This area encompasses Metropolitan Cape Breton and the Marconi Trail, from historic Louisbourg to Sydney Mines. Most frequently accessed by Hwy #105 or Rte #4 as you enter from the Cabot & Bras D’Or Lakes Trails.
Attractions are plentiful and include: the Sydney Mines Heritage Museum & Fossil Centre at Sydney Mines; the Superferry service to Newfoundland at North Sydney; the city boardwalk along the Sydney waterfront, the Casino Nova Scotia and many museums at Sydney; the Membertou Heritage Park at Membertou; Open Hearth Park and Historical Society Museum at Whitney Pier; the Fort Petrie Military Museum at New Victoria; the Colliery Lands Park at New Waterford; the beach park at Dominion; the Savoy Theatre at Glace Bay; the Cape Breton Miners Museum at Quarry Point; the Marconi National Historic Site at Table Head; the fossils and coal seams in the cliffs at Donkin; and the magnificent Fortress Louisbourg, National Historic Site of Canada.
Places to Eat, Stay and Play – Metro CB and Marconi Trail
Heritage & Fossil Centre, Sydney Mines Marine Atlantic ferry to Newfoundland Mariner Memorial, Sydney waterfront Harbour Boardwalk, Sydney Giant fiddle at cruise pavillion Membertou Heritage Park Fort Petrie Museum at New Victoria Open Hearth Park, Whitney Pier Colliery Lands Park, New Waterford Dominion Beach Park The Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay Marconi Historic Site at Table Head CB Miners Museum, Quarry Point Underground at Quarry Point Coal seam, fossil beach at Donkin Fossil found at beach at Donkin Soldiers at Fortress Louisbourg the vast Fortress Louisbourg