Phillip's Cape Breton Wilderness Retreat -- Landscape

Land and Seascapes

The cathedral rocks below Kerr's Point is only accessible by boat but is my favorite swimming hole.

The cliff at Black Brook is about 150 feet up from the beach, don't go this way, follow the brook down or up instead. From the cabin the walk to Black Brook is an easy 15 minute trail, but climbs steeply afterward.

Here's a shot from inside the Park on the Skyline trail, that's Cheticamp Island way off in the SW distance, and the Cabot Trail winding up the French Mountain.

At Pleasant Bay Harbour you can buy Lobster and Snow Crab or groundfish right off the docks in season. Catch a whalewatch, or hire a boatride out to Pollet's Cove or Fishing Cove to hike home. You haven't seen Cape Breton until you've seen it from the water.

Gampo Abbey's "Stupa of Enlightenment" along the gravel road will give you a doubletake, especially if you happen along at night and find it lit up by a hundred tealights.

A seacave near Fishing Cove in the Park. The ocean temps reach the 70s in the summertime! Really, it's warm water! If the winds are calm late June, July, Aug, and even early September, it's time for a swim.