The fall colours of Margaree

The "fall colours"season along the Margaree River and throughout the whole Margaree -Lake Ainslie watershed will last for over a month. The colours start appearing anytime after mid September . You  u have so many hills and valleys tucked away on the many side roads such that the colours start at one  location one day and maybe in another location a  week later .
The"peak" of the colours changes every year too , but generally those first 15 days of October are going to be when the peak will happen . Now , we also have these same fall colours all along the  coast line along Routes 19, 219 and then onto the Cabot Trail all around the  tip of the Island .
The trees on hillsides facing the  ocaen are usually slower to peak and are almost a whole  different colour scheme than you see along the Margaree and South West Margaree Rivers .
Travelling to Cape Breton for the fall colours is one of those "bucket list " trips , especially if some one wants to also enjoy what is called the  Celtic Colours  festival , a musical event that spans 10 days and has venues all over Cape Breton Island . Venues where you are as up close and personal as you can ever be . Musicians from Cape Breton , Ireland, and Scotland are but a few of the treats.
The thing to remember is to plan the time to really enjoy this once in a lifetime trip . It means you should really stay at least one or two nights in the Margaree River watershed area .  To travel "around the Trail" from Margaree can be a full circle drive and done in a day ,,as the driving time for the  full loop is in the 4 - hour range plus allow another 2 hours for your stops .
The difference in the Margaree Fall colours is that you are always seeing the colours  in contrast with the colours of the rivers , lakes or the ocean .