PEI trip, August 2015 | |||||
Name | Website | Notes of interest | Must do?? | General location on PEI | Day to go |
Clark’s Sunny Isle Motel, Summerside | Sunny Isle Motel | place to stay, 720 Water Street East, Summerside | YES!! | south central | Thursday – Tuesday |
Eptek Art Center, Summerside | Eptek Art Center | 130 Heather Moyse Dr., Summerside C1N 5Y8 | maybe | Summerside | Wednesday |
Sunny’s Dairy Bar | 559 Water Street, Summerside | close to motel | Summerside | Wed. Night | |
The Mussel Shack | 150 Heather Moyse Drive, Summerside, PE C1N 5Y8 | close to motel | Summerside | Wed. Night | |
Canadian Potato Musem, O’Leary | Canadian Potato Museum | Potatoes!! | YES!! – Photos | west end of PEI | Thursday |
If you build it – You TubeBack Road Folk Art, Elmsdale, PEI | If you build it…. | Largest Hand-Held Egg Beater in Lauretta, PEI (near St. Louis) | Thursday | ||
West Point Light House Museum | West Point Light House | beautiful view, exercise | north west | Thursday | |
Cedar Dunes Provincial Park | Cedar Dunes | Wildflowers and more…. | YES | West Point, O’Leary | Thursday |
North Cape coastal drive, PEI | North Cape Drive | scenic ocean drive with interesting attractions starting from Summerside | YES!! | Thursday | |
College of Piping, Summerside | College of Piping | Celtic music, last concert is August 20th | yes | Summerside | Thursday |
Skinner’s Pond, Stompin Tom Collins | Skinners Pond & Stompin Tom Connors | northern tip of PEI, Stompin Tom attended school here | North west tip of PEI | T.B.D. | |
Aboriginal Forest Walk, O’Leary PEI | Aboriginal Forest Walk | hike in the woods | west end of PEI | ||
MacPhail Homestead, Orwell | MacPhail Homestead | Homestead and garden tours available Wednesday thru Sunday, 271 Macphail Park Road, Orwell, PE C0A2E0 | yes, same day as Ricks Fish & Chips | southeast of Charlottetown | Friday, closed Monday & Tuesday |
McPhail woods wild flower listing | McPhail Woods Wildflowers | Friday | |||
Orwell Bay tour | Orwell Bay tour | Scottish/Celtic heritage of PEI, east coast drive, St. John’s Presbyterian Church, built in 1824, Orwell Bay Includes MacPhail Homestead |
Destination – Point Prim Lighthouse | southeast of Charlottetown | Friday |
St. Paul’s Church ,Anglican | St. Paul’s Church | 101 Prince Street Charlottetown, PEI —Nut Free’ |
Charlottetown | Saturday | |
Charlottetown Farmer’s Market | Charlottetown Farmer’s Market | Saturday’s until 2pm | Charlottetown | Saturday | |
Receiver Coffee, Charlottetown | no web page, good coffee shop | 128 Richmond St, Charlottetown, PE C1A1H7, Canada | Charlottetown | Saturday | |
Paderno cookware, made on PEI | Paderno Cookware | Charlottetown Paderno Clearance Centre 10 McCarville Street West Royalty Industrial Park 902-629-2360 | Charlottetown | Saturday | |
Dave’s Lobster | Dave’s Lobster | Founders’ Hall, 6 Prince Street Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4P5 |
yes, if we go to Charlottetown | Charlottetown | Saturday |
Jewell’s Country Market | Jewell’s Country Market | PEI country market in York and Marshfield, goats | near Charlottetown | Saturday | |
Lennox Island Mi’kmaq Cultural Centre | Lennox Island.com | 8 Eagle Feather Trail Lennox Island, PE C0B 1P0 |
north of Summerside, same day as Green Gable? | Sunday | |
The Bottle House, Cap Egmont | The Bottle House | gardens and unique buildings, Cap-Egmont, PEI, North coast | 25km west of Summerside | Sunday | |
Frosty Treat Dairy Bar, Kensington | Frosty Treat Dairy Bar | 109 Victoria St W, Kensington, PE C0B 1M0, Canada | you bet | north of Summerside | Sunday |
Anne of Green Gables | Green Gables House | located in Cavendish, north central PEI | maybe with Lennox Centre | North central PEI | Sunday |
Rick’s Fish & Chips, St Peter’s | Rick’s Fish & Chips | St-Peters Bay, PE C0A 2A0 (near light house) | yes, along with MacPhail Homestead | Northeast side of PEI | Monday |
Greenwich beach and dunes | Greenwich beach and dunes | near St.Peter’s Bay | near Rick’s Fish and Chips | Monday | |
The Maroon Pig Café and Gallery, Georgetown | Maroon Pig Café | 37 Water St, Georgetown, PE C0A 1L0, Canada, take-out only | east central coast | Monday | |
Halifax Public Gardens | Spring Garden Road & South Park St., Halifax | Tuesday | |||
Halifax Board Walk | Halifax | Tuesday | |||
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic | 1675 Lower Water Street, Halifax | Tuesday | |||
Canadian Museum of Immigration | Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax | Tuesday | |||
Thunder Cove | beautiful red sand beach | Darnley, north central shore | |||
PEI lighthouses | PEI Lighthouses | map of light houses | all over the island | ||
Confederation Trail | Confederation Trail | hiking trail on old T-Can line | across the entire island, east to west | ||
A fisherman’s gotta fish – You Tube | A fisherman’s gotta fish | Tractors in the water. Really? | |||
Honeydew Apiaries in Canoe Cove | Honeydew Apiaries | between Charlottetown and Summerside | |||
PEI Flavors | PEI Flavours | local food sources all over PEI | |||
Long PEI winter 2015 | Long PEI winter 2015 | ||||
Lonely Planet PEI sites | Lonely Planet PEI sites | ||||
New Glasgow Lobster supper | New Glasgow Lobster | local lobster feed | north of summerside | ||
Cardigan Lobster supper | Cardigan Lobster supper | eastern PEI | |||
Wind & Reef Seafood Restaurant at North Cape, Tignish | beautiful sunset, lighthouse, wind farm | North west | |||
5 things to hate and love about PEI | 5 things to hate and love about PEI | ||||
Tide times for PEI | Tide times for PEI | ||||
Colville oysters, Souris | Colville oysters, Souris | unique oysters | eastern PEI coast |
Aug 08 2015