Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is Canada’s smallest province. It’s probably best known for a little fictional person named Anne of Green Gables but it is also rapidly growing as a foodie haven and a holiday Mecca. It’s no wonder because the place is so picturesque, full of neatly arranged farms and charming seaside villages.
We have a lovely little house at Brackley Beach, just near the National Park, for six nights. The island is joined to the mainland by the Confederation Bridge, 12.9 kilometres in length and the longest bridge in the world over water that freezes. The bridge is called “Confederation” because Charlottetown, the capital of Prince Edward Island, is recognized as the birthplace of Canadian Confederation in 1864. I don’t know why the engineers who designed the bridge had to have ugly concrete barriers that blocked the view for any passengers in ordinary cars (like me for example!) along each side of the bridge. It’s like being in a tunnel above the ground- see my little video which shows nothing but the road ahead and the concrete!
Anyway we have had a lovely relaxing time here. We have been to Charlottetown a couple of times, explored the Cathedral there, and walked along the foreshores inside the national park, and around our suburb. Tomorrow we leave for an overnighter in Truro because we want to visit a wildlife sanctuary nearby, then on to Saint John to witness the amazing tides in the Bay of Fundy.Read more