Tuesday Treasures

West Point PEI

The West Point Lighthouse stands among the Island's most recognizable places. At 69 feet tall, it's PEI's tallest and one of the most unique lighthouses due to its unique tapered square shape and black and white striped paint. 

Built in 1875, put into operation in 1876, and manned until 1963 when its second keeper, who lived in the attached dwelling, retired; today the lantern operates electrically. 

In 1987, the inn was established by the West Point Development Corporation, a group of enterprising volunteers based in western Prince Edward Island. In 2011, the inn was revamped yet again with further accommodations being added and updated.

On the Road Day 5 Port Elgin NB to Charlottetown PEI

Day 1 Toronto to Levis QC

Day 2 Levis QC to St. Andrew by the Sea NB

Day 3 St. Andrew NB to Port Elgin NB

Day 4 Little Shemogue NB

Another short day but we spent time exploring before we reached Charlottetown.
It was a beautiful sunny day as we left!

We skipped breakfast at the inn and headed out hoping for a Tim Horton's before crossing the Confederation bridge.
Nope, no Tim's!!!
On our way back we will stop and get photos of the bridge.

Once across we decided to do the North Cape drive.


First stop - Summerside

Then a stop at this astounding church and cemetery, I will do a more detailed post on most of these stops.

Wanted to visit the Acadian Music Centre but it was only open Monday to Friday, really??? In the middle of summer????

 The Bottle Houses!

Down a dirt road to West Point.

Along the coast

Time for lunch in O'Leary- everything potato! Including potato fudge and ice cream.

Then we decided to go to the top - North Cape.

Just a teaser of the church in Miscouche!

Then it was time to head to our stay in Charlottetown for five days.

We headed to the wharf for dinner at Lobster on the Wharf.
Dinner was great, you can build your own fisherman platter so I had a crab cake, two shrimp and a lobster tail.