The sea-swept 5th
hole at Cabot Cliffs
Cabot trail,
Nova SCotia
Cabot Cliffs
Cabot Links
Bell Bay Golf Club
Cape Breton
Highlands
SYDNEY
The Lakes Golf Club
at Ben Eoin
As you approach the seaside
16th hole at Cabot Cliffs, the
first thing you’ll notice is the
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has experienced golf on Cape
flickering flag, placed per-
AMA has helped
Breton would agree.
ilously close to the edge of
members plan
road trips for
To complete your Cape
a six-storey cliff above the
over 90 years.
Breton
crusade, tack on Bell
swirling sea. It’s quite possi-
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that often flies under the
set along the wave-battered
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Nova Scotia’s revered Cabot
For your side games,
Trail, a 298-kilometre high-
explore pretty fishing villages along the
way that rims Cape Breton, isn’t an
trail, stuff yourself with local seafood,
official golf trail. But it certainly feels
and visit historic gems like the Fortress
like one to me, with the heavenly two-
of Loisbourg and the Alexander
course feast of Cabot Links and the
Graham Bell National Historic Site in
Cape Breton Highlands, a Stanley
Baddeck. And, of course, enjoy one of
Thompson-designed treasure that
the most scenic drives in the world:
has been lauded for decades. And the
the Cabot Trail itself. »
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