Planning a Trip

Getting There -- Route 107 and Route 7 run along or near the coast from Dartmouth to Stillwater (near Sherbrooke). A patchwork of other routes -- including 211, 316, 16, and 344 -- continues onward along the coast to the causeway to Cape Breton. (It's all pretty obvious on a map.) An excursion along the entire coastal route -- from Dartmouth to Cape Breton Island with a detour to Canso -- is 407km (253 miles).

Visitor Information -- Several tourist information centers are staffed along the route. You'll find the best-stocked and most-helpful centers at Sheet Harbour (next to the waterfall; tel. 902/885-2595; open daily in summer 10am-7pm); Sherbrooke Village (at the museum; tel. 902/522-2400; open daily in summer 9:30am-5:30pm), and Canso (1297 Union St.; tel. 902/366-2170; open daily in summer 9am-6pm).