With its craggy, rugged coastline, sweeping views, and thick forests, Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia is an outdoor lover’s paradise. A visit to this maritime island is unlike ...

Get stop-by-stop directions for a driving tour of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia from National Geographic's Ultimate Road Trips. Get away from it all in Cape Breton, the prize of Nova Scotia.

It’s why fly-fishers from all over the world make the pilgrimage to Cape Breton—the average catch in this famed spot ranges from six to 20 pounds, and the angling is consistently solid.

After hanging around Cape Breton for a few days, we became enamored of this little-known spot in Atlantic Canada. Here’s why. (Dollar amounts have been converted to the US dollar.) The Cabot Trail.