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Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
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May Events
1) May marks Gaelic Awareness Month for Nova Scotia as the province
3) Opening of Lobster Season in Victoria County - May 15th.
Visitors will be
able to buy lobsters from the wharf(s) on May 16th.
These include Englishtown,
Big Bras d'Or, Little River, Ingonish
Ferry, Ingonish, Neil's Harbour, New Haven,
Dingwall, St. Margaret's
Village.
4) The Big Event -
Cabot Trail Relay Run - May 24 -25.
The Cabot Trail Relay
Race is a 185
mile /298km, 17 stage relay race through some of the most
beautiful scenery in the world... beginning in
Baddeck, Cape Breton,
over steep
mountains in the Cape Breton Highlands, through many
small communities around
the famous Cabot Trail, to the gently
rolling Margaree Valley.
5)
Start
of Lobster Palooza Festival - May 25 - 35 days of
springtime feasts
and fun. May 25-June 30th.
6) May 31st - Lobster Supper at St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church Hall,
North River Bridge
Upcoming June Events
June 14th - 100th Anniversary of Baddeck Parade and historic mail
run from Iona to Baddeck
June 20 - Stage 5 of the
Ride the
Lobster event, the world's longest Unicycle event. From
Port Hawksbury to Baddeck. The race will end in Baddeck.
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