More of the Cabot Trail - Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

The beauty of these hidden places along the Cabot Trail is truly haunting
300 year old trees, ancient waters of far-away mountain streams...

This is one of my favorite pictures (click on any to enlarge) as I
can vividly remember how I felt sitting there listening to nothing
but water hitting rocks and seeing the first blush of color on the trees.
Land, ocean and sky...

There is nothing urban or trendy about Cape Breton Island,

which is what I loved about it.

Fishing is obviously a common maritime activity

Pictures do little to capture the majestic hardwood, virgin
forests that flourishes along the Alantic coastline.

The locals talk about visitors
getting the maritime fever - once the landscape is in your blood
you are forever bound and will return again and again.