Canada 2006 Part II - PEI
After Nova Scotia, we drove up to Prince Edward Island (PEI), crossing over via the Caribou-Woods Island ferry.
PEI is a gentle, predominantly rural, agricultural island, characterised by it’s red soil (Permo-Carboniferous red-beds) and red and white sand beaches. The island forms a nice contrast with the much more rugged Nova Scotia to the south. PEI is also connected to New Brunswick on the Canadian mainland by the Confederation Bridge.
We stayed in the main city, Charlottetown (pop approx 40 000), at the Shipwright Inn, which is owned and run by an English couple, Trevor & Judy Pye. They were extremely welcoming, the room was sumptious, and the 24/7 tea/coffee/cake was a real hit. It was nice to meet someone who knew how to make a good cuppa!
One of the main attractions of PEI is the whole Anne of Green Gables thing, but we managed to avoid most of that and made use of the extensive trails network - the Confederation Trail runs the length of the island and there are also a number of shorter trails, particularly in the PEI National Park that runs along the north coast of the island.
The best food we had was at the Water Prince Corner Shop in Charlottetown. This time we had a lobster supper - bread roll, mussels in white wine broth, boiled lobster with drawn butter and potato salad. Superb.
Avoiding the whole Anne of GG thing?? How could u? I’m so jealous you were on PEI - I’m a huge fan and can’t wat to introduce C and K to the story!! However I may be in competition with Batman, Spiderman etc…
Tut, tut, tut…
Your one saving grace is that you spelt it Anne with an e!!
I didn’t realise you were a big AoGG fan! TBH I can only vaguely remember it being on telly on Sunday afternoons, but I didn’t pay it much attention. However I can thoroughly recommend PEI as a holiday destination.
Rxd your post card today thanks. So what if you don’t like lobsters then…?!
There’s always bread.
and maple syrup.