Winter in Prince Edward Island

Plenty of winter activities await your participation in Prince Edward Island. Winter months are busy beyond imagination of many tourists. The activities draw thousands to crowd around and enjoy the season with her petals of beauty fully opened. But, this all can be best savored when you are comfortably settled taking Prince Edward Island cottage rental. The place offers spending winter in a welcoming way, more beautiful and comfortable than expected.

Snowmobiling
This is a great fun for all. The kids love it especially for thrilling moments of speed. Neat and flawless trails run through amazing beauty of the nature all around. You will agree that possibly nature has spilled everything from her kitty of winter for adorning this island. The trails have been selected out in a much systemized way to let you enjoy both, speeding through the woods and vast farmlands.

Skiing
Winter months are especially popular in the Prince Edward Island for the experienced skiers, but the activity is equally shared by the beginner. Experienced skiers are free to choose any style as they like to sharpen their skiing skills; enjoying both, the vertical fall style or speeding down long alpine trails are there for you. The choice is up to you whether you like a drop or speeding through slopes, there are plenty of trails including ungroomed ones. Well admired trails in Prince Edward Island are Woodland Trail, Green Gables Ski Trail and Bubbling Spring trail. The tourist facilities are well cared with easy availability of equipments and guide for beginners. The starting point near Dalvay Administration Office of the park has heated warm up rooms for comforts.

The Woodland Trail is a mid size, 5 km long trail situated close to Dalvay entrance of the park. Green Gables Ski Trail is the largest trail in length, about 13 km. Bubbling Springs Trail is the smallest, 2 km long, one and also located around Dalvay entrance of the park. All of these trails are groomed trails with ski shelter at the center of the trail.

Snowshoeing
Snowshoeing is something like carrying out the legacy of olden times, walking through the snow with heavy snowshoes. Many take it to be not so thrilling experience compared to other action packed winter activities. But, they will prove themselves wrong once they get the admirable taste of Snowshoeing. It means a lot- walking through soft snow, struggling to get out of the knee deep snow and mild fall-down provide exclusive charm. The Reeds and Rushes Trail snowshoeing trail is a 0.7 km long trail and begins from a location close to Dalvay Administration Office of the park. The infrastructure provides a heated rest room for the tourists.

Skating
Gorgeous Dalvay Lake offers lovely skating area over a portion of frozen lake and some areas around it. However, skating over the frozen lake is permitted if the ice formation is conducive enough to the activity. Picturesque surrounding turns more attractive for the presence of Dalvay-by-the-Sea National Historic Site. The infrastructure for skating is well advanced with selected out trails, well groomed for community purpose.

Most Popular Places to visit in Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown, the provincial capital, a colonial port is well designed with tree-lined streets and rows of wooden frame houses. Main attractions include the Province House, a beautiful Georgian building Nova Scotia sandstone, the site of the 1864 discussions that led to Canadian Confederation and the Confederation Centre, which houses art galleries, theaters, a restaurant and a museum. Founders Hall, located on the waterfront in Charlottetown, is a newly opened attraction, which tells the story of Canada from the Charlottetown Conference of 1864 to the present.

Cavendish, Stanhope, Brackley ... along the northern coast of the island, just follow the "Blue Heron Drive, and is the island's national park offers public beaches, picnic areas, sand beaches safe and supervised. There are plenty of parking, changing rooms and restaurant, and all are well maintained. everywhere you go over 1760 km off the island, you'll find beautiful beaches, numerous national parks.

The first thing that will seduce you with the breathtaking beauty of the island. If you go on the Confederation Bridge to reach the island, or arriving by ferry, was first attracted to the cliffs of red sandstone, red clay clinging to their shoes and ropes sensitive time after leaving their costs.

You will be impressed by the miles and miles of white sandy beaches surrounding this island paradise, the sands shift and change every day sight. Enjoy the colors and textures patchwork of green grass that covers the island.

Prince Edward Island

PEI is a province of Canada is formed by an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest country in land area and population. The island has several other names: "Garden of the Gulf" referring to the bucolic farmland and green throughout the province, and "Birthplace of Confederation", referring to the Charlottetown Conference in 1864.

Prince Edward Island, the smallest of the ten Canadian provinces, is located in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, separated from the mainland by the Northumberland Strait. The island is easily accessible via the Confederation Bridge from Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick, or by ferry from Caribou, Nova Scotia. This page lists lighthouses of the eastern half of the island, and there is another page of the Western Prince Edward Island.