Nova Scotia is a province home to some amazing sights: the Bay of Fundy, Halifax, and of course, anywhere along Cape Breton’s Cabot Trail. But in a province with 13,000 kilometres of coastline where you are never more than 50 km away from the ocean, there is a town nowhere near the Atlantic Ocean drawing crowds from across the globe. Award-winning musicians, dancers, international yachters, world-class inventors and more have all flocked to this one area for a long time. 

Located on the shores of Bras d’Or Lake estuary is Baddeck, a small village situated in the heart of Cape Breton - so small that Cabot Trail-bound travellers might easily overlook it as they head to Cape Breton’s famous and fabulous ocean vistas; but that would be a huge mistake. 

We would argue that Baddeck is the ideal home base for exploring the famed coastal trail and understanding what makes this whole region so special.

Special thanks to James Gray for our theme song music.