Boy! You really notice changes when you haven’t visited a place in a while.
That’s how I felt about Cavendish beach when we went this summer.
Cavendish National Park Beach
https://cavendishbeachpei.com/
https://www.tourismpei.com/green-gables-shore/cavendish
https://welcomepei.com/destinations/cavendish-pei/
Remember there is an entry fee.
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/pe/pei-ipe/visit/tarifs-fees
Cavendish has really grown in attractions.
There are many things to do in Cavendish:
* Green Gables Heritage Place https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/pe/greengables
* Avonlea Village http://avonlea.ca/
* Sandspit https://www.sandspit.com/
* Shining Waters Family Fun Park https://www.shiningwaterspei.com/
And these are just a few of the many attractions. I spent lots of time at the last two as these were popular destinations for our end of year elementary school trips.
But my all time favourite spot for taking my children was Rainbow Valley. What great times we had there. Sadly it’s no longer there. It’s missed.
Even though there are so many things to do in Cavendish I think that the beach is still the main draw.
Now I haven’t been to the main beach in Cavendish in years so of course I saw changes here as well.
Maybe it’s my aged memory but it appeared to me that the entrance to get to the main beach had changed. Maybe those of you who go regularly can comment and enlighten me on this.
There’s a wonderful new boardwalk leading from the washroom /changing room buildings to the beach. It’s really wide to allow for less of a bottle neck of people heading to the beach and to accommodate, bikes, and wheelchairs. Great to have the handrail too.
Here you can see a station here you can wash off the sand after leaving the beach. They might have to make some changes or additions to bottom of this as we saw a toddler slip and fall even though his mom was right there. Careful. Slippery when wet.
The boardwalk even has two pergolas with picnic tables. What a great addition.
In the following photo you can see the pergola and in the background is the old boardwalk to the beach. Glad we able to catch that before it’s torn down.
The beach has included wheelchair access to the water as well as water wheels. Nice to see such inclusivity. Sorry. Forgot to get a pic of the water wheels.
Something I’ve never seen before is a covered pergola right on the beach. Impressive.
It was a lovely afternoon so I was surprised there weren’t more people on the beach.
Here:
◦ Paved road
◦ Lots of paved and grass parking
◦ Washrooms
◦ Changing rooms and showers
◦ Supervised beach with two surf guard stations
◦ Piping Plover Canteen
◦ Yoga on the beach on Wednesday plus many other activities
◦ New boardwalk to the beach
◦ Shower stations for cleaning off sand
◦ Two pergolas with picnic tables on the boardwalk
◦ Water wheels to get to the beach
◦ Covered pergola on the beach
Lots more to see.
Cheers.
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