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Prince Edward Island in Canada, or PEI as it’s known, is the country’s smallest island. It is actually a reef of sand in the Gulf of St. Lawrence approximately 12 kilometers from Nova Scotia and about the same from New Brunswick. It is joined by a 12.9 kilometer bridge to New Brunswick and, the summer, a car ferry to Nova Scotia. In the summer it becomes a haven for tourists who come to sample the warm water, fresh lobster and the origins of the famous children story “Anne of Green Gables.” To get a better sense of direction PEI is approximately 1000 miles from Toronto, 650 miles from Boston and around 850 miles from New York City.
For such a small place, just over 2,000 square miles, there is a lot to do in PEI and the inhabitants know how to spread on the hospitality. PEI is known for its lobster suppers and in the summer every hamlet has one on the go whether in a restaurant atmosphere or in the quaint confines of a church hall. The smell of cooking lobster is everywhere
For the sight-seers and bicyclists the island coastline is made up of mostly beaches but there area also sand dunes, salt water marshes, sandstone cliffs and a roadway that passes through many seaside towns and harbors. Throughout the summer and fall seasons there are numerous cottage to rent, from small ones for couples or large homes for family reunions. On the Northumberland Strait side of the island summer swimmers and bathers will find the warmest salt water north of Virginia. In Prince Edward Island hotels are available for those who need to get out of a sleeping bag.
A big draw for Prince Edward Island is the lure of Anne Shirley, the heroine of the Anne of Green Gables stories known and loved by children and adults the world over. Anne is a freckle-faced orphan with red pigtails sees the world with an enthusiasm and optimism that transforms the people around her. In Cavendish, on the northwest end of the island, Lucy Maude Montgomery’s Avonlea comes to life with the Green Gables House and other theme-based attractions. In Charlottetown, the long running musical Anne of Green Gables is put on every summer.
In 1997 the world’s longest bridge over salt water The Confederation Bridge opened and allowed greater access to the island in the off-season. Cross-country skiing, skating and snowmobiling are now big attractions for tourists in winter.
In the summer golf is another big draw to PEI as well as great camping facilities and activities such as snorkeling, swimming, sea kayaking, seal and whale watching and parasailing.
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