Battery Provincial Park

what to expect

Located on the southeast coast of Cape Breton Island, the park is on a hillside overlooking St. Peters Bay. The lighthouse found in the park serves as a landmark for the entrance to St. Peters Canal. Completed in 1869, the 800 m (2,600 ft.) canal and lock system allows vessels to sail between Bras d'Or Lake and the Atlantic Ocean. The Park is home to a number of historically significant sites, including the site of a lime kiln used to make plaster and mortar, some of which was used in the construction of Fortress Louisbourg, as well as the remains of two forts involved in the French and English struggle over the North American continent. The park offers a 53-site hillside campground (23 Wooded; 9 Partially Wooded; 21 Open), comfort station (showers and flush toilets), dishwashing station, …

Description: Nova Scotia Provincial Parks

the basics

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the campsites

things to do here

Activities you can do at Battery Provincial Park.

things to do nearby

Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.

• Beauvais Lake Lake · 2.8 km · Google Maps ↗
• Cranberry Lake Lake · 4.2 km · Google Maps ↗
• Long Lake Lake · 4.2 km · Google Maps ↗

Plus 6 user-tagged beaches, 2 user-tagged boat launches, 1 user-tagged lake on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.

what's around

Battery Provincial Park plus 3 named places to see and do nearby — trails, beaches, viewpoints, water, and services.

what to know

Updated each morning from provincial parks and Environment Canada.

other campgrounds nearby

Other places to stay within 25 km.

• Battery Provincial Park Campground Dispersed camping · 376 m · Google Maps ↗
• Campground Public campground · 802 m · Google Maps ↗
• Lennox Passage Campground Dispersed camping · 14 km · Google Maps ↗

Plus 2 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.