The Cabot Trail

The area outlined in the map is the Cabot Trail, which makes a 185–mile (298–k) loop around the northern tip of Cape Breton Island. It is named for the 15th–century explorer John Cabot, who  explored this area. The trail starts before Cheticamp, so we had driven on part of it yesterday.

The Cabot Trail

A closer–up view of the Cabot Trail. Today, we drove the part of it from Cheticamp to Pleasant Bay, both marked on the map. Then we drove back to Cheticamp on it.

Cheticamp

Today, the weather didn’t cooperate for our planned whale–watching cruise. The wind had made the sea too rough to go out in it. It was also drizzling.

On the Cabot Trail

Part of the Cabot Trail goes through the Cape Breton Highland Park, so we did some mountain driving. The view in the photo is of Pleasant Bay.

Whale Interpretive Centre

We visited the Whale Interpretive Centre in Pleasant Bay that had information posters and displays on all the whales of the world.

Menu at the Whale Interpretive Centre

An amusing menu of Chef La Baleine’s The Whale’s Restaurant for members of the Odontocete Club was on the wall. Specialities for the whales included Worms in Mud, Krill Soup, and Schooled Copepods.

On the Cabot Trail

View from the Cabot Trail.

View of the Cabot Trail

In this photo, you can see the road of the Cabot Trail.

Les Trois Pignons

Back in Cheticamp, we stopped at Les Trois Pignons. There are two museums at Les Trois Pignons: one of Marguerite Gallant’s collection and one of hooked rugs made by Elizabeth LeFort.

Les Trois Pignons

In the Marguerite Gallant collection. She was a native of Cheticamp. When she returned to her hometown when she retired, she started collecting artifacts that had been used in Cheticamp, thereby keeping a record of its history.

Les Trois Pignons

In the hooked rug part of the museum, we saw how hooked rugs are made on frames such as this one and with spools of many–colored yarn.

Les Trois Pignons

One of the many hooked rugs by Elizabeth LeFort.

Paroisse Saint-Pierre

We also visit the Paroisse Saint–Pierre (St. Peter’s Church), an Acadian Roman Catholic Church, in Cheticamp.

I have put my photos of Day 6 on a slideshow. Go to

Cheticamp & Cabot Trail

(Slide Shows, Canada, Maritimes, Nova Scotia, “Cheticamp & Cabot Trail”).