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There was a birding workshop on Saturday, June 9th at Keltic Lodge Inn at Ingonish Beach. The Inn is located directly across from the Atlantic Restaurant.  The workshop was sponsored by Nova Scotia Birding Society, Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas and Cape Breton Highlands National park. The...Read more

Hike the Highlands Festival Guide and author, Bill Danielson received this week a special citation from the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society at their annual conference in St. John’s, NL.  The citation was for  Mr. Danielson book “Cape Breton Weather Watching for the...Read more

Hike the Highlands Festival launched its new web site today with many new features including a google location map of trails,  an e-brochure, online registration, a blog, podcast and much more.  The goal of the new web site is to continue to maker it easier for the visitor/hiker to navigate and...Read more

This year’s Festival runs from September 14-23, 2007.  To find out more about this year’s festival plans, listen to our audio podcast. Read more

There were many highlights of 2006 Festival for me. Meeting new hikers,  making new friends, Meat Cove Mountain hike and taking 130 pics that day with digital camera. But the one that really sticks out is the Franey Mountain Hike. Coming back to parking lot I heard fiddle music and I thought...Read more