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NEW! GPS Coordinates:
Latitude:  +45° 56' 57.86",  Longitude: -60° 48' 53.73" 

Travel Directions: From Sydney: (approx 1 hour)

via Boisdale:

  • Follow 125 to Exit 3 at Route 223
  • Follow Route 223 west (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive) through Boisdale, Christmas Island and Grand Narrows
  • Cross the Barra Strait Bridge to Iona. Highland Village is 1km southwest of Iona

via Eskasoni: 

  • Follow Route 4 south to Route 216 at Portage
  • Follow Route 216 to Christmas Island and the junction with Route 223
  • Turn left and follow Route 223 to Iona
From Canso / Port Hawkesbury (and points south):
(50 to 70 minutes)

via Little Narrows Ferry: 

  •  Follow Trans Canada Highway 105 from Port Hastings to Exit 6 at Route 223
  • Follow Route 223 (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive) from Little Narrows to Iona

via Portage Road:

  • Take Exit 4 (Orangedale Road) off TransCanada 105 to the Portage Road
  • Turn left on the Portage Road. Follow Portage Road until is meets Route 223
  • Turn right on Route 223 to Iona
From the Cabot Trail / Baddeck / Victoria County:
(45 minutes Baddeck)
  • Take Highway 105 (TransCanada) to Exit 6
  • Follow Route 223 (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive) east through Little Narrows to Iona

via Air:

via Ferry:

  • Bay Ferries operates ferries from Maine (USA) to Yarmouth, NS and Saint John, NB to Digby, NS
  • Northumberland Ferries Limited operates a ferry service from Prince Edward Island to Caribou, NS (Pictou)
  • Marine Atlantic operates ferries from North Sydney, NS to Port aux Basques and Argentia, Newfoundland.

via Train & Bus:

  • Acadian Lines offers bus services throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and P.E.I., with connections to Cape Breton and
  • VIA Rail (train) connections in Truro. In Cape Breton, Acadian Lines services Whycocomagh, Baddeck, Sydney and North Sydney -- all destinations are a 30 to 60-minutes drive from Iona.

via Bras d'Or Lakes:

  • There are docking facilities at the Barra Strait Marina in Grand Narrows (5 minutes from the Highland Village). The marina is equipped with fuel and dumping facilities

Highland Village Museum /
An Clachan Gàidhealach

4119 Highway 223
Iona, NS,B2C 1A3

Phone:
(902) 725-2272
1-866-4GAELIC
(1-866-442-3542)
FAX:
(902) 725-2227
gov.ns.ca