PEI BEACHES

(Somewhere on a Beach-Dierks Bentley)

Where can you find a better place to spend your summer than on Prince Edward Island?

No where.

I live on Prince Edward Island Canada’s smallest province. It’s on Canada’s east coast, close to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island

Prince Edward Island has many names:

In French, the island is today called Île-du-Prince-Édouard, but its former French name, as part of Acadia, was Île Saint-Jean (St. John’s Island). The island is known in Scottish Gaelic as Eilean a’ Phrionnsa (lit. “the Island of the Prince”, the local form of the longer ‘Eilean a’ Phrionnsa Iomhair/Eideard’) or Eilean Eòin for some Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia though not on PEI (lit. “John’s Island” in reference to the island’s former name).

The island is known in the Mi’kmaq language as Abegweit or Epekwitk. That’s roughly translated as “land cradled in the waves”.

The island has several informal names: “Garden of the Gulf”, referring to the pastoral scenery and lush agricultural lands throughout the province; and “Birthplace of Confederation” or “Cradle of Confederation” referring to the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, although PEI did not join Confederation until 1873, when it became the seventh Canadian province.

Here’s a short and sweet promo video about PEI.

https://www.thoughtco.com/prince-edward-island-facts-508583

PEI is known for many things.

L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables