Residents prepared for a fight as golf course developer eyes Cape Breton park
- savewestmaboubeach
- 5 days ago
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Updated: 4 days ago
By The Canadian Press
The Toronto Star - October 30, 2025
MABOU — Some in Cape Breton are angry and preparing to fight as a nearby golf course developer eyes the windswept beaches of West Mabou Beach Provincial Park.
Nadine Hunt was part of two previous campaigns to stop the Cabot golf company from expanding into the park on the west coast of Cape Breton Island.
This time is worse, Hunt said in a recent interview.
Now, the provincial government seems open to the expansion, she said. The company has even made a website for the project.
“We feel powerless,” Hunt said, the sable-coloured beach stretching out behind her. “People have said, ‘We’ll be in front of the bulldozers.’ Many, many people have said that. It’s terrible if it’s going to have to come to that.”
... In 2023, Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservative government said provincial parks legislation wouldn’t allow for a golf course at the beach.
But after winning 42 of 55 seats in Nova Scotia’s 2024 election, the Houston government suggests a golf course could be good for the local economy.
... Kim Masland, the province’s natural resources minister, confirmed Thursday that Cabot has submitted a proposal for the park, though she said she hadn’t read it.