INDEX FOUND ON PAGE 226 76 INDEX FOUND ON PAGE 226 Serenity achieved A unique destination in the midst of a quaint fishing village. Enjoy outdoor concerts, a stroll on the boardwalk; and a panoramic view with great blue herons gracing the shoreline. Minutes from shopping, museums and golf. Northport Pier Inn 1-866-887-4520 14 cozy rooms with balconies overlooking the harbour Northport Pier and lighthouse. The Pier Restaurant 902-853-4510 A relaxed dining experience offering a traditional sea faring menu with an amazing waterfront view. The Boat Shop 902-853-3424 or 902-853-4530 Local art and Maritime treasures. Soak in nautical culture at our Sea Rescue Interpretive Centre. Northport Marina 902-853-3016 or 902-853-3424 Fresh water, electricity, shower and laundry facilities. www.northportpier.ca 77 ANTIQUES Central Bedeque › ATTRACTIONS North Cape INDEX FOUND ON PAGE 226 CAP-EGMONT F-4 MISCOUCHE E-5 THE BOTTLE HOUSES/ ACADIAN MUSEUM/ CENTRAL BEDEQUE F-6 ALBERTON C-3 MAISONS DE BOUTEILLES MUSÉE ACADIEN ROSE GARDEN ANTIQUES ALBERTON MUSEUM & BCLNO ACILNO & COLLECTIBLES GENEALOGY CENTRE CN BCIN 432-0617 Located in the Wm. Callbeck Centre, 950 Callbeck St., off Rte 1A on Rte 171. Quality furnishings, glass, china and more. “A better way to buy.” Open year round by chance or appointment. May-Dec, most Sundays, 1-5 pm. 854-2987; off season 854-2254 432-2880; fax 432-2884 SUMMERSIDE AREA E-6 [email protected] [email protected] 853-4048; [email protected] www.bottlehouses.com www.peimuseum.com HOMESTEAD ANTIQUES, th 457 Church St. Alberton Museum Cap-Egmont, Rte 11. 26 season! On Rte 2, west of Summerside. GIFTS & GARDENS Walk through three fantasy-like Discover the fascinating odyssey BCN is housed in the former town courthouse and jail erected in 1878, buildings made of 25,000 of the Acadians of Prince Edward the only National Historic Site and varicoloured glass bottles. Admire Island from 1720 to present. View Provincially Designated Historic the symphony of light and colour an interpretive video highly rated Site west of Summerside. The within. Photograph our 13-foot by our visitors. Visit our exhibit The museum’s artifact collection giant bottle, smell our wild roses, Island Acadians: The Story of a People depicts the range of activities wander through our impressive and also our exhibit showcasing the carried out by PEI’s early settlers. flower gardens. Attractions Canada multifaceted aspects of Acadian arts Featured displays include: early 2001 provincial winner: “Outdoor and culture. Acadian genealogical fishing industry, military history, developed site.” Featured in research, gift shop and heritage silver fox industry, Mi’kmaq Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and 1000 walking trail on site. Open year culture, house hauling, early Places to See Before You Die. Open round. Admission charged May-Oct. 436-7766 pharmacy, cooper shop, cobbler June 1-Sept 30, daily. June and Sept, [email protected] shop, local historic crafts, 10 am-6 pm; July and Aug, 9 am-8 pm. MONT-CARMEL F-4 (Summerside). 286 Fitzroy St. 1855 housewares, local folk art, china, $5 adults, $4.50 seniors and students, ÉGLISE NOTRE-DAME-DU- Colonial Georgian on Historic etc. The museum boasts the largest $2 children 6-16, under 6 free. Group MONT-CARMEL CHURCH Walking Tour, acclaimed as “one rates available (15 or more). Box 53, collection of historical photographs ACO of the best shops on the Island” by and most comprehensive Wellington RR3, C0B 2E0. Canadian Home & Country magazine. 854-2208 compilation of genealogical [email protected] Browse nine captivating rooms and information in the area. Open June- GLENWOOD E-2 experience the surprising array of http://sites.ipe.gazel.ca/eglisedem Sept, daily, 10 am-5:30 pm; Sun, PIONEER FARM ontcarmel unique gifts and decor, antique 1-5 pm. Admission by donation. LN furniture, glassware, collectibles Located on Rte 11. Box 90, Wellington 859-2228 and local works, Dept. 56, Williraye, RR2, C0B 2E0. Open July 1-Aug 31, BAYSIDE E-5 [email protected] Charming Tails, candles and garden 10 am-6 pm. Free admission, www.pioneerfarm.ca flags. Stroll in one of the oldest CAERNARVON COTTAGES, donations accepted. Judy Bertling, O’Leary RR2, C0B continuously kept gardens in North B&B AND GARDENS 1VO. Panoramic woodland and America. Open Apr-Jan. Mon-Sat, 10 854-3418; toll free 1-800-514-9170 NORTH CAPE A-2 seascape farm, exclusively am-5 pm; Sun, 12 noon-4 pm (July and [email protected] NORTH CAPE, NATURE AND powered by wind/solar. Self- Aug). www.cottagelink.com/caernarvon TECHNOLOGY IN PERFECT Caernarvon Gardens feature a guided tour showcases renewable energy, diversity of petting farm HARMONY RIVERVIEW ANTIQUES gazebo/34-ft. look-off exclusively for our guests and by appointment. animals, wagon/sleigh rides, ACDEILNP BCHN Enjoy over 70 