Cape Breton's Magazine

In addition to my duties as Minister of Highways, Pub? licity came under my direc? tion which also included the Tourist Industry to which I gave a good deal of attention. I made my mind up at the start as to the development of the northern portion of Cape Breton as a great tourist vacation land and on one of my visits picked out a place where I thought a hotel should be built. One has already been completed, Keltic Lodge, which was started in a small way in 1936 and grad? ually developed until today it is one of the finest ho? tels in Eastern Canada. I do not know whether or not I shall live to see the completion of this development started in 1924, possibly not as much re? mains to be done, but I have no doubt but the balance of that northern part of Vic? toria and Inverness Counties will be brought into the Cape Breton Highlands Na? tional Park by the Parks Commission and a road completed from Pleasant Bay through Polletts Cove to Low Land Cove (old set- PEMBROKE CONSTRUCTION 23 McKeen St., GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia '''' General Contractors Specializing in New Home Construction and Commercial Construction • Renovations • Roofing • Siding • Cabinets • Additions Participating in the 5-Year New Home Warranty Program REG'D BUILDER #01-0392 849-5587 SYDNEY No. 539-2530 849-1121 tlement) connecting with the present road at Meat Cove and there joined to the so- called Cabot Trail at Cape North. There is now a passable trail from Meat Cove to Low Land Cove and the remaining section is from Polletts Cove to Low Land about seven miles. With that gap filled in the Cabot Trail would be complete and the wonders of Nature yet unseen would be opened up. What a wonderful sight that would be! Although the major part of my dream has already been completed I shall not be satisfied until its complete fullfillment. My reason for writing a short history of the Cabot Trail is that the record be kept straight and that future generations may know that a Liberal Government was respon? sible for this great development in North? ern Cape Breton, this great tourist para? dise, with its beautiful mountains, streams, seascapes, bounded on one side by the Atlantic Ocean, on the other side by the Gulf of St. Lawrence. What a Vacation Land! For a related article, do not miss Ian McKay's, "Tartanism Trium? phant: The Construction of Scottishness in Nova Scotia, 1933- 1954," in Acadiensis, XXI, 2 (Spring 1992), pp. 5-47. Also, see R. W. Cautley's1934 report, "Searching for the Cape Breton IHigh- lands National Parle." It was published in Issue 43 of Cape Bre? ton's Magazine. A recent booklet has been issued entitled The Cabot Trail, 1932-1992, written by Terry MacLean and Judy Mac- Master, to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Cabot Trail. It is being sold at various stores and through Les Amis du Plein Air, P. O. Box 472, Cheticamp, N. S. BOE 1H0. Price: $4.95 DOIMU ( OPEN 24 HOURS • 7 DAYS A WEEJT) Tim Morton's • Cape Breton 10 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU "Around-the-Clock Freshness" lltm??M