Posts Tagged ‘Victoria County Hiking Trails’

Fri 07 Nov 2008 Tom Wilson Cape Breton Island / Hike the Highlands / Hiking / Hiking Cape Breton / Hiking Festival / Victoria County Hiking Trails Comments Off on Red Island Hiking Trail – Loses a Great Volunteer, Leader & Friend / /

Red Island Hiking Trail – Loses a Great Volunteer, Leader & Friend

Red Island Hiking Trail lost one of its great volunteers, leader and friend recently, John Graham MacInnes, who died at the age of 61.  John Graham was a tireless volunteer in the community, a municipal councillor for 23 years who held the positions of Deputy Warden and Warden for the...Read more

Wed 05 Nov 2008 Tom Wilson Cape Breton Highlands National Park / Cape Breton Island / CBHNP / Hike the Highlands / Hiking / Hiking Cape Breton / Hiking Festival / Victoria County Hiking Trails Comments Off on 2008 Hike the Highlands Festival Photo Contest Winners / / / / / / /

2008 Hike the Highlands Festival Photo Contest Winners

The judges have reviewed all the great photo entries and have made their decisions on the winning photos of the 2008 Hike the Highlands Photo Contest. There are five categories – Fauna, Flora, Humour, People and Scenery. The 1st place winners will receive a free 2009 Hike the Highlands Pass...Read more

Sun 26 Oct 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Red Island Hike – Oct 26th / / / / / / /

Red Island Hike – Oct 26th

One of my favorite things to do in the late fall is hike the Red Island Hiking Trail located at Indian Brook along the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island.  Today I was using a Nikon D60 Camera with 18 mm-135mm lens and my pics came out nice. I didn’t use any filters but the […]Read more

Mon 22 Sep 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Thank-you Hikers – 5th Annual Hike the Highlands Festival / / / / / / / / / / / /

Thank-you Hikers – 5th Annual Hike the Highlands Festival

Wow… what an incredible 10 days of hiking. Great weather, an amazing camaradie & friendship among the hikers, interesting & challenging trails, and informative evening activities made the 5th Annual Hike the Highlands festival memorable. Thanks to you, our festival matched last...Read more

Sun 21 Sep 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Clyburn Valley and Plaster Hikes – Last Day of Festival / / / / / /

Clyburn Valley and Plaster Hikes – Last Day of Festival

The last day of the festival provided hikers with a beautiful sunny day and easy hikes on the Clyburn Valley hiking trail in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and the Plaster hiking trail at Plaster Provincial Day Park.  It was a fitting way to close out the festival and say goodbye to...Read more

Fri 19 Sep 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Falls Day in the Festival & Mushrooms / / / / / / / /

Falls Day in the Festival & Mushrooms

Today was about wild mushrooms and they were abundant on all three hikes – North River Big Falls, North River Little Falls and Usige Ban Falls.  It was appropriate that our evening presentation was “Fabulous Fall Fungi” by Bethsheila Kent. Sixty plus hikers enjoyed the trails...Read more

Thu 18 Sep 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Their are still Angels out there / / / / / / / / / /

Their are still Angels out there

I was always taught by my parents to respect your elders and help them when they need assistance. Hike the Highlands certainly provided a classic example today at Fishing Cove. An elder and respected citizen from Cheticamp, Lorraine Deveau, required help in completing the hike today. An avid...Read more

Wed 17 Sep 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on “It was that kind of Day” at Hike the Highlands Festival / / / / / / /

“It was that kind of Day” at Hike the Highlands Festival

Day five of the festival involved three hikes, Bog, Benjies Lake, and Skyline. Over 100 hikers were on the trails today in our festival. The Morrisons from Scotland joined us today and the Caseys from Margaree at Skyline.  A hiker from Australia spent time chating with us before the Skyline...Read more

Sat 13 Sep 2008 Tom Wilson Cape Breton Island / Hike the Highlands Guides Comments Off on Opening Night of the Hiking Festival – A Success / / / / / / / / / /

Opening Night of the Hiking Festival – A Success

The 5th annual Hike the Highlands Festival opening night started off well with over 30 hikers enjoying the evening hike at Freshwater Lake,  then almost a full house for the opening ceremonies back at Heather Room, Glenghorm Beach Resort and later off to Thirsty Hikers Pub to hear some Celtic...Read more

Thu 11 Sep 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Hike the Highlands Festival Registration Hours / / / / / / / / / / / /

Hike the Highlands Festival Registration Hours

Please find below the hours of the Registration Desk during the Hike the Highlands Festival,  Sept. 12-21, at the Heather Room, Glenghorm Beach Resort, Ingonish, Nova Scotia. Date Hours of Operation for Registration Room Friday, September 12th 3:00 pm. – 9:00 pm. Saturday, September 13th 8:00...Read more