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.
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