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SEE YOU ON "THE ISLAND!"
Prince Edward Island, the smallest province in Canada, is located in Eastern Canada, tucked into the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Northumberland Strait separates the Island from mainland Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Today, we have three great ways to come here: ferry, bridge and plane.
(1)Northumberland Ferries Ltd. operate between Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island and Caribou, Nova Scotia, offering you a relaxing 1 1/4 hour cruise across the Northumberland Strait between May and December. For information call 1-888-249-SAIL.
(2)The Confederation Bridge spans the Northumberland Strait between Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island and Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick. You can drive across the world's longest bridge over ice covered water, (12.9 kilometers), 24 hours a day, 365 day a year, in approximatey 12 minutes.
(3)Time flys when you're having fun, so why shouldn't you? Choose from one of the many scheduled or chartered flights arriving daily.
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Traveling to Prince Edward Island has not always been so easy. The Mi'kmaq first braved crossing the Strait in their canoes. During the 1500's, sailing ships began making use of our natural ports and harbours. As colonization grew, sailing vessels traveled across the strait, delivering supplies, mail and passengers on a regular basis. However, during the winters, the only way to reach the Island when the ice was thick was by ice boats, which were rowed where the water was open and towed or pushed by man power over the ice floes.
It was 1917 that the first car ferry crossed the Strait. It could carry 750 people and a dozen rail cars. Ice breakers soon made year round use of ferries possible. In 1997, the Confederation Bridge replaced the ferry service between Borden, Prince Edward Island and Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, linking the two provinces to accommodate traffic 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A car ferry service still runs between Caribou, P.E.I. and Pictou, N.S. between the months of May and December.
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