ashley bird Charlottetown with its Victorian architecture of clapboard houses and churches, pink-bricked buildings and tree-lined streets and squares remains much as it was during its golden era, the 1800s – lovely. This seaside colonial town is where Canada was born, at the Charlottetown Conference at Province House; discussions were held in 1864 that led […]
New London, Prince Edward Island is a community on the island not too far from the Prince Edward Island National Park. It is also only about 11 kilometers from Cavendish, which is the area that inspired the Anne of Green Gables children’s books. The main attraction of New London is the modest white house where […]
Cap Egmont is a small community on the western edge of Prince Edward Island famous for its bottle houses. Edouard T. Arsenault was a retired fisherman who had an unusual hobby for cementing bottles. Over the course of his retired life, he cemented over 25,000 bottles. He used these bottles, which came in all sizes, […]
Dalvay sits at the eastern entrance of the Prince Edward Island National Park on the north shore of the island, and is a National Historic Site of Canada because of the Dalvay-by-the-Sea Hotel you’ll find there. This magnificent Victorian-style hotel happens to be the only seaside hotel on Prince Edward Island and was originally built […]
Summerside, really! Summerside is a waterfront city on Prince Edward Island that was first settled by the MicMac Indians for hundreds of years. The site was settled later by the Acadians during the early 1700s before it was officially incorporated as a city in the late 19th century.[1] Summerside is located on the island’s southern […]
Pont de la ConfГ©dГ©ration/Confederation Bridge Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) is variously and affectionately referred to as Canada’s “million-acre farm”, “the Garden of the Gulf”, and “Spud Island”. Its small area of 1.4 million acres (225 kilometers long and 65 kilometers wide) encompasses a colorful world of green hills, rolling farmland, multi-hued sandy beaches, red sandstone […]