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Cape Breton Highlands National Park

The Quandary Of Cape Breton Highland’s Most Popular Hike

For four enchanting hours, we are alone on Cape Breton’s most iconic trail, snowshoeing through silent forests, passing through a barren area protected from browsing moose, rejoicing when a final stretch of boardwalk ends on an oceanside cliff with jaw-dropping views of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the snake-like Cabot Trail highway.

Cycling Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Cycling west from Cheticamp, the road itself tells me where Nova Scotia’s Route 30 ends and the highway through Cape Breton Highlands National Park begins. Both are part of the Cabot Trail, but crossing the Cheticamp River into the park, the quality of the road surface visibly improves. It widens and the blacktop is newer without the patches, cracks and bumps typical of the provincial section.

Aquatic Restoration Research Chair Named For Five Atlantic Canadian Parks

Kurt Samways from the University of New Brunswick, has become Parks Canada’s first research chair in aquatic restoration and will work with five national parks in Atlantic Canada on conservation methods and ecological monitoring techniques to help protect and boost wild Atlantic salmon populations.

The Essential RVing Guide

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

The National Parks RVing Guide, aka the Essential RVing Guide To The National Parks, is the definitive guide for RVers seeking information on campgrounds in the National Park System where they can park their rigs. It's available for free for both iPhones and Android models.

This app is packed with RVing specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 parks.

You'll also find stories about RVing in the parks, some tips if you've just recently turned into an RVer, and some planning suggestions. A bonus that wasn't in the previous eBook or PDF versions of this guide are feeds of Traveler content: you'll find our latest stories as well as our most recent podcasts just a click away.

So whether you have an iPhone or an Android, download this app and start exploring the campgrounds in the National Park System where you can park your rig.