The only road from Five Islands going in the general direction we wanted to go was totally in the woods with so many twists and turns, we began to wonder if we would ever see civilization again. We did, of course, after re-joining a major highway that led to the town of Antigonish. The largest town for some miles, Antigonish had and still has less than 5000 residents. I failed to see it at the time, but Antigonish was enjoying an economic boom at the time, with the opening of a Walmart, a Staples and a couple other big box stores. We did our usual thing, visiting churches, marinas, lighthouses, beaches and waterfalls.
Next we crossed over onto Cape Breton Island, the northern half of Nova Scotia and probably the most famous part from a tourism perspective. We stopped in Baddeck on the shores of beautiful Bras d'Or Lake. With a population less than 900, the town is famous as a vacation spot, but also as the one-time home of Alexander Graham Bell and as the start of the spectacularly scenic Cabot Trail. During our brief stay here, it rained lightly the entire time. I took a hike into a kind of rain forest and enjoyed the solitude along a pretty little stream.
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