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Tour
32 Marble Mountain - Skye Valley
Distance: 110 km (67 miles)
Starting Point:
Port Hastings; Mabou; Whycocomagh
Region: Cape
Breton
Terrain: Flat to slightly rolling
Meandering
through the heart of Cape Breton, this
tour connects the most popular touring
areas on the Island. The Cabot Trail,
Creignish Hills (Ceilidh Trail), Mira
River, and historic Louisbourg areas
connect with mainland Nova Scotia by
way of this route. The tour runs from
Port Hawkesbury, around the west side
of Lake Bras' d'Or, meets the start
of the Cabot Trail, and then goes to
the West Coast by way of Lake Ainslie.
By doing part of this tour, you can
tailor any trip of island. Connecting
with other Cape Breton Island tours
of the Nova Scotia Bicycle Book,
you can make a near perfect tour, without
any long stretches of major roads.
Nova Scotia Bicycle
Book
Gary Conrod
308 pages, 5 1/2 x 8, paper
ISBN 0-920890-80-8
Atlantic
Canada Cycling
books@atlanticcanadacycling.com
PO Box 1555, Station
Central
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada B3J 2Y3
(902) 423-BIKE;
fax (902) 423-2452
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