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A year ago, August 2015

05 Friday Aug 2016

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Anne of Green Gables, Anniversary, Atlantic, AZ, Cavendish, Charlottetown, Friends, moonshine, PEI, Phoenix, Potatoes, tourism, visit

In late July 2015 in the wee hours of the morning at the Ottawa General Hospital E.R., Will suddenly said to me, you know we have never been to PEI. We visited all other territories and Provinces, in my case with the exception of Newfoudland. I was not expecting that sort of suggestion but two weeks later we were off to PEI.

The week we were in Charlottetown and PEI saw the Annual celebration of Old Home Week and the Gold and Saucer Cup Harness races which has been taking place since 1888, Parades and much celebration in the Capital City. This is when we had the first idea of moving here. Our friends in PEI did warn us to visit in Winter, pointing out that the Island is much different, there are no tourists and the tourist shops and sites are closed. So we returned in February 2016 to see what life was life. The fact that there were no tourists did not bother me at all.

For many Winter weather is the big obstacle, however being Canadians, Winter is Winter no matter where you are. My family has been in Canada since 1662, we have had a few winters. We left a bitterly cold and icy Ottawa and flew East to the Coast. The weather in PEI was much milder, cold rain, grey skies and fog was the norm. There was snow but none of the icy conditions of Ontario, it was an Atlantic sea side climate. There was plenty to do, arts and culture are dominant here. Life was more quiet but you could still shop and be occupied with various projects. We moved to PEI in May and now a year later we are established here. I got a job at the Art Gallery http://www.confederationcentre.com/en/

This week we are welcoming to Charlottetown friends from Phoenix AZ who are visiting us in our new home. https://sporeflections.wordpress.com

There will be much activities, I told them that we could go to the Fringe Festival straight from the airport at 11PM. to sing Karaoke style the score of Hamilton. I also bought PEI Island Red Beer, they want to try some of the craft beer of the Island. Tomorrow morning is the Farmer’s Market, then a garden party in New Glasgow. Theater tickets for 3 plays, visit to a distillery, we make absinthe and moonshine on the Island 75% proof, there is also wineries. A visit to Cavendish to see Anne of Green Gables farm, and many more sights.

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How time flies when you think of it, a whole year and such a different life now.

We visited the following towns

28 Friday Aug 2015

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Anne of Green Gables, Avonlea, Blooming Point, Canada., Cavendish, Charlottetown, PEI, The Dunes, Victoria-by-the-Sea

The Island of Prince Edward has 3 parts, the Capital Charlottetown is in the middle facing the mainland New Brunswick across from the straight of Northumberland. There is a bridge connecting the Island to the mainland of Canada, The Confederation Bridge is 13 Km long and it takes 10 minutes to cross it, the toll fee is $45. per car. It is closed in bad weather or if  there’s a high wind. We did not take it as we flew into Charlottetown airport.

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On the first day we drove 40 minutes to Victoria by the Sea to visit with friends who live there and have a business. The Trans-Canada highway takes you there, on the way back we took the more scenic Provincial road 19.

Victoria PEI

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This old house in Victoria B.T.S. has in front the largest tree on the Island.

On another day we went to Kensington and Indian River. Kensington can be reached by using Highway 2, the town has a railway museum, the island had a well established rail  system and in fact the rail question was an important factor in PEI joining the union known as Confederation in 1873. Strangely they instigated the talks back in 1864 but then in 1867 when Canada was united into one country PEI refused to join until 1873 when the newly created Federal government promised them money to finish paying for the island rail system. The rail system was not such a good idea, the soil of the island is very soft and constant maintenance was required to ensure the rail would not sink into the soil or be washed away in the Spring. The other problem was the gage, on the island the gage was narrowed than what was the norm in the rest of Canada. It was finally abandoned. Indian River which is on Malpeque Bay is where the Indian River Festival is held from June to September at the Church of St-Mary.

