If you’ve read Anne of Green Gables you have a fairly accurate image of this Maritime island province; it hasn't changed significantly since Lucy Maud Montgomery's first novel was published in 1908. Attractions devoted to Anne—including a re-created Avonlea Village—are clustered around the pretty town of Cavendish, near Montgomery's childhood home.
Canada's smallest province by far (it’s just 40 km from end to end), PEI is blanketed with rolling farmland, fields of violet flowers, dunes, and white-sand beaches. Charlottetown (population 32,000), the capital, is a quaint harbour city with tree-lined streets and big Victorian homes. It makes a good home base, since nearly all the island’s sights are within an hour's drive.
PEI’s summer season is just two months (July and August), and visitors make the most of it by deep-sea fishing, golfing, beachcombing, and cycling some or all of the 278-km Confederation Trail that traverses the island along abandoned railway lines. In this easygoing province, tours are often hands-on: fishermen can take you on ride-alongs to dig for clams and tong for oysters, for example. Whether you haul them in yourself or not, be sure to try PEI’s famous local delicacies: mussels and Malpeque oysters.
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