Shortly after entering the Cape Breton Highlands Nation Park north of Cheticamp, is the Grand Falaise picnic area

A few minutes later is a turnout overlooking Étang a Johnny à Eusèbe, but it was too foggy to get a good shot of the sand bar and lagoon. This shot is looking south back along the Cabot Trail. The Le Buttereau hiking trail can be seen on the right.

Looking north from the same turnout, the Cabot Trail continues along the coast and into the mist.

A few minutes later the Cabot Trails begins to climb onto Jerome Mountain.

Back down to sea level again, before climbing French Mountain, this is the beach at the Corney Brook Camping Area

Cap Rouge Lookout, facing south. That's Corney Brook Beach at the bottom left.

French Mountain

At an unnamed turnout partway up French Mountain, facing roughly north-east

At an unnamed turnout partway up French Mountain, facing roughly north

Fishing Cove

An unnamed turnout north of French Mountain. View of the MacKenzie River valley.

About to leave the park: Pleasant Bay in the distance below.

Pleasant Bay harbour with Roberts Mountain in the background

Pleasant Bay

Our next stop was the Lone Shieling.

History of the Lone Shieling

Although a reproduction, it is worth visiting. Here Patricia looks out the window of the shieling.

Patricia in the doorway of the shieling.

Living quarters and one of the bunks

The other bunk

Looking into the open end of the shieling.

Behind the shieling is a 600 metre loop trail that takes you down to the Anse River.

More parkland around the lone shieling

This area of the forest has some 350-year-old sugar maples

A clearing in the forest

Steps take you back up to the parking lot

The access to Beulach Ban Falls is just before you leave the park (travelling north-east towards Big Intervale and Cape North). A 2 km-long single-lane dirt road leads to a small parking lot. Signs advise that you are using the road at your own risk. There's a small parking lot at the end of the road. Despite the warnings, there were four cars (including our own) there. A short walk along a good path leads to the falls.

Approaching the falls

Patricia enjoying the view

Beulach Ban Falls. We couldn't have picked a better time to visit. An hour later and the falls would have been in shadow.

At a turnout facing NNW - a tributary of the North Aspy River, with North Mountain rising on the left

At a turnout facing roughly south-east - in the distance is South Mountain

Less than a kilometre from the previous turnout, another with this view facing south-east. The river is probably from the Bear Lakes and feeds the North Aspy river.

Some people enjoy the view more than others!

On to Burton's Sunset Oasis Motel in Bay St. Lawrence

Mist rolling off the mountains onto Bay St. Lawrence

Sunset at the Sunset Oasis

The sunset continues

Bay St. Lawrence at twilight