Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island - Prince Edward Island (PDF Chapter)
This is the Prince Edward Island chapter from Lonely Planet’s Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island guide-book.
Fringed by grassy bluffs, flat pastures and miles of rust-red sand, Prince Edward Island (PEI) presents a postcardworthy picture of pastoral Canada. Famed for its shellfish, lobsters and oys-ters, the island excels in farm-to-table dining and modern Canadian cuisine.
- wander the elegant streets of Charlottetown, PEI’s compact capital
- maps
- follow in Anne of Green Gables’ fictional footsteps around the home of author LM Mont-gomery
- transport
- step on the strange squeaking sands of far-easterly Basin Head Beach
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Charlottetown, Eastern Prince Edward Island, Wood Islands, Montague & Georgetown, Souris & Around, St Peter’s Bay to Mt Stewart, Central Prince Edward Island, Victoria, Prince Edward Island National Park, Brackley Beach, Rustico & North Rustico, New Glasgow, New London, Kensington, Cavendish, Western Prince Edward Island, Summerside, Tyne Valley.
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