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On International Trails Day, June 5th, 2010, Cape Breton Highlands National Park  and the Atlantic Canada Geocaching Association will host a Geocaching Day in Cheticamp.  The newest geocache is located on one of the most pristine coastlines in the park and coordinates will be released at noon...Read more

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...Read more

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...Read more

One of my favorite things to do in the late fall is hike the Red Island Hiking Trail located at Indian Brook along the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island.  Today I was using a Nikon D60 Camera with 18 mm-135mm lens and my pics came out nice. I didn’t use any filters but the […]Read more

Wow… what an incredible 10 days of hiking. Great weather, an amazing camaradie & friendship among the hikers, interesting & challenging trails, and informative evening activities made the 5th Annual Hike the Highlands festival memorable. Thanks to you, our festival matched last...Read more

Today was about wild mushrooms and they were abundant on all three hikes – North River Big Falls, North River Little Falls and Usige Ban Falls.  It was appropriate that our evening presentation was “Fabulous Fall Fungi” by Bethsheila Kent. Sixty plus hikers enjoyed the trails...Read more

Day five of the festival involved three hikes, Bog, Benjies Lake, and Skyline. Over 100 hikers were on the trails today in our festival. The Morrisons from Scotland joined us today and the Caseys from Margaree at Skyline.  A hiker from Australia spent time chating with us before the Skyline...Read more

  Seventy plus hikers enjoyed the Warren Lake & Jack Pine Hikes today in the second day of 5th Annual Hike the Highlands Festival.  The weather cooperate and the showers stay away.  NS Tourism Photographer Wally Hayes join us in the afternoon and will spent time with us for the next few...Read more

Please find below the hours of the Registration Desk during the Hike the Highlands Festival,  Sept. 12-21, at the Heather Room, Glenghorm Beach Resort, Ingonish, Nova Scotia. Date Hours of Operation for Registration Room Friday, September 12th 3:00 pm. – 9:00 pm. Saturday, September 13th 8:00...Read more

Hike the Highlands Festival is now just one week away from starting. Wow where did the time go.  There is still time to register though. There are now two options – 1) register and payonline,  or 2) Select hikes online and pay at the registration headquarters at the Heather room,...Read more