Prince Edward Island - Day 3 & 4

Saturday, September 1
(Warning....lots of pictures again!)
Today we head to the Eastern tip of the Island. We traveled on the main highways that took us from Charlottetown toward the Northeast part of the Island and the town of St Peters, then over to the National Park at Greenwich.

This is a satellite image of PEI. Note there are three distinct areas. The West (left) is more sparsely populated. We explored the central and East (right). The yellow areas are farms and the green areas are treed. The Island is only 112 miles long ( about 175 km). We drove over 600 miles (1000 km) while touring the roads around the Island.

We stopped at Greenwich National Park. Lots of fishing exhibits. Nearby St Peters Bay raises millions of mussels.

St Peters Bay. Lots of Mussel nets out.

Church in St Peters.

St Peters

Next we headed cross-country to the southern shore town of Souris (pronounced Soo-ree).

The old mechanical room for the lighthouse.

Nautical displays inside the lighthouse.

The progression of 'sea glass'. To the left are large pieces of broken bottles. They continue to wear down on the shores until they are roughly pea size on the right. This process can take years.

Samples of sand from all over the world. Very interesting display. All sorts of colors and shades.

They had lots of glass bottle samples. Some were over a hundred years old.

Fresnel lens

The fresnel lens and lamps have mostly been replaced with this more modern version.

Coast Guard boat at Souris.

The ferry just arriving from Ile de Madeleine

Souris Harbour

We headed up Hwy 16 a short way to Basin Head and the Singing Sands. Nope, never heard the sand sing. Not a nice day for beach walking and the wind and waves would have drowned out any 'singing'.

Basin Head Beach

The beach and warf at Basin Head

At the end of the beach the shoreline was quite rugged. Lots of red rocks.

This was popular. Jumping from the bridge in front of the sign that read "no jumping from the bridge'! The lifeguard on duty didn't seem to care. Likely because it was high tide and the water was deep.

Deep trails cut through the sand dunes to the beach.

A vineyard. Must be a winery close by!

Cool mailbox post!

The East Point lighthouse

Due to erosion the lighthouse has been moved three times since it was built.

Great workmanship. Built by shipbuilders. This one was built in 1867. Amazing!

Some of the ladders are pretty steep.

The East Point light. Still a working lighthouse, but no kerosene or whale oil lamp burning here.

Impressive views from this 64 foot structure.

They really maintain the interior very well.

We then started back toward the southwest on Hwy 16 and stopped at a cute little fishing village called North Lake. not really a lake, just an inland salt water body of water connected with a channel to the ocean.

North Lake

Claimed to be the Tuna capital of the world!

Nice coastline

We continued down Hwy 16 to the little harbour at Naufrage.

Protected harbour

A lightweight bridge over the channel!

The 'bridge' was built by ex-army folks, called a Bailey Bridge

The lighthouse at Naufrage. 

We ended our day where we started. This is Rick's Fish n Chips in St Peters.

We had Seafood Chowder and a Lobster Roll. Very tasty!

Sunday, September 2
We completed the south half of the Eastern scenic loop today. We started out in Georgetown on the Southeastern shore.

The central park in Georgetown. Very pretty spot.

Old church in Georgetown. The steeple is falling apart. Unfortunately this is happening to many churches without a congregation.

This home had 20 foot ceilings on the second floor. It was originally used as a dance hall.

King County Courthouse in Georgetown.

City park.

Lighthouse at Cardigan River

Panmure Head lighthouse

Panmure Head Lighthouse. 54 feet high, built in 1853.

Impressive display of lenses.

Another well built lighthouse.

The Panmure Head light.

Cape Bear Lighthouse.

Nice view from Cape Bear

Cape Bear light.

That's Nova Scotia on the skyline.

Pretty view out the window.

Very red soil and rock on the south side of PEI.

A vineyard......

....with a tasting room. I bet they sell wine here too! Yep, we bought three bottles. They specialize in fruit wines so we bought a Cranberry and a couple bottles of white. Quite tasty!

The nose lifts to allow vehicles in and out of the ferry.

The ferry heading across to Nova Scotia.

Woods Harbour Lighthouse

Point Prim Lighthouse. This is the last one .....I swear!

It even had living quarters for the light keeper.

Point Prim light.

Wonderful views.

Point Prim Lighthouse is 60 feet and built in 1845 

Another great day of touring a beautiful Island. Of the 62 lighthouses standing on PEI there are eight that are open to the public for viewing. We saw six.....and several more form the outside.

 Next we'll be heading into Charlottetown to what what we can find!

.....and that was Our View From Here!