Pleasant Bay

#2588 among destinations in Canada

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Pleasant Bay is a community on the western coast of Cape Breton Island, on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Inverness County, Nova Scotia. The community is located on the Cabot Trail, 141 kilometers from Port Hawkesbury. The federal electoral riding is Sydney—Victoria. Pleasant Bay is known as the whale watching capital of Cape Breton and marks the center of the Cabot trail. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 46°49'21"N, 60°47'45"W

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Pleasant Bay – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skyline Trail, Gampo Abbey.

6.9 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Skyline Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park
176 min walk • The Skyline Trail is a seven-kilometre, looping, hiking trail at Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies on the western side of the Cabot Trail, near French Mountain's summit.
0.9 miW
Monastery
Gampo Abbey, Cape Breton Highlands National Park
25 min walk • Gampo Abbey is a Western Buddhist monastery in the Shambhala tradition in Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1983, it is a lineage institution of Shambhala and a corporate division of the Vajradhatu Buddhist Church of Canada.

Pleasant Bay

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Pleasant Bay plan & book

Pleasant Bay – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Skyline Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Gampo Abbey, Cape Breton Highlands National Park