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Prince Edward Island by Bike
Biking doesn’t get much easier than on the mostly flat roads of Prince Edward Island (PEI) - the smallest and least populated of Canada’s 10 provinces. I am here to bike the length of PEI with my husband over 5-6 days. We organized a shuttle from Charlottetown to the North Cape via MacQueens, a bike company specializing in tours of PEI. The North Cape is a spot where they test wind turbine design…so you can imagine the start.
Roadside restaurant serving scallop burgers - 3 kms from the start
Monster mailbox along the backroads of PEI
The plan is to stick to back roads with intermittent wanderings on the Confederation Trail, a tip to tip trail developed on abandoned railway lines. Bike issues may force some changes to the route with two spokes on one bike broken and not a spare spoke to be found between here and Charlottetown. Note to self – bring spokes on future trips! The only bike shop in Summerside is closed on Wednesdays.
A Section of the Confederation Trail, PEI
PEI is clean, tidy and safe. The province is a patchwork of farmers fields (mostly potatoes) broken by strips of forest and the odd river or ocean inlet. There’s barely a blade of grass out of place. The citizens are law abiding - coming to a screeching halt at any intersection with the Confederation Trail. It’s quite unlike anything I encounter in Vancouver. Friendliness and helpfulness must be in the gene pool. Three offers of truck rides for our bikes have been forthcoming so far. And the food….
Backroad Scenery in western PEI
I made a vow to eat only seafood for the 19 days I am in PEI, the Magdalene Islands and on the Cabot Trail. This is not going to be a problem. Within 3 kms of our start we were wolfing down scallop burgers at a cost of $10 including tax for both burgers; tonight was lobster and haddock, tomorrow it’s a lobster boil and then we’ve got two nights of dining at the famed Inn at Bay Fortune.
Old farmstead
Life is good in PEI – as long as the back tire doesn’t collapse. Come see for yourself.
Sunset from our table at a Summerside Seafood Restaurant
Skateboarders having fun along the Summerside boardwalk.
You might find these posts related to this PEI trip useful too.
- Boardwalks, Beaches and Sand Dunes: Greenwich, PEI National Park
- The Splendid Great George in Charlottetown, PEI
- A Stay at The Inn at Bay Fortune on Prince Edward Island
Leigh McAdam
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Wow, I want to go there, looks a fantastic place. People are often one reason we remember holidays or adventures. Great people = great trip!
The food is memorable too. And PEI has miles of clean beaches, many close to deserted with swimming temperature water.
Leigh great site seems quite informative. Glad to read that you and John are having agreat trip. I stopped in and enjoyed 1 of those scallop burgers on the way back, yummmy! Great pics. George.
Can I get more info on this trip to PEI. We would like to do something similar this summer
I’ll email you separately but you’ll have to decide if you want to bike or rent a car for starters, camp or stay in a B&B/hotel/resort; do you want time for the beach, deep sea fishing, lazy lunches, long dinners? Do you have time to do the 5 hour ferry ride to the Magdalen islands – very worthwhile too in my opinion.