What a pleasant surprise today – hiking the Plaster Provincial Park Trail. My wife and I had never done the complete trail before and usually spent most of our time at the picnic park as well down at the beach and cove. We had landed on the beach a few years back when we sea kayaked from Jersey [...]
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Plaster Provincial Park Trail – A Pleasant Surprise
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Island, Hike the Highlands Festival, Nova Scotia Provincial Parks, Plaster Provincial Day Park, Victoria County, Victoria County Hiking Trails on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Red Island Hike by Snowshoe
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Island, Hike the Highlands Festival, Nova Scotia, Red ISland Hiking Trail, snowshoeing, Victoria County Hiking Trails, Visit Victoria County on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Despite being winter in the Highlands, you can still enjoy hiking by snowshoe. My wife and I enjoyed a great hike the other day on the Red Island Trail . This trail was part othe Hike the Highlands Festival last year. You certainly get a different perspective of the trail in the winter. Lots of interesting tracks on [...]
Came Upon Ruffed Grouse – also known as Partridge
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Highlands, Hihlands, Hiking in Winter, Nova Scotia, Ruffed Grouse, St. Ann's Mountains, Victoria County on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently, my wife and I came across a couple of Ruffed Grouse while hiking in the woods on the crust. Ruffed Grouse are commonly known as partridge here. The above ruffed grouse could hear me coming and flew onto a tree, fluffed out to warn the other one of danger.
Some interesting tidbits, the ruffed grouse [...]
Hike the Highlands – A Nova Scotia Signature Event in 2008
Posted in CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Guides, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Victoria County Hiking Trails, tagged Hike the Highlands Festival, Cape Breton Island, Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, NOva Scotia Signature Festivals & Events, NS Tourism, Hiking in Cape Breton Island, Cape Breton Hikes on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, the Hike the Highlands Festival received an accolade by being recognized by the NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture, & Heritage as a signature event in 2008. Our festival will be recognized and promoted appropriately in the NS Doers and Dreamers Guide in 2008, the Festivals & Events Guide and www.novascotia.com. This extra promotion wil go along [...]
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