The Cheticamp River originates on the northern plateau of Cape Breton and flows some 25 kilometres westward to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Beginning in peat bogs and barrens and small lakes on top of the plateau, it starts off...
The autumn colour season is just about over.
We were all expecting that the colours might be not as good as other years because of the dry summer season, but in places, they are as brilliant as ever. Now it...
Two days and two nights of steady heavy rains gave me some ideas for this article.
On my way for my morning coffee, I noticed the meadows near Cleveland seemed to be flooded more than ever, with little or no...
At 9:30 Wednesday morning were on our way to the Cape Breton Highlands.
A stop in Whycocomagh for coffee and cinnamon rolls (our morning fix) and it was down the Trans-Canada Highway to the Red Barn near Nyanza, three or...
The sun was shining bright, the temperature wasn’t too cold, and it was a great day for a late winter drive.
The topic at Tim Horton’s was often about the amount of snow on the Cape Breton Highlands and how...
Towards the middle of April jobs around the property could simply wait because it was time to grab the camera and head for some of the nearby fishing communities.
Why? Because it was getting close to the first of May...
What causes a person to put on a hard hat, some old clothes, and crawl and grope around in the large cavities and tight passages of a natural underground cave?
It is a question that is sometimes hard to answer....
The camera bag is packed, lenses are cleaned, and a couple of extra cameras tell me that I am ready.
Cape Breton’s main roads are inviting, but the colours of autumn and the first light snowfalls are telling me to...
I was standing on the bluff of the Chimney Corner road looking down on Margaree Harbour and the mouth of the Margaree River.
The new bridge loomed in the distance and the beach was covered with ice and snow. The...
The Mira River abounds with picturesque scenery and stories connected with the early days of the French regime at Louisbourg. These were the thoughts of C.W. Vernon who wrote about Cape Breton at the turn of the 20th century.
For...