Cabots Landing Provincial Park

Cabots Landing Provincial Park

Cabots Landing Provincial Park
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Highland Hiker
Cape Breton Island, Canada4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Family
Beautiful beach for lounging, walking/hiking, swimming, enjoying the ocean air, and most of all just relaxing. One of my favorite places to swim on Cape Breton Island. However, one needs to be very careful swimming here if there is any kind of wave action. If it's rough here I stay on the beach. Rolling waves pack a punch but are fun to swim in if you are a strong swimmer. I have used my SUP here on a few occasions. My favourite part is that you can go about ten feet out into the water from the beach and dive into the waves and be in eight or more feet deep Atlantic Ocean. The water here on swimming days is always refreshing!

The beach is amazing. It's about 3km long from cliffs to harbour. The sand is quartz coarse and can be a little hard on the bare feet, especially between the toes. I regularly walk the beach and it's really not that bad. I like to walk along the water's edge and have the waves lap at my tootsies!

Great spot for a picnic too. There are picnic tables, some even covered, to have a BBQ or to just eat a sandwich and relax. There are washrooms (outhouses) and they are fairly clean. Trash cans around the property too. There is a big field that you can play catch on. You can fly a kite here as there is usually some kind of breeze happening. I like to lay in the well mowed grass facing the mountains. Incredible view looking north and west.

As we say here in Cape Breton, if you are "doing the trail" take the right turn to head down North. There is lots to see past this Provincial Park: The Kauzmann Trail is breathtaking. Money Point is a heck of a hike but worth it for a nights stay at the tip of Cape Breton. Bay Saint Lawrence is a quaint fishing village where you can go on a whale watching tour. Move west along a neglected road to Meat Cove (I swear our provincial government has stock in spring and strut companies) and you will discover a view like no other. Nice camp ground there too--you should probably call a head for camp site reservations.

This area of Cape Breton Island is so worth a look. You will fill your camera roll with pictures!
Written August 3, 2023
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gabcsi_11
budapest237 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2016 • Family
I liked Cabot's landing place a lot. It was a pleasure for me to stroll in the sandy dunes and imagine that the great traveller landed and walked in the same place. It was an amazing feeling. We saw the monument as well. Fortunately at that time the beach was deserted so we could really imagine what the situation was like some hundreds of years ago. I can highly recommend!
Written December 1, 2016
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storm67sask
112 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2016 • Couples
After arriving in Dingwall a little early, we decided to drive a bit up the coast to see where Cabot supposedly landed. Well maybe because it was off season, it was next to impossible to find. No signs anywhere. So maybe they take them down during off season, but it seemed a little weird...given the historical significance(We did see a sign mentioning it outside of Baddeck...but that was it). Anyway...we found it, and walked up the road to find nothing more than a barren grassy plot of land, a few picnic tables, with a couple of nice memorials to Cabot. But the beach....THE BEACH!!! It is truly world class, and extends for a few miles either way. With the mountains to the north, and cliffs to the south, what a truly amazing location. Would highly recommend coming to this beach and spending the day.
Written May 2, 2016
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JaneAlderdice
Baddeck, Canada6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2016 • Friends
I visited this gorgeous beach twice yesterday. Four miles of glorious sand. In the afternoon, there were perhaps a dozen people enjoying the sun and sand. In the evening, only one other person fishing besides my friend and me. Water was warm enough for swimming and the view was panoramic.
Written August 1, 2016
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rubytue
156 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2016 • Couples
We stopped here for an hour or so to walk the beach. It was a very nice beach with beautiful views of the coastline. While it may only be the supposed landing point, you can totally imagine sailing up to the island and looking at the formidable coastline until finding this beach as a landing spot.
Written July 24, 2016
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Nathan C
Kennewick, WA74 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2013 • Couples
This was a worthwhile visit recommended by the saleswoman at a craft store on the Cabot Trail. It's pretty much a local's area and uncrowded on the day we visited. The views up and down the beach were stunning with the sandbeach, ocean, Apsy River estuary and mountains stretching out under clear skies and brisk, but warm wind.

You also learn that John Cabot was really Giovanni Caboto when he sailed for the English crown,and may have landed nearby, as records aren't clear. It's scenic place to mark the first North American landing by non-Vikings, though, and stroll a wonderful beach..
Written July 14, 2013
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Mark S
Cape North, Canada11 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2018 • Friends
The provinvcial park consists of mainly several acres of a grassy picnic area overlooking a beautiful sand y beach and the ocean. There are picnic tables and a parking lot adjacent to the beach. There are also pit toilets. Parking is only 50 ft from a set of stairs, leading to the beach. The beach is very beautiful and separates North Harbour from Aspy Bay (the ocean). You can swim or stroll anywhere you like along the beach, which is approximately 5 km long. There is a nice mountain stream entering the ocean near the picnic area, and is perfect for small children to wade and play in. The ocean and mountain scenery is gorgeous. It's free and the locals are very welcoming.
Written April 13, 2019
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MLG
New York368 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2018 • Couples
Another great stop on the Cabot trail! Plenty of parking for this long stretch of soft sand. The beach was really clean and we were the only people there since it was a bit cloudy. Would have loved to come back on a nicer "beach day".
Written September 22, 2018
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LIKEITIS1000
92 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2018 • Family
It’s a very pretty place with a long stretch of soft sandy beach. It’s neat to see fresh water runoff flowing onto the beach and into the the ocean.

There are picnic tables and benches to enjoy ocean view.

Someone said to avoid the porta potties, so we did.
Written June 28, 2018
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fflbrgst
Derry, NH8,196 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2018 • Couples
This would be a great place to have a picnic. We walked the beach for a while, I found a piece of driftwood that would make a great walking stick. There's a statue/plaque that details the original landing of John Cabot in the area - although no one really knows for sure where he landed.
Written June 15, 2018
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