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Fall Festivals in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Katie Dunn Canoeing on Lake Massawippi, in North Hatley, Quebec.

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In September and October, music and cultural festivals turn this island (which was, millenia ago, attached to Scotland) into a celebration of Highland heritage.

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Destinations: Cape Breton Island · Ingonish Beach · Inverness

Themes: Arts + Culture · Driving · Fall Travel

Inspired by: The Ultimate Fall Travel Guide

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    Castle Rock Country Inn

    Ingonish Beach | U.S. and Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island | Cape Breton Island | Nova Scotia

    The vertiginous view: the 15-room property sits on a cliff overlooking Ingonish Harbor. More
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    Chanterelle Inn

    Cape Breton Island | U.S. and Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia

    Chef-owner Earlene Busch will whip up a four-course meal, including a surprisingly good dessert of cheesecake with chanterelle sauce. More
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    Red Shoe Pub

    Cape Breton Island | U.S. and Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia

    Siblings Heather, Raylene, and Cookie Rankin, of the well-known Celtic singing trio the Rankin Sisters, recently renovated Mabou's Red Shoe Pub. Th... More
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    Art Centre

    Inverness | Europe | Scotland | Inverness & Northern Scotland

    Best for live music, especially during the Celtic Colours Festival. More
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    Celtic Colours International Festival

    Cape Breton Island | U.S. and Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia

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    Féis Mhábu

    Cape Breton Island | U.S. and Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia

    The festival glorifies all things Gaelic with traditional dances, workshops (learn to step-dance), and language classes (did you know that am fogha... More
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    A "Crafty" Roadtrip in Nova Scotia, Canada

    Cape Breton Island, Lunenburg, Bay Fortune, Pleasant Bay, Cheticamp

    Driving over a thousand miles of scenic byways through Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, with craft stops galore, makes for a perfect Canadian road trip. The tiny 18th-century fishing village,

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    Christmas in Scotland

    Fife, Inverness

    A week in a rented country house in Perthshire, in the Scottish Highlands, is memorable for a midnight church service filled with men in kilts, and for Christmas pudding with real sixpence inside.

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