. 25 LAKE AINSLIE ................. 30 WHYCOCOMAGH ............ 32 CELTIC SHORES .............. 36 ORANGEDALE .................. 40 INVERNESS ...................... 41 BROAD COVE .................. 50 MARGAREES ................... 52 BELLE CÔTE .................... 56 ACADIAN SHORE ............ 58 CHETICAMP ..................... 59 CBH NATIONAL PARK .... 68 PLEASANT BAY .............. 69 MEAT COVE .................... 71 Back: Alfred Poirier, Jim Mustard, Dwayne MacDonald. Front: Gloria LeBlanc, Duart MacAulay, Betty Ann MacQuarrie The Municipality of the County of Inverness is pleased to welcome you to the sunset side of Cape Breton Island. Savour our rousing ceilidhs, the steady cadence of massed fiddlers, the fun and camaraderie of a square dance. Share our enthusiasm for the county and sizzling sunsets over placid water and dancing bonfires. As you travel throughout our County become familiar with who we are and where we hope to be in the future. Enjoy our presence and then make western Cape Breton your vacation destination for fun, frolic and laughter amid the fluke of the whales and flight of the eagles. To learn more about our history, or to travel through time from the beginning of our incorporation to the present, to meet our present day council, CAO and various departments who manage the affairs of our illustrious Inverness County visit us at www.invernesscounty.ca. Duart MacAulay, Warden Published by In partnership with Editor: INVERNESS INVERNESS COUNTY Frank Macdonald COMMUNICATIONS LTD. RECREATION/TOURISM Graphic Design: Diane Mouland Tel. 902-258-2253 PO Box 179, Advertising Manager: [email protected] Port Hood, NS Bernice Curley www.oran.ca B0E 2W0 Page 2 INTERACTIVE COUNTY MAP 2014 Activity Guide •• Meat Cove KEY • GOLF • cOMMUNITY pROFILE • summer FEsTIvaL • caMp Ground • TRaILs Pleasant Bay • CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS ••• Cheticamp NATIONAL PARK • petit Etang • Belle Marche point cross • Grand Etang • Acadian Shore INVERNESS ••st.Joseph duMoine • cap Le Moine • • Belle cote Margaree Harbour • • East Margaree The Margarees ••• • Margaree valley Margaree Forks • • Egypt Road • North East Margaree • south West Margaree • Broad Cove • Upper Margaree •••• Inverness Scotsville • • strathslorne Lake Ainslie Mabou Harbour • •• Mabou • Brook village •• • • Brook south Port Hood village Lake ainslie • Whycocomagh • Glencoe •• stations • Glencoe Mills • Upper sW Mabou Orangedale • Judique • creignish • • River denys • Marble Mountain •Port Hastings Glendale • • West Bay Road CAPE BRETON ••• Port Hawkesbury ISLAND Scan QR Code. Scroll down special publications click on Sunset Side PDF. 2014 Activity Guide Page 3 An Inverness County Welcome Inverness County comprises the entire western coastline of our guide for your visit among us, contains far more pages of Cape Breton Island, reaching inland as far as the beautiful activities and inter-activities, culinary choices, places to rest, Bras d’Or Lakes. Between these two shorelines, cultures and events to see or participate in than can be mentioned in and arts, languages and landscapes complement each other, this meagre but well meant welcome. extending an open invitation for visitors to experience any or all of western Cape Breton’s offerings. Inverness County is a place rich in history, and a wealth of museums in each community tells that town or village’s Those offerings are myriad, lunch with live fiddle music in story of centuries of settlement, the survival of cultures and Judique, where you can also learn a fiddle tune or a few basic languages, the industrial and agricultural past and present. square dance steps. You can swim at the sandy life-guarded beach at Port Hood, go square dancing in West Mabou or Many villages offer weekly “ceilidhs” or gatherings featuring Glencoe, golfing, swimming or watching harness racing in musicians, Gaelic singers, dancers and even storytellers. Inverness, salmon fishing or hiking along the Margaree River, golfing at Cabot Links in Inverness or Le Portage course in For those who want to experience Inverness County first Cheticamp. Receive a warm invitation to join in the vibrant hand through bicycling, canoeing, hiking, whale watching, Acadian culture of LeMoine and Cheticamp. Pleasant Bay square dancing, or any other personal involvement, the has a marvellous whale museum or nearby whale watching options are many, the excitement, thrilling. in that village. Camping and hiking at the tiny, tenacious and wonderful village of Meat Cove is a visitors’ favourite. The highly acclaimed 92-kilometre Celtic Shores Coastal Trail is one if Inverness County’s latest gems in a rich These are only a few of the choices to be made and enjoyed geographic and cultural landscape. along the coast. Our hope is that each day’s end will bring you a joyful Going inland there is Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia’s largest fresh exhaustion, a sense of a day well spent, whose lingering last water lake, with camp sites, hiking trails and the popular moments might be spent watching a rare and beautiful sight Scotsville School of Crafts where traditional weaving and/or from the shores of Inverness County, that is the witnessing heritage skills are practiced daily, and for which workshops of one of the few ocean sunsets to be found on the eastern are available for visitors. side of the North American continent. Beyond Lake Ainslie is Whycocomagh which every summer So welcome to Inverness County. celebrates a multicultural festival. At any time of the season May your journey among us not be Whycocomagh invites you to hike Salt Mountain or camp in your last, but fill you with lasting the Whycocomagh Provincial Park, or to visit Waycobah, the memories of a place we believe Mi’qmak village just across the Skye River which this year is special, special enough for us will host the Mi’qmak Summer Games. Both villages border to spend our lives here, special on the shores of the Bras d’Or. enough to feel it is worth sharing Inverness County: The Sunset Side of Cape Breton Island, with you. Page 4 PORT HASTINGS 2014 Activity Guide Impressive Quilt Market housed in Port Hastings Museum One of the first places of interest visitors encounter upon entering Cape Breton Island is the Port Hastings Museum, located across the rotary from the Visitors Information Centre. If original handcrafted works hangings, baby