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@CapeBretonBeachLife You knocked this one out of the park! Being from the area this is a great resource for visitors too

I'm curious on if you'll be tackling Fairy Hole beach/cove (which are two different spots near each other) or not. They're basically a 'hidden' area. If you want info on them, let me know and I can get it for you, but its a trek. They're both coastal, and are on the tip of Kelley's Mountain.

North Sydney native here. Ok, here's a bit of an info dump answering some of your questions and providing more clarity. First off, the bird was a heron (or more precisely, a Great Blue Heron). There's a lot of them at ally of the water areas in Cape Breton, though they are solitary fishers. Next up, the old warf was just that, a warf. Most people don't realize it but the Sydney/North Sydney harbor, collectively, was one of the most used harbors in North America. There are pictures that show so many boats in the harbor that you could cross from one side to the other by the boats alone, and that was there to allow for more docking. More recently though, the viewing platform that you showed earlier in the video, the square one sitting in the grass? That used to be at the end of the rocks. It was moved because the seaguls ended up using it as a rest area/bathroom and it basically was too dirty for anyone to use, no matter how many times it was cleaned. There also used to be a flag pole on it. Once it was removed, a chain and sign were posted to keep people from going down there, but it keeps getting removed so I think the town has just stopped bothering. There are actually several gun placements along the cost there, and one spot is even (barely) visible in your video. If you drive up the road from the hospital, you'll see a stone monolith in a circular trench. It's an old barracks. Go to the cliff side (carefully) and you'll see the large cement boxes that used to hold the guns. There are two on that side. Unfortunately, due to errosion, they're likely to collapse into the harbor in the next 5-10 years. On the pointedward side (which you can see in your part on the new ferry) if you look in the background on the left hand side right at the water you can see one of the stone monitoring posts. There are three on point edward and they even have tunnels that run between them. Not that I advise anyone try to go through them as I don't know if the tunnels are safe or even still intact. As for the water quality issue, I doubt there's much of a water quality issue there anymore, but its reputation precedes it and its history has made most locals wary of it. As you can see in many of your background shots, that large blue building is the North Sydney Hospital. A long time ago, before we started treating sewage and incinerating medical waste, they used to dump their sewage right into the harbor, and as you can see, that wasn't far from the beach. While that was decades ago, that history has left most people unwilling to tempt fate. Last I heard the tests were done in 2021 that showed the water was safe. Another fun fact, but once upon a time there used to be a restaurant located at the entrance to the park. The platform it was on is still there and you can still see where it was just as you turn off Purves street to drive into the park. It's private property now though.

This is a favorite of mine since I was a kid! Great video ❤

Another delightful video in this wonderful series. A tiny hidden gem.

Very informative once again. Thanks! Did you ever identify the wading bird that caught the fish?

Country roads Take me home To the place I belong. Thanks for bringing me along. :)

wow, thanks for this post!

Further down the shore and across the water in both South Bar and Point Edward there are still old gun emplacements that were meant to defend against German u-boats. Sadly they were of little help to the many ships that were taken in the strait, including the original SS Caribou on a trip to Port aux Basques from Sydney in 1942.

Your beach reviews are fantastic. Helped us find the exact vibe we were looking for. Thank you. ❤

Just had commercial street deli for lunch today and sat here and watched the ferry come in lol how ironic. Great video and very informative.

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing. subd & 👍5

You did it again! Good job! 👍

The board walk did use to have change rooms and bathrooms. There also used to be a walk-through lobster trap. If I remember correctly it’s was built in 94 by the community members. I grew up in the house on the top part of the board walk

Lovely video! My grandmother lived across the street from Min-A-Dieu Beach. I spent a lot of time playing there with my cousins while visiting on family vacations, I was raised in Ontario. I shared your video on my Facebook, and I'm sure we will get an answer as to who built the boardwalk soon. :)

A pleasant little beach with a view of the Bird Islands and the coast all the way to Cape Smokey. I love the context you provide for each video.

Great background information. Thanks!

Thank you for the video of this beautiful, unspoiled area!

Great to hear your plans. 👍

Enjoying the recent postings from 2023 and delighted to hear you're continuing the series.

I hope to come along for the ride!

Well done! Thank you! 👍

I left CB as a boy and my love of the beaches has never left me. I now live in Alberta and I miss the Atlantic. Virtually every Pacific coast beach is covered with piles of rotting logs from their forest industry. I totally enjoy your videos and I long to return home. Thank you for sharing your beach videos on RUclips. I like the way you present them. Please make more. Cheers!

Thank you for another beautiful, tranquil video. We love your channel!

Another wonderful video in this excellent series. Your videos are as beautiful as they are informative.

Yet another delightful video -- so beautiful and informative!

Delightful! Thank you for this video, and for the ongoing series.

So close to home! Take me with you next time 😊

Nice beach.

the power plant is not an eyesore, we are grateful to have the electricity and jobs

Beautiful and informative!

Used to go to Dominion Beach not here.

Delightful video!

Very well done video, but a sad story - one of thest beaches in NS, totally neglected by the Province. It would be interesting to know their reasons for the neglect but I doubt we will ever know.