Blue Heron Drive
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Blue Heron Drive (about 200 km / 124 mi), in the central part of the island, has as its main attraction, the long silvery beaches of the North Shore - the best are in Prince Edward Island National Park (entrance fee only if by car). The drive passes through many little holiday resorts and many of the island's tourist attractions and leisure parks, the most interesting being places connected with that famous book "Anne of Green Gables".From Charlottetown Blue Heron Drive follows the North Shore, with its fine beaches and red sandstone cliffs, then at New London Bay, further west, it comes to the home of the blue heron after which it is named (the sign is a blue heron on a blue-framed square white background). From here it turns south to the South Shore, with several Provincial Parks and their beaches, campsites and picnic areas, ending up back at Charlottetown.
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York, Canada
From Charlottetown take Highway 2 to Marshfield then Highway 25 to York. Jewells Gardens & Pioneer Village is a restored early 19th c. village surrounded by gardens, with a shop, smithy, school and chapel. There is also a glass museum.
Prince Edward Island National Park
Take Highway 25 out of York, then turn right onto Highway 220 to Grand Tracadie, then left to Prince Edward Island National Park. This extends from Tracadie Bay in the east to Cavendish Bay in the west, a long line of lovely white-sand beaches. Over 200 species of birds can be seen here, including the superb blue heron. Despite the enormous influx of tourists in summer, the park has surprisingly managed to maintain its ecological balance.The landscape of Prince Edward Island National Park includes sand dunes, beaches, cliffs, forests, and wetlands. Although it is most visited during the summer months, the park is also open in winter and offers cross country ski trails.
Stanhope
Stanhope was the home of the first major groups of British emigrants who settled in 1770. The village has a top-notch golf course and a view of the surrounding sea-scape.
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Malpeque, Canada
Malpeque is one of Prince Edward Island's historic sites. A home to the Micmac, it was settled by the French in the early 18th c. Captain Samuel Holland, sent here by the British in 1765, named the place "Princeton", but it later reverted to its old Indian name. Much of the later immigration was from Scotland, and many of their descendants still live here today.
Malpeque Gardens
One of the finest gardens in eastern Canada, Malpeque has several hundreds of different kinds of flowers, including dahlias and roses, and contains such interesting features as an old windmill and a showcase beehive.
Port-la-Joye-Fort Amherst National Historic Site
Port de la Joie, was the first place on the island to be settled by the French in 1720. The British built Fort Amherst here in 1758 after they captured the settlement, but today only the earthworks remain. The whole site has been declared the Port-la-Joye-Fort Amherst National Historic Site of Canada.
Micmac Indian Village (closed)
ATTRACTION IS CLOSED.Micmac Indian Village, near Rocky Point, is the reconstruction of a 16th c. village showing how the Micmac lived before the Europeans came; contains wigwams and canoes, hand-made hunting and fishing implements, and life-sized sculpture. The museum showing how the island's first inhabitants used their weapons and tools is particularly interesting.
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