International Appalachian Trail: Nova Scotia

Official app of the International Appalachian Trail. The Nova Scotia section of the IAT is about 490km/300mi and begins at the Northumberland Ferry Terminal in Caribou. The trail starts with a 12km road walk to Pictou, where it picks up the Trans Canada Trail which it follows for another 12 or so km. After that, the trail follows a series of small roads mostly along the Northumberland coast until it reaches the Canso Causeway and Cape Breton Island.

On Cape Breton, the IAT/SIA follows the multiuse Celtic Shores Coastal Trail nearly to Inverness, before turning southeast and following a series of logging roads through the low mountains in the centre of the island to the shores of Bras d’ Or Lake. The trail then turns northeast and follows roads along the shore of St. Andrews Channel to North Sydney where NoBo hikers can catch a ferry to Newfoundland.