varieties of hardy picnic/play area. Vacation cottage 882-2991/3535; fax 882-3144 436-4977 roses, lilies too. See B&B listing available. Open year round. July and [email protected] (Travellers Rest). On Rte 2 East at page 93, and Cottage listing page 96. Aug, Sun and Mon, 1-5 pm; other North end of Rte 12. Witness the Travellers Rest. Gloria MacArthur. times by reservation. $5/person. meeting of the waters as the Large selection of furniture, glass, BIDEFORD D-4 Gulf of St. Lawrence and the spinning wheels, etc. Shipping/ MIMINEGASH C-2 Northumberland Strait converge delivery. Open year round. BIDEFORD PARSONAGE MUSEUM - A PEI COMMUNITY SEAWEED PIE CAFÉ & IRISH over the longest natural rock reef in MOSS INTERPRETIVE CENTRE North America. Great site to watch MUSEUM seals. Walk the Black Marsh Nature C ACDEINP Trail, view the gigantic windmills BIDEFORD D-4 831-3133; off season 831-2817 882-4313 and learn all about the generation fax 831-2817 Rte 14 (North Cape Coastal Drive). of wind energy in our newly WEST ISLAND ART Owned and operated by Women in GALLERY CO-OP [email protected] expanded North Cape Interpretive 7 Bideford Rd. on Rte 166. West Support of Fishing. Come in and Centre. Enjoy the panoramic ocean AKNP Country Historical Society Inc. Triple explore our interpretive centre. view from the air-conditioned 831-3048 (after hours) theme: Shipbuilding era; Parsons Learn all there is to know about Wind & Reef Restaurant, and pick [email protected] and their contribution to the Irish moss through displays and up that perfect souvenir in our gift www.geocities.com/wiag_2001 community; Residency of author video. Gift shop. Come into our shop which features a large On Rte 166. Open June 16-Sept 30, L.M. Montgomery. “Wednesday café and enjoy our delicious selection of Island crafts! Motor daily, 10 am-4 pm; Sun, 1-4 pm. Free Evening with L.M. Montgomery” seafood chowder, fish cakes and coach parking available. Open mid- admission. during July and August. Annual homemade beans, mussels and May to mid-Oct, seven days a week. strawberry social July 23rd. Open much more. Children’s menu. June-Sept, daily, 9 am-5 pm. $4 adults, Don’t forget our famous “seaweed $2 students, $10 family. pie.” Open June 6-Sept 23, daily, 10 am-7 pm (Café opens at 11 am). $2 adults, $1 seniors and children 12 and under, preschoolers free. 78 INDEX FOUND ON PAGE 226 79 ATTRACTIONS O’Leary › ATTRACTIONS Summerside Area INDEX FOUND ON PAGE 226 O’LEARY D-2 of the largest selections of locally considered the richest and most EPTEK ART & CULTURE CENTRE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND made quilts and fabrics in Eastern influential family in the colony. ACIKLNO Canada. Our quilts, from $300 to Explore the Island’s shipbuilding POTATO MUSEUM $3,000, can be shipped worldwide. industry during its golden age. 859-2039 ACILN Large selection of books, notions Open June-Sept. Admission charged. [email protected] and over 2000 bolts of 100% cotton www.peipotatomuseum.com prints at 25% off regular price SUMMERSIDE AREA E-6 1 Dewar Lane, off Parkview Ave. Box (meter cuts). Also yarns, stained THE COLLEGE OF PIPING AND 602, O’Leary, C0B 1V0. Visit this glass, scrapbooking, cross stitch, CELTIC PERFORMING ARTS self-guided museum and learn etc. Fabrics and crafts supplies year about the history and culture of the round. Quilt gallery open May 1- OF CANADA potato through various displays and Oct 15, nights, and Sun 1-4 pm. ACHJNP interactive terminals. The Prince Edward Island Potato Museum PORT HILL D-5 888-8373; fax 888-8375 interpretive centre offers a bilingual [email protected] storyline with photographs, artifacts GREEN PARK SHIPBUILDING www.peimuseum.com and graphics, telling about the MUSEUM & HISTORIC YEO HOUSE (Summerside). Waterfront Properties potato. Large collection of antique BCKLP (adjacent to the Harbourfront Jubilee machinery, gift shop with potato Theatre). Eptek Art & Culture theme. View the “giant sculptured Centre offers a diverse array of potato” at the entrance. Other exhibits and programs featuring attractions: community museum, heritage, history, visual art and heritage chapel, log barn housing crafts. These exhibits of local and 436-5377; toll free 1-877-BAGPIPE farm implements and machinery, national interest provide glimpses [email protected] one-room schoolhouse, restored into a rich culture that Islanders www.collegeofpiping.com telephone switchboard office. and visitors alike are sure to find (Summerside). 619 Water St. East, Group/bus rate, $3/person rewarding. The gift shop offers an C1N 4H8. 100% Authentic - (includes all attractions in the eclectic mix of Island art and crafts. Heartfelt Celtic! The College of complex). GST not included. Open Groups welcome. Open year round. 831-7947; off season 368-6600 Piping is the only year-round May 15-Oct 15.