Motorcycle ride in Nova Scotia

Cabot Trail (Cape Breton Island)

99 km (61 miles), 1 hr 35 min, intermediate

The Cabot Trail goes round the Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia. From the Acadian village of Chéticamp, this stretch crosses Cape Breton Highlands National Park via French Mountain and the cliffs above the Gulf of St. Lawrence, drops down to Pleasant Bay, then reaches Cape North and the east coast as far as Ingonish.

Ingonish
Ingonish. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, resized
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Stops along the way

  1. SStart: Chéticamp
  2. 1French Mountain, after 15 km (10 miles)
  3. 2Pleasant Bay, after 35 km (22 miles)
  4. 3Cape North, after 66 km (41 miles)
  5. 4Neils Harbour, after 81 km (51 miles)
  6. FFinish: Ingonish, after 99 km (61 miles)

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Photos along the route

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