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Passing By…
It's For All Ages and Abilities of Campers
Here is the famous drummer, Keith Dawson Jr., with his wonderful Mom, Doris, outside one of the tents next to Lightning Village, built by Keith and John Lafford and a group of Mi 'kmaq Guides.
What:
Open and wooded Cape Breton campsites, a yurt, a wigwam, a new 22 foot tipi and tents, yours or ours.
 Enjoy a peaceful hike on a trail nearby |  A moose going through a nearby field |
 Enjoy The View while eating dinner. AMAZING! At "Lodge Camping" |  Camp fire is blazing & adventure stories being told |
…"definitely luxury camping yet in a gorgeous setting. Fantastic!"
Beth & 3 other cyclists, Edomonton, Alberta
Where?
At the edge of the Indian Brook Wilderness, along the Indian Brook River, just below Indian Brook falls. Picnic tables, tent sites, fire site, access to swimming in Church Pond and Indian Brook swimming holes.
Cabot Shores Lodge has its own Cape Breton restaurant/café, small store, Laundromat, games room (pool), wireless internet, concert hall and Cape Breton art gallery…
Indian Brook on Cabot trail, 10km north of Englishtown ferry, 5+ overnight sites +1 yurt and 1 tipi
Category: Wilderness campground
Type: Public campgrounds
Rates: $20 per person minimum - MasterCard, Visa, Amex
Trail: Cape Breton Island
Area: Cabot Trail
Community: Indian Brook/North Shore Atlantic side of Cape Breton
Who?:
- Terrific for journey groups of cyclists of all stripes
- Hikers
- Couples and Families
- Groups doing birdwatching, geocaching, wanting a night on the land and then the comforts of lodge and chalets and a restaurant (it’s all nearby at Cabot Shores)
When?:
Season: April 30-October 31
Your profile: how many of you?
INFO FORM: Dwelling of interest: tent, rented tent, wigwam, yurt…
What's A Yurt?
Can it be the 4 star equivalent to the Lodge and Chalets at Cabot Shores?
Are these Chalets At Dusk More For You? go to: back to Cape Breton Travel: Lodging
No, you're into the Yurt Adventure?
Fine, so here's the Yurt as the Sun sets over Cabot Shores
Yurt At Sunset
And here's one by day
The Green Yurt In Its Sunny Meadow With Nearby Hills
Inside The Yurt 
Yurt Queen Bed
It's rustic but comfortable with the same spruce tongue and groove floors
as our lodge.
Here's why:
There's the Yurt skylight (better in the sun, than in the rain!) That's why it's called a yurt adventure (you may have to move the bed but you'll find a dry spot).
The Yurt Skylight
The Yurt Lattice
The Green Yurt is a Mongolian tipi westernized by folks from Oregon, British Columbia and most recently the Maritimes...
Inside is a skylight, double bed and a dressor, windows with ocean views.
Also room for 2 mattresses for campers stretching out..
And, what did you say a Yurt is? (You are still asking!) It's not a chalet or the lodge or the farmhouse, it's a Mongolian tipi.
Very different from a Plains Tipi, like this.
The Tipi at Cabot Shores
22 feet in diameter, this tipi was made in Oregon and we spent a summer identifying, gathering, taking the bark off local spruce poles, smoothing them out and finally putting up the tipi.
Two brash folks from Halifax slept there first in fall 08 for Grant's birthday week. Steph took the above pictures. Just beside the tipi, there's a bridge where we had fireworks festivities--a birthday blast
and a feast!
Ernie MacCaulay studied with Sun Bear in Oregon and showed us how to set up the Tipi. It will be a place for people to lodge and also for ceremonies.
It highlights differences between what the native people of the North American Plains used for shelter, versus the Wigwam structures traditionally used in Cape Breton by the Mi 'kmaq.
Which didn't prevent John Henry Lafford, our wigwam designer and builder, from enjoying the Tipi.
John Henry in The Tipi Door
(photo by his son, Simon)
