Charming Charlottetown and Cavendish on Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
The smallest province in Canada has the most adorable capital. With a lovely waterfront and well maintained heritage homes, Charlottetown will capture your heart.
The next stop on聽Our Great Canadian Roadtrip聽brought us to the quaint island of Prince Edward Island. For a small island province, we found a lot of places to explore.
There are two ways to get to Prince Edward Island (PEI) by car; over the bridge and on the ferry. Confederation Bridge is the longest bridge in the word that crosses ice-covered water. From north-eastern New Brunswick, Confederation Bridge travels 12.9 km over the Northumberland Strait to reach the southern shores of Prince Edward Island. Complete with hills and turns, it鈥檚 unlike any bridge we鈥檇 been on before. The ferry connects Woods Island in the eastern end of the province with Caribou in Nova Scotia.
Our connection to Confederation Bridge began years ago. In the 1990s when companies were bidding for the contract to build the bridge, the contract required the winning company to build a second project in Canada. The company that built the bridge chose to develop聽Kicking Horse Mountain Resort聽in Golden, BC. Kicking Horse is our home base in the winter. Crossing the bridge meant that now we鈥檝e seen both parts of the contract. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
The next stop on聽Our Great Canadian Roadtrip聽brought us to the quaint island of Prince Edward Island. For a small island province, we found a lot of places to explore.
There are two ways to get to Prince Edward Island (PEI) by car; over the bridge and on the ferry. Confederation Bridge is the longest bridge in the word that crosses ice-covered water. From north-eastern New Brunswick, Confederation Bridge travels 12.9 km over the Northumberland Strait to reach the southern shores of Prince Edward Island. Complete with hills and turns, it鈥檚 unlike any bridge we鈥檇 been on before. The ferry connects Woods Island in the eastern end of the province with Caribou in Nova Scotia.
Our connection to Confederation Bridge began years ago. In the 1990s when companies were bidding for the contract to build the bridge, the contract required the winning company to build a second project in Canada. The company that built the bridge chose to develop聽Kicking Horse Mountain Resort聽in Golden, BC. Kicking Horse is our home base in the winter. Crossing the bridge meant that now we鈥檝e seen both parts of the contract. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Charming Charlottetown and Cavendish on Prince Edward Island
Guide Location: Canada » Charlottetown
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Maggie Kayes
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Guide Location: Canada » Charlottetown
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Maggie Kayes
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Great George Street
- St. Dunstan鈥檚 Basilica
- Victoria Row
- Confederation Landing Park
- Government House
- All Souls鈥� Chapel
- Peakes Wharf
- Water Street
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