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We woke up after a great night’s sleep and went to breakfast at a small restaurant-motel (Duck Cove Inn) nearby as was recommended by the resort’s front office. Off season, the resort doesn’t open for breakfast, only for dinner. The small restaurant had a breakfast buffet which was decent but the food was not hot enough. However, their maple syrup for the pancakes was very good.
Since the wind storm was still in effect with gusts of wind up to 40mph, we decided to drive the West side of the Cabot Trail all the way to Cape North and time permitting maybe we could finish the entire road back to our cottage – or drive back on the same side of the Trail. The Cabot Trail is a winding road of 298 km that passes from forests to ocean vistas through quaint fishing or touristic villages.
We had originally booked for an afternoon whaling tour but due to the high winds it was canceled. Nevertheless, we rebooked for the next day at 4:30pm hoping that the winds would die down by then.
Before starting our day though, we stopped at the resort’s front office to tell them about the Internet. They were not able to make it work so they offered a new cottage which had a more reliable Internet connection. So we had to move all of our stuff from our cottage to the new one. At least, the effort was worthwhile as the Internet did work – but it was definitely dial-up speed!!!
But the cottage was also very nice and we even got a discount. So, no issue for us. We will do without reliable Internet for a couple of days.
One of our first stops was in Chéticamp, a French town where everything is in French. Very nice town and very touristic in the summer, but quiet during our visit.
A majority of the population in Cheticamp are Acadians. Together with its smaller neighbor, Saint-Joseph-du-Moine, Chéticamp makes up the largest Francophone enclave on Cape Breton Island.
A majority of the population in Cheticamp are Acadians. Together with its smaller neighbor, Saint-Joseph-du-Moine, Chéticamp makes up the largest Francophone enclave on Cape Breton Island.
There are three flags in Chéticamp: the Canadian flag, the Acadian flag, and the Nova Scotia flag.
There’s a lot of history about the Acadians on Cape Breton Island and how the Acadians wandered from place to place to find a home away from the English landowners.
So many beautiful views on the way up Cape Breton Island. In some places, the winds were really strong… difficult to stand straight!
We stopped at the Visitors’ Center of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Thanks to our annual pass to the Canadian National Parks we definitely saved money.
We took an end-of-the-world road on Cape Breton along the coast where we had beautiful views of the coast (Gulf of St Lawrence) and of the highlands… but at the end of the Meat Cove road it was private property for registered campers only. A bit of a disappointment that we couldn’t spend more time admiring the views. Regardless, we had plenty of opportunities for gorgeous sceneries. We even found a quiet spot overlooking the ocean to eat a lunch-snack of chips, cheese, saucisson sec, and clementines.
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We made it back to our cottage with plenty of time to take showers before dinner. Once more, we ate at the Sunset Island Restaurant. This time I had the rack of lamb and Jim had the haddock and lobster – and a carafe of Australian’s Shiraz.
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