We then travelled to Cavendish where the fictional town of Avonlea is located, the site of the story of Anne of Green Gables. We visited the home where the story of Anne is set to have taken place, it is in fact the actual home of a relative of Lucy Maud Montgomery the author. It is beautifully done and very respectful in all detail of the story. It is surrounded by a beautiful vegetable and flower garden, all the plants and flowers are of the period. The barn and other farm buildings can be visited. There is also the forest and path featured in the story, all quite nice and it comes under the administration of Parks Canada, the Federal government department responsible for all national parks. There is no crass commercialism to distract from the story of Anne.

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We also went to the Provincial Park of Brackley-Dalvay with its forest of sea pines and red sand beaches. You have kilometres of natural beaches, it is very quiet and peaceful. Cavendish and Brackley-Dalvay face the Gulf of St-Lawrence and the Atlantic, there is a fee to pay to enter the park and under the Harper Regime the fees have become quite steep, I would say almost unaffordable for the average family, a park is suppose to be open to all but under the nasty Harper Regime that is not the way of thinking.

At Dalvay in the Park there is this giant Victorian mansion built by an eccentric fellow Alexander Macdonald as a little cottage for him and his family back in 1896, it is a 26 room hotel nowadays from to June to October. Very nicely preserved and in the style of the time again no modern additions.

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We went also to visit a shop, restaurant and garden called The Dunes which has a fantastic botanical garden with ponds and heritage flowers, banks of them everywhere, meaning lots of butterflies and bees pollinating.

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The owner Peter from Toronto and his partner Nash who is from Java in Asia have dotted the gardens with Asian deities and Buddhas, all quite lovely if a little incongruous.  We briefly looked into Blooming Point said to be a nudist beach on PEI. Because of the low density of population on PEI, there are lots of camp grounds, National Parks on the Seashore and much protected historical sites. What I noted was how clean it all was and devoid of cars or noise or large groups of people. The beaches are just that a place to relax. A friend told us that she likes to just go walking for miles on end, a relaxing therapy.

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During our stay we did not visit the North Cape area nor the East point of the island. We basically stayed in the middle part between Malpeque Bay and Hillsborough River.

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Old Home Week in Charlottetown, PEI

19 Wednesday Aug 2015

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Anne of Green Gables, Canada., Confederation, PEI, Province, Prussia

The annual Old Home Week festivities are hosted on the grounds of the Eastlink Centre & Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at Charlottetown Driving Park at 46 Kensington Road in Charlottetown, PEI. http://oldhomeweekpei.com/

Well tomorrow morning we fly to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in the Gulf of St-Lawrence. A 85 minute direct flight from Ottawa.

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The Capital City is named after Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1744-1818 (Prussia) Queen consort of the King George III of Britain, himself a German Prince of Hanover and nephew of Frederick II the Great of Prussia. Charlottetown was originally an unincorporated town that incorporated as a city in 1855. It was most famously the site of the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, the first gathering of Canadian and Maritime statesmen to debate the proposed Maritime Union and the more persuasive British North American Union, now known as Canadian Confederation. From this, the city adopted as its motto “Cunabula Foederis” – “Birthplace of Confederation”. Later in 1864 in Quebec City the same Statesmen would sign and formalize the Union of the Provinces of Canada into one country.

The population of Charlottetown in the 2011 census was 34,562. Not a big town more like a big village.

Prince Edward Island or île St-Jean (under the French Regime) is known as Canada’s playground, it is mostly farms and beaches and more farms and beaches. The island is named for Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820), the fourth son of King George III and the father of Queen Victoria. Prince Edward has been called “Father of the Canadian Crown.” It’s beaches are of made of red sandstone, which has a dramatic effect.

Lobster is featured on all menus, as the Provincial dish, oysters and other seafood is also abundant. Of course there is also Anne of Green Gables, the fictional character in the famous novel of Lucy Maud-Montgomery (1874-1942) which brings bus loads of Japanese tourists who consider Anne a National treasure, never did understand the fascination but there you go.

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I have never been to PEI, I travelled in 1983 to all parts of Canada with the exception of PEI, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The weather should be splendid and being Old Home Week http://oldhomeweekpei.com/, there are tons of activities and things going on. We will also visit friends and have quite a few nice meals. We also plan to drive around the Island and visit the other small towns.

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