PEI is Canada's smallest province and perhaps its most gentle — red sandstone cliffs, green rolling fields, and a pace of life that assumes you have nowhere urgent to be.
PEI is Canada's smallest province and perhaps its most gentle — red sandstone cliffs, green rolling fields, and a pace of life that assumes you have nowhere urgent to be. Confederation was born here; Anne of Green Gables never left.
Iron-rich soil gives the cliffs and beaches their distinctive colour. Farmland covers most of the island — potatoes, blueberries, and hay fields divided by hedgerows. Beaches are long, empty, and often overlooked.
Everyone knows everyone, or knows someone who does. Charlottetown punches above its weight in food and culture. The island's literary heritage — Lucy Maud Montgomery most famously — draws pilgrims from around the world.
Rent a bicycle. Follow the old railway bed across the island. Stop at a farm stand for new potatoes. The wind is always from the sea. You will not be in a hurry.
