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Hiking in the Highlands

Planning a visit to Cape Breton? Taking a drive along the Cabot Trail? The Cape Breton Highlands Park has many beautiful trails for all...

The river is calling! Come on May!!

Oops, I forgot!

As all campers know, there's always something that gets left behind, forgotten in the chaos of the first camping trip of the season....

Winter at Riverside Retreat

With only a few major snow days so far, winter has been quite mild and we've been spending tons of time down at the campground to get...

Power poles are finally in!

Backcountry camping has its perks - disconnecting from our fast paced lives, and reconnecting with nature. It's important to us at...

Reconnecting by disconnecting

There is limited cell service at Riverside Retreat. You'll probably be able to send a text if you stand still with your left foot raised...

#1 island in Canada

Come see for yourself! Cape Breton has been voted #1 island in Canada for the third year by Travel + Leisure Magazine....

We're open!

We really couldn’t have asked for better first guests. A great group of teachers from Halifax stayed with us for three days. We were...

Welcome to Riverside Retreat

Thanks for checking out our blog! How it all started.... Riverside Retreat is the dream of Taya and Shannon Burke. As the saying goes, Do...