Meat Cove C@P Site


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2296 Meat Cove Rd, Meat Cove, Nova Scotia B0C 1E0

The Meat Cove C@P Site is found within the Meat Cove Welcome Centre. The centre is certainly a welcome sight to those arriving in Meat Cove – the northernmost tip of Cape Breton accessible by road, where the St. Lawrence Seaway meets the Atlantic Ocean.

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The village is north of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and shares the same mountainous wilderness and awesome coastal views.

Meat Cove has been a lobster and crab fishing community since its settlement. Many residents can trace their ancestry as far back as seven generations, though US and central Canadian residents have been known to live in Meat Cove a different times.

The name refers to moose and caribou meat that supplied early fishing fleets as they turned round the cove. Game hunting is still practiced by residents.

The area is appealing to hikers and wilderness campers, who hike marked trails as well as taking the rigorous day-long trek to Pollett’s Cove. This cove was inhabited until the 1940s: it maintained a post office but had no roads or electricity.

In allowing travelers to prepare for their journeys and linking Meat Cove with its fellow Cape Breton communities, the C@P Site has a valuable role.