Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

We docked today before 8 AM.  I arranged an afternoon panoramic island and Confederation Bridge tour through Princess.  We had a nice morning, slept in and then did a walk of the city.  We boarded our Princess Tour at 12:30 and had a great tour guide.

This flowerbed boat was in the park right by the dock.

A nice street!


War Memorial.  Soldiers represent WW I, WW II and Korean War.

Lots of nice flowers everywhere!

Anne of Green Gables

Park very close to Confederation Bridge.


Confederation Bridge.  Finished in 1997 at a cost of $1 Billion.  It's 9 miles long and $47 to cross return.
If you take the ferry from PEI to NB and the bridge back, you don't pay the toll.
It's only collected on the PEI side!

Victoria by the Sea

Victoria by the Sea Lighthouse
Prince Edward Island has 153,244 people.  It was named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth Son of King George III.  Charlotte was Prince Edward's mother, hence the name Charlottetown!   PEI has three counties, Kings County (Georgetown), Queens County (Charlottetown) and Prince County (Summerside).
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