Arisaig Provincial Park

Beautiful park with nice walking trails and stunning views! The trails themselves are quite short, but if you head down to the beach it's a gorgeous walk. There is a waterfall, slate rocks, fossils and a one of a kind sunset.

Beautiful park with great spots to find real fossils. However, pay attention to the tide as you don’t want to be caught by it. We were her before and found great stuff. This time the tide was high so we couldn’t get to the best spots but still found small ones. Jus be patient when turning over the many shale pieces. For the geologists under us, this is a very important spot as it highlights a relatively small sliver of time, only four million years.

Expect to do a bit of up hill hiking back from the beach but otherwise quite nice. Worth bringing a bathing suit in summer. Clean outhouse facilities.

Amazing walk along the water and lots of useful information at the interpretive center. I absolutely adore the shore in the Airsag and Malignant Cove area. Bring a camera and bathing suit!

Arisaig Provincial Park has lots of picnic tables, washrooms and a beautiful view of the Northumberland Strait and lighthouse view. Taking a drive down to the lighthouse is a must as they sell delicious ice cream and the view of Frenchman's Barn is photo worthy!

Super cool to be able to hike out to the ocean and see potential fossels everywhere. The side of the cliff shale (I think it's shale) is eroding in layers exposing fossels everywhere. Worth a detour to check it out on the way to Cape Breton.

It is a great place especially for fossil lovers. Unfortunately we did not stay longer enough to walk to the beach for fossil hunting.

What a great little hike! The park was clearly mapped and also had picnic tables for lunch after! We especially liked the waterfall and that we saw some amazing fossils (photos included).

Meticulously cleaned, spacious, nice large day-use spots with picnic tables. Lighthouse area offers a couple benches and picnic tables as well. Hiking trails are plentiful for all user levels.

If I can I give ten stars! Great place, nice trail and ocean. I didn’t have swimming suit but I’m sure you can swim there. Today water was warm ... Now it is my favorite park !

Nice park
Has nice walking trail
After reaching the beach you can find small waterfall
Many maps in the park so you never lost your way , just missed a red dot to show where are you in the map
It has good Parking area

This place was full of trails and lots of beachcombing.. waterfall....lots of stairs..... beautiful spots to stop and have a pic nic......loved it.

I've always loved going to Arisaig Park. It's a beautiful area with even more beautiful views. Not to mention, it's where my Beautiful wife said Yes! And side topic...there are more fossils on this beach than you could ever look at in a day. So much fun!!

Nice little hike. Liked the stairs to the ocean. Paths well marked. This little guy is waiting to be rescued.

Great easy mile hike to a beach waterfall during our drive up to Cape Breton.

Nice, easy trail with lovely views and access to beaches.

Gorgeous park. Nice trail above the beach alongside it. Saw some birds and a hummingbird. Looked for fossils in the stones. Skipped stones too. Lovely spot. Clear water for a nice dip on a hot day! Rocky shore ♡

Arisaig has nice trails for walking and some interesting geological features. We even found a few fossil containing rocks on our last trip. Remember that you're not supposed to remove fossils when you leave.

A hidden gem in Nova Scotia off the beaten path from most. There is an extensive trail system, fossil combing, and great views of the Northumberland Straight. Nearby, there is a great little beach with an ice cream stand inside of a lighthouse

Really enjoyed checking out the seaside trail. Lowkey spot with low traffic. You can stop and hang at the picnic tables, or do a pretty rigorous little hike up around the point.