The Island Walk

When we walked the Island Walk in October we were especially excited about walking along the shore in the PEI National Park.   Looking west along the deserted Cavendish Beach Our official route stayed on the main road, but our preference would have been to detour into Cavendish Grove at 2.17 km (right across the road from the entrance to Avonlea Village).  We didn't walk through Cavendish Grove then because there were still a lot of trees down from post-tropical storm Dorian. However, walking through this grove of Maple trees and out to the beach is more interesting than walking along the road.  I decided to give it a try. My 11 km walk along the beach, which included returning to the parking area at Cavendish Grove. Turn left into Cavendish Grove right across from Avonlea Village.     The entrance to Cavendish Grove is next to the parking lot at the site of the old Rainbow Valley amusement park.  Parks Canada re-purposed the amusement park, removed the rides, and focused on more n

When we completed our Island Walk in October, 2019, one of our favorite walks was our beach walk to East Point, PEI along the Northside beach.  Beach walks are always special - sand dunes, marram grass, and ocean waves crashing at your feet. The Northside beach is especially attractive because it leads to the lighthouse on the far eastern tip of PEI, and it doesn't get much attention from Islanders or visitors when they are here in the summer.  Here's what the route looks like: https://retrace.mobi/v/jfe36348 This lack of attention may be due in part to the remote location of the beach, but it's also because the beach isn't easy to access.  All beaches on PEI are open to the public, but that doesn't mean they are easy to get to.  Northside beach runs from North Lake to East Point - about 8 km.  However, there are several headlands between North Lake and the East Lake run that make walking along the beach at high tide a bit of a challenge.  From East Lake run to East