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Hike the Highlands – A Nova Scotia Must

Posted in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Guides, Hiking, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Victoria County Hiking Trails, tagged , , , , on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Hiker Trish McCormick recently informed me that Hike the Highlands Festival has been recognized as a Nova Scotia Must by Allan Lynch in his new book (2008) ” Nova Scotia - Book of Musts -” the 101 Places every Nova Scotian Must See”.   Trish is one of Hike the Highlands festival’s biggest promoters and also enjoys entering [...]

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Great Horned Owl

Posted in CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Hike the Highlands, Hiking, Hiking Cape Breton, Victoria County Hiking Trails, tagged , , , , on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Sometimes you get lucky when you are hiking and see some amazing flora and fauna. My wife took her sister’s dog Bailey for a walk recently on the Clyburn Valley Hiking trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park and came across a Great Horned Owl.  Generally you hear an owl before seeing one.  She was amaze at [...]

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Red Island Hiking Trail – Loses a Great Volunteer, Leader & Friend

Posted in Cape Breton Island, Hike the Highlands, Hiking, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Victoria County Hiking Trails, tagged , , on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Red Island Hiking Trail lost one of its great volunteers, leader and friend recently, John Graham MacInnes, who died at the age of 61.  John Graham was a tireless volunteer in the community, a municipal councillor for 23 years who held the positions of Deputy Warden and Warden for the Municipality of Victoria County, a teacher for 34 years and [...]

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ParticipACTION – Time to Move

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One of the greater promoters of hiking in Canada is ParticipACTION, a national organization with a vision to have a Canadian Society the most physical active on Earth. They are advocacy agency for physical activity that work with partners to communication and create action.  
Each month they produce a monthly newsletter with interesting research and facts, [...]

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 – A new program for Organizing and Editing your photos

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One of the new products just out is the Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, a program that helps you organize, edit, create and share photos. The program is retailing at Future shop right now at $99.99 and makes a create addition to your digital camera and computer. The program has a number of new features including Smart Brush, Smart [...]

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2008 Hike the Highlands Festival Photo Contest Winners

Posted in CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Hike the Highlands, Hiking, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Victoria County Hiking Trails, tagged , , , , , , , on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The judges have reviewed all the great photo entries and have made their decisions on the winning photos of the 2008 Hike the Highlands Photo Contest. There are five categories – Fauna, Flora, Humour, People and Scenery. The 1st place winners will receive a free 2009 Hike the Highlands Pass with their pics used on the [...]

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