Cape Breton Highland National Park has unveiled its newest visitor offer — Mkwesaqtuk/Cap-Rouge Campground. The $7-million ($5.5-million USD) project, funded through the Federal Infrastructure Investment Program, offers a new coastal camping experience along the world-famous Cabot Trail.

For four enchanting hours, we are alone on Cape Breton’s most iconic trail, snowshoeing through silent forests, passing through a barren area protected from browsing moose, rejoicing when a final stretch of boardwalk ends on an oceanside cliff with jaw-dropping views of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the snake-like Cabot Trail highway.

Cycling west from Cheticamp, the road itself tells me where Nova Scotia’s Route 30 ends and the highway through Cape Breton Highlands National Park begins. Both are part of the Cabot Trail, but crossing the Cheticamp River into the park, the quality of the road surface visibly improves. It widens and the blacktop is newer without the patches, cracks and bumps typical of the provincial section.

Now that the National Parks Traveler has expanded its coverage to include our northern neighbor, here’s the latest quiz and trivia piece. How much do you really know about Canada’s national parks? Take the quiz and learn a little bit, while you are at it.