Prince Edward Island
© WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 Souris Beach
PEI's best-known sea glass beach, by the Gateway Park at the entrance to Souris, home of the Mermaid Tears Sea Glass Festival.
About Inverness Beach
A long sandy beach on Cape Breton's west coast with a lengthy boardwalk, making it one of the easiest beaches on the island to walk. The town dumped waste near this shore from the late 1800s until the dump closed over fifty years ago, and the sea has been rounding the pieces ever since. Its reputation led to the Inverness Sea Glass Festival, first held in 2025.
Sea glass at Inverness Beach
Whites and greens turn up easily on the fine sand; browns and the odd soft blue come from sifting the stone piles. Go early at low tide and work both ways from the boardwalk before others pick it over.
Visiting Inverness Beach
- Safety
- Check the tide times before you go and head out on a falling tide, so you're never cut off. Keep away from the bottom of cliffs, wear sturdy shoes on rocks, and only take sea glass and other man-made rubbish: pebbles, sand and shells should stay on the beach.
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Sources
- beachcombingmagazine.com : Beachcombing Magazine: Inverness Beach known across the Maritimes for the quantity and quality of its sea glass
- cbisland.com : Cape Breton tourism listing for the Inverness Sea Glass Festival
Last updated 24 October 2026
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