Port of Iona · Pitu’paq / Bras d’Or Lake · Unama’ki / Cape Breton Island

Discovery Centre reopens in June 2027

Port of Iona, 2583 St. Columba Road, Iona, NS

Admission by donation · Open June to October

About this site

Accessibility

Àros na Mara is for everyone who is curious about Pitu’paq / the Bras d’Or Lake. This page explains what to expect when you visit, how this website is built, and how to tell us if something gets in your way.

Our commitment

We want the Discovery Centre, the Port and this website to be welcoming and easy to use for people of all ages and abilities. We are a community organization supported by volunteers, so we improve things step by step, and we welcome your suggestions.

Visiting the Discovery Centre and the Port

The Discovery Centre is step-free and wheelchair accessible. The Port includes hard-surface areas, but the natural beach and shoreline have uneven terrain and are not fully accessible. Public washrooms are available, and on-site parking is shared with other Port and beach users.

If you have specific accessibility questions, or would like to arrange a group visit, please contact us before you come so we can help you plan. More visitor information is on Plan Your Visit.

This website

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA. The site has been built and checked with this in mind:
• a “Skip to main content” link and a clear heading structure on every page
• text descriptions (alt text) for meaningful images
• labelled contact form fields
• video players that can be opened, played and closed with a keyboard, and a pause button on moving video
• moving video switched off when your device is set to reduce motion
• layouts that work on phones, tablets and desktops

Known limitations. The short underwater clips on The Lake have no narration or captions; each one is labelled with the name of the species shown. Some documents, such as the SAMS twinning certificate (PDF), may not be fully accessible. Embedded content from other services, such as Google Maps and YouTube, relies on those services’ own accessibility features. If any of these get in your way, contact us and we will provide the information another way.

Feedback and help

If you have a question about accessibility before your visit, or something on this website doesn’t work for you, please email [email protected] or use the contact form. Let us know the page and what happened, and we will do our best to fix it or get you the information another way.