Miscouche PEI

August 2014 - Miscouche PEI


I'll admit that my husband was less than enthusiastic as I excitedly pointed towards another church, he had already humoured me earlier in the day at last week's inSPIREd Sunday entry.

He parked in front and let me wander around. Such a pretty colour.

The name Miscouche is derived from the Mi'kmaq term for "little grassy island".

The church is valued for its well preserved High Victorian Gothic architecture; as an example of the work of Island architect, George Edwin Baker; and for its importance to the heritage of the Acadian people of Miscouche.

I am getting smarter and walked around to the side to see if I had missed anything which caused me to wave frantically at John to bring the car around.

This is a plaque to the CND nuns. My high school was taught by these nuns and our school uniforms mimicked their habits. We had the pointed long collars on our blouses. 

A plaque to Acadian ancestors. 

There's our lonesome car patiently awaiting our return.

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.