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VISIT LES TROIS PIGNONS - CULTURAL CENTRE
LoriPori Says: The Cultural Centre LES TROIS PIGNONS offers so much to the community of Cheticamp. It features Acadian Culture - History of Cheticamp and offers visitor information services.The Museum features a collection of Elizabeth LeFort work, a famous rug-hooking artisan, who created...
Redlats Says: We drove to the end of the road on Chéticamp Island. A good part of the island is a loose cattle range. There is a fenced lighthouse on a bluff at the end of the road -- I wasn't sure whether the fence was to keep the cows out or the tourists out.As it was late in the day...
Redlats Says: Just south of Chéticamp is St. Pierre Beach. We continued our tour of NS beaches - spending a couple of hours barefoot walking at the edge of the sea.We came across this poor whale. It did not move, so we assumed it had expired. I read on a website that autopsies are done on...
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Laurie's Motor Inn: Great location.
Tricky_Dicky69 Says: We stayed at Laurie's for 3 nights after seeing the place on the internet and were very pleased with our choice. We originally booked a Queen room in the homestead section which was very nice but when we enquired about coffee making facilities we were offered the V.I.P suite...
Redlats Says: When we arrived in Chéticamp, we phoned all the B&B's looking for accommodation. Even though it was close to mid-September, the B&B's appeared to be full. We started to check out the motels, and found a sign describing a B&B at Merry's Motels. Merry's has 6 motel rooms, but...
WABO'S PIZZA RESTAURANT: TASTY PIZZA ON THE BOARDWALK
Tricky_Dicky69 Says: Wabo's Pizza-Restaurant is right on the Cheticamp Boardwalk overlooking the harbour with great views of Cheticamp Island. We sat outside and enjoyed the early evening sunshine and the views. We had a mixed platter for starter followed by pizza and pasta. All was good and...
LE GABRIEL RESTAURANT: TRADITIONAL ACADIAN FARE
Tricky_Dicky69 Says: Le Gabriel is named after the hero of Henry Wadsworth's epic poem, Evangeline. Penned 150 years ago in 1847, the poem tells the story of Evangeline and Gabriel, who become separated as the Acadians are being expelled by the British from Grand Pre. The restaurant is in a good...
Seafood Stop: Mmmmm, Lobster dinner
Redlats Says: We had one of our lobster suppers on this vacation in Chéticamp. We thought it was great - lobster was fresh that day, and reasonably priced for lobster.
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The very first thing we saw, when we were driving into Cheticamp was JEAN'S GIFT SHOP. It was early, 9:00 a.m. and the lady that works at the gift shop was just arriving. We followed her in and what I saw just blew me away - hundreds of beautiful, colourful, hand-made hooked rugs - all created by local artisans.
The lady showed us around and even did a rug-hooking demonstration for us. A stretched piece of burlap was covering a wooden frame. The rug hook (a simple curved hook attached to a wooden handle) is threaded with a piece of wool, then pushed through the burlap with the right hand and through a small hole, to the underneath and then simply pulled back up again. This procedure, using many colours of wool, is repeated hundreds of times until the project is finished. She was working on a small rug "CAPE BRETON" when we were there.
I found it all so fascinating. Actually Cheticamp is famous for their rug-hooking artisans - "La Capitale de Tapis Hooke".
The Gift Shop also carries supplies of wool, small & large hooking frames, Hooking kits and also various other home-made crafts and souvenirs.
Shop Hours: Sundays 10:00 to 5:00 p.m.
July & August: Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 6:00 p.m.
June, September, October: Monday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
What to pay: To be expected, these hooked rugs are expensive because of all the time spent creating them. For instance a small rectangular piece app. 4" x 10" was $23.95 so you can imagine how much the larger pieces were.
Written Oct 3, 2012
Address: 2 km from Cheticamp Village
Phone: 902-224-2758
CHETICAMP FISHERIES - PECHERIES
LoriPori Says: One of the fun things we did was roam around the facilities of CHETICAMP FISHERIES - PECHERIES. Located along the Harbour, the area around the Fisheries building was full of Fishing Boats which were probably dry-docked or waiting for repairs to be done on them.Cheticamp...
LoriPori Says: Erected in 1892-1893, on a site along the Cabot Trail Drive, overlooking the Cheticamp Harbour. ST. PETER'S CHURCH or L'Eglise Saint-Pierre, is Cheticamps local Catholic Church.With its architecture, frescoes and stained glass windows, it is one of the most beautiful...
We stayed in Cheticamp for 3 nights while touring Nova Scotia for a couple of weeks. We found this to be a good base for exploring the northern side of Cape Breton Island. The town is small and very...
Chéticamp - Gateway to Cape Breton Highlands NP
Chéticamp is a town of approx. 4000 people with Acadian origins. As with most of Cape Breton, we found friendly people, restaurants, bed and breakfasts, lobster traps, fishing boats, a big Catholic......
CHETICAMP - HOME OF THE ACADIANS
Thursday September 13, 2012 I loooooved everything about CHETICAMP - its location - The atmosphere - the Acadian Culture - the beautiful sunny day we were there. Cheticamp is a thriving fishing...
WE travelled nere on a Senior's bus tour on a 7 day tour of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island. We had dinner here before proceeding on our tour of THE CABOT TRAIL.
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