Things To Do in Cape Breton Island

Each summer for much of his life, Alexander Graham Bell—of Scottish descent, but his family emigrated to Canada when he was young—fled the heat and humidity of Washington, D.C., for this hillside retreat perched above Bras d’Or Lake. The mansion, still owned and occupied by the Bell…

The most exciting thing to happen on this coast in decades is the development of two adjoined world-class golf courses in Inverness. If you play, you’ll be in golfer’s heaven; if you don’t, you’ll still be pleased with the way these courses have transformed Inverness from one of the…

The lonely, often cold and foggy eastern edge of Cape Breton seemed like a strategic necessity to French forces in the early 18th century. From here, they thought, they would protect Atlantic fishing interests and, as importantly, the entrance to the St. Lawrence River and therefore…

This 16-hectare (40-acre) living history museum is located outside Iona, on a grassy hillside with sweeping views over the lake. It features a set of buildings reflecting the region’s Gaelic heritage, some of them actual historic structures relocated here from elsewhere on the…