Prince Edward Island
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©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Prince Edward Island Includes ¨ Why Go? Charlottetown .............146 Prince Edward Island (PEI) is as pretty as a storybook: Lucy Prince Edward Island Maud Montgomery’s classic Anne of Green Gables, to be ex- National Park ..............158 act. Like Anne Shirley, the book’s heroine, loved the world New Glasgow ..............162 over, the island too is a redhead – from coast to coast, rich, Kensington ..................163 sienna-colored soil nourishes luminous green pastures and shores are lined with rose and golden sand. Anne’s belov- Cavendish .................. 164 ed landscape, a patchwork of lush rolling fields, tidy gabled Summerside .............. 166 farmhouses and seaside villages has barely changed. Tyne Valley ................. 168 The island is, as far as islands go, largely self-sufficient Tignish & and has gained a reputation as a farm- and ocean-to-table North Cape ................ 168 culinary destination. Its size makes it easy to explore by car or bike – the island’s Confederation Trail is one of the world’s best cycling destinations. And, like the rest of the Best Places to Maritime provinces, its people are warm and inviting. Eat ¨ Inn at Bay Fortune (FireWorks) (p157) ¨ New Glasgow Lobster Supper (p163) When to Go ¨ Landmark Café (p158) Charlottetown ¨ Harbourview Restaurant °C/°F Te mp Rainfall Inches/mm (p154) 30/86 8/200 ¨ Water Prince Corner Shop 20/68 6/150 & Lobster Pound (p152) 10/50 0-32 4/100 -10/14 2/50 Best Places to -20/-4 Sleep -30/-22 0 J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨ Fairholm National Historic Inn (p150) Jun Enjoy the Jul & Aug The Sep Traditional ¨ Dalvay by the Sea (p159) spring calm and entire island is in music and a bevy blooming wild- festival mode with of food events ¨ Barachois Inn (p162) flowers before the live music and mark PEI’s Fall ¨ Great George (p150) crowds hit. Lobster Suppers Flavours Festival. nightly. ¨ Around the Sea (p162) 144 64º30'W North Cape 64º00'W 63º30'W Seacow Pond 47º00'N hR Tignish nis Skinners Pond ig T 12 152 Miminegash Cape Kildare 2 14 Campbellton 150 Bloomfield Cascumpec Bay Cape Wolfe St Anthony 147 O'Leary Woodstock Gulf of St Lawrence 142 12 12 14 l R East PRINCE PRINCE a Cedar Dunes iv Green Park Bideford c Provincial r Provincial Lennox Island West e Point Park P Park Hog Island Lennox Egmont Mount Island E Tyne E Bay Pleasant Park DWARD DWARD Valley Malpeque Malpeque Corner 2 Bay r Prince ive 20 P r ince d R E County n New Cavendish d ra 104 London w G 12 Margate a I North Rustico r 46º30'NI Indian d SLAND SLAND Wellington Isla nd Miscouche River Kensington Rusticoville 177 Brackley 8 St Ann Beach 11 Rustico Cape Egmont iver New Mont Summerside ilmot R PR W Glasgow Oyster Bed Carmel Bedeque Bridge ince Bay r ive 2 1A Dunk R Springton 7 15 225 EDWARD I EDWARD Seven Mile Borden- Bay Carleton Queens 1 13 County 10 Victoria 1 eratioen Cape g sl 15 fed n rid Jourimain B Co 19 A New Murray Corner N Brunswick Cape D H D Tormentine 933 15 St Peters ighlights 16 Island 940 Port Elgin Northumberland Strait 16 366 Nova Scotia 63º30'W Prince Edward Island Highlights 1 Charlottetown (p146) yourself among the pages PEI’s original crustacean Staying in a heritage B&B, of Anne of Green Gables, in extravaganza. walking the scenic waterfront Cavendish. 4 Greenwich Interpretation and enjoying fine dining. 3 New Glasgow Lobster Centre (p157) Walking the 2 Green Gables Heritage Supper (p163) Gorging floating boardwalk into the Place (p164) Finding yourself on lobster at undulating dunes..