23 July 2017: Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, Summerside, PEI

Marc-  Today we went back to discovery of Prince Edward Island.  We took the car North to the Prince Edward Island National Park in Cavendish.  This is the home of Lucy Maud Montgomery and Anne of Green Gables.  We arrived in Cavendish

and missed the Park entrance but found the entrance to the Montgomery family home site.  This consists of a welcome center and bookstore for the many books written by Mrs. Montgomery and the remains of her ancestral home.  The farm fields and paths remain.  The receptionist of course had red hair.   She explained that we could access the National Park from a winding path by the Village Church, cemetery, and old Schoolhouse.  We followed a beautiful path through the "haunted woods" to the Parks Canada creation of the fictional home of Anne of Green Gables.  The site was wonderful set in 19th century PEI with a farmhouse, barns and outbuildings all as described in the works of Mrs. Montgomery.  They even had staff in various costumes imitating the various characters from the books. It was fascinating that fiction was more real here than the reality.

Our next stop was the Parks Canada Cavendish Campground.  This is a first rate facility with welcome center, modern bathroom with showers, and great campsite in a forested area near a beautiful white sand beach.  There are also trails on the bay side of the park going into the local farm fields.  We took the medium length trail and loved it.  Half of the trail was along the bay , through the marshes and over creeks, while the second half was in the forest. Just beautiful.

We also went along to the Beach to see a sand castle competition.  It was then onward to Charlottetown to see the Musical "Anne of Green Gables" at the Confederation Center.  This was an outstanding performance with excellent actors comparable to a Broadway show.