Northern Exposure 2012: Cape Breton Highlands National Park Of Canada

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Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

Today, our friends from Canso, decided take us on a road trip to show us around Cape Breton Highlands National Park. This is the western shore:

While on the western shore of the island we decided to stretch our legs on the "Skyline" trail:

Canadians seem to excel at building boardwalks:

The boardwalks are built in areas where the delicate environment is being damaged by visitors - in this particular area there was a fine of $2,000.00 that would be imposed on anyone straying from the boardwalk:

Vegetation seemed to have a difficult time growing on the rocky, exposed, plateau:

One can see "Fishing Cove" in the distance. There is a hike down and back but since we had already done 5.7 miles we decided to save this one for another time: