If you are planning on attending the Mermaid Tears Sea Glass Festival in Souris where the Sea Glass Festival will be held, You can click on the button and it will take you to google maps so you can see your way around. You need to move the map to see Souris, which is located in the eastern region of PEI. You may also click on either the Points East Coastal Drive link where you can use this as an online resource for all things in that area, accommodations…everything really…a comprehensive site. The other is the PEI Visitor Guide site.

Please Note: Clicking on ‘view larger map’ will take you to google.com and away from the original page. To return, use your browser button/arrow (top left corner of your browser), do not close the google page.

Some Facts:

You pay to leave PEI, not to enter. Visit the NFL Ferries website for crossing schedules. The Ferry from Nova Scotia is located in ‘Caribou’, near Pictou.

• Charlottetown is considered to be the Birthplace of Confederation. This year, the city is celebrating the 155th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference - an event that paved the way to Confederation and the founding of Canada in 1867.

• The population of Prince Edward Island on April 1, 2021 was 162 596

• The Mi’kmaqs were the first people to live on Prince Edward Island. They called the island Epekwik - meaning resting on the waves.

• The island was name Prince Edward in 1799 in honour of Queen Victoria’s father - Edward Duke of Kent.

• Charlottetown takes its name from Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George lll.

• About 46% of the population lives in a city or town; the rest of the population lives in a rural setting.

• Prince Edward Island is 220 kilometers long by 6-64 km wide. There is no place on the island that is more than

  16 kilometers from the sea.

  The Confederation Bridge is about a 2 hour drive to Souris.