Cape Breton Highlands sighting maps
180 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 5–7 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map
60 sightingsBlack BearUrsus americanusMost seen 5–8 PMSighting map
48 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 7–11 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
29 sightingsGrey SealHalichoerus grypusMost seen 6–10 AM & 4–8 PMSighting map
14 sightingsCoyoteCanis latransMost seen 6 AM & 8 PMSighting map
10 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
17 sightingsBeaverCastor canadensisMost seen 6 AM & 8–10 PMSighting map
30 sightingsLoonGavia immerMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
15 sightingsNorthern GannetMorus bassanusMost seen 8 AM–6 PMSighting map
13 sightingsGreat Blue HeronArdea herodiasMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
11 sightingsRed-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisMost seen 9 AM–4 PMSighting map
137 sightingsSpruce GrouseCanachites canadensisMost seen 6–9 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
79 sightingsRuffed GrouseBonasa umbellusMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
43 sightingsDowny WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensMost seen 6–9 AMSighting map
22 sightingsHairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusMost seen 7–9 AMSighting map
48 sightingsSnowshoe HareLepus americanusMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Cape Breton Highlands. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.


The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Cape Breton Highlands Tour Guide
Cape Breton Highlands, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Cape Breton Highlands National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Cape Breton Highlands audio tourRecorded for this place
Beulach Ban Falls“Beulach Ban Falls is coming up, a twenty-one-metre cascade stepping down broad rock ledges in a wooded hollow.”
Plays as you drive up to Beulach Ban Falls in the Parkwolf Cape Breton Highlands Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- North Mountain Look-offs
- Seeds Waiting for Heat
- Why the Highlands Have a Flat Top
- Moose from Alberta
- 50 audio storiesacross Cape Breton Highlands’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Moose, Black Bear, Bald Eagle, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 27 trails, 38 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
