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Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton Island
First settled in 1820 by Neil McQuilliken and later by MacPhersons and MacLeods from the Isle of Skye in Scotland, "Pleasant Bay". Hemmed in by the surrounding mountains and with the sea at it's door, this century old fishing village was virtually cut off from the rest of Cape Breton Island.
Until the opening of the Cabot Trail in 1932, boats in the summer and snowshoes in the winter brought supplies and the outside world in. To this day the community remains quit and tranquil, not very commercialized, it's the perfect getaway.