Join associate producer Liz Beatty in Nova Scotia a province that's home to some amazing sights: the Bay of Fundy, Halifax, and of course, anywhere along Cape Breton’s Cabot Trail.
But in a province with 13,000 kilometres of coastline where you are never more than 50 km away from the ocean, there is a town nowhere near the Atlantic Ocean drawing crowds from across the globe. Award-winning musicians, dancers, international yachters, world-class inventors and more have all flocked to this one area for a long time.
Located on the shores of Bras d’Or Lake estuary is Baddeck, a small village situated in the heart of Cape Breton – so small that Cabot Trail-bound travellers might easily overlook it as they head to Cape Breton’s famous and fabulous ocean vistas; but that would be a huge mistake.
We would argue that Baddeck is the ideal home base for exploring the famed coastal trail and understanding what makes this whole region so special.
Special thanks to James Gray for the theme song music. And Oakville, Ontaio musician, Daniel Casavant for his segue music, Petit Brompton.
Liz Beatty, associate producer for Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer is an award-winning Canadian-based feature writer, broadcaster and podcaster. She produces and hosts the Canadian Geographic Travel documentary podcast Here & There. Her work has won top honors multiple times for feature-writing, broadcasting and podcasting from both North American Travel Journalists Association and the Society of American Travel Writers. All her shows are produced by her production company, Black Cabin Studio.
Liz had been a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine, books and blogs for years. She also writes for The Guardian, T+L, AARP, The Walrus, Toronto Life and others. Liz has also been a regular on SiriusXM Canada for many years.
