The historic village of Baddeck, on Bras d'Or Lakes, is an ideal vacation base from which to experience and enjoy Cape Breton.
Boating enthusiasts enjoy 450 square miles of fog-free waters on the Bras d'Or Lakes beautiful inland sea, one of the best sailing locations in the world.
Baddeck was the summer home of one of Cape Breton's most vibrant and talented men, Alexander Graham Bell. The Bell National Historic Site is located in the village where, for more than 35 years, Bell conducted numerous scientific experiments.
Other area attractions include:

• The world-renowned scenery of the Cabot Trail
• Cape Breton Highlands National Park - 366 square miles of majestic highlands and coastal wilderness in northern Cape Breton, with 27 hiking trails, camping, wildlife and bird watching.
• Sailing and boating tours on the Bras d'Or Lakes, leaving every few hours from government wharf in Baddeck
• Bras d'Or Lakes scenic drive, circling the lake along shoreline roads that offer a panorama of woodlands, farms and villages - ideal for bicycling, walking, picnics and bird watching and a prime nesting area of the majestic bald eagle
• Bell Bay Golf Club, designed by internationally acclaimed golf architect Thomas McBroom, boasts 18 holes of exceptional golf and was awarded Best New Course in Canada for 1998 by Golf Digest magazine
• A taste of farm life as experienced by the early Scottish settlers at the Nova Scotia Highland Village Museum
• Marble Mountain Museum captures the lifestyle of the late 1800's from the point of view of miners who worked in the marble quarry
• The Orangedale Railway Station Museum offers a special look at the late 19th century trains and train travel (The Rankin Family have made this location famous with the popular song 'The Orangedale Whistle.')
• The Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts at St.Ann's is the only Gaelic College in North America where the Gaelic is taught, as well as piping, drumming and Gaelic singing. Daily traditional ceilidhs are performed for the enjoyment of visitors.