Ceilidh Trail, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: The Ceilidh (pronounced "kay-lee", the word means "musical & dance gathering" in Gaelic; in South Boston is's spelled "Ceili") Trail runs from the causway at the Canso Strait separating the island of Cape Breton from the main peninsula of Nova Scotia and up the western coast to Cheticamp, where the Cabot Trail begins.