by B&M Minuteman
One of the best “Rails to Trails” trips we’ve taken is over the former CN rail lines on Prince Edward Island. Now the “Confederation Trail” with over 200 miles of trails available. Several of the old stations still exist along the trail as antique shops and restaurants. PEI can best be described as a big garden, there are no wilderness areas so you are always within a mile or two of food and accommodations (some nice B&Bs!) If you want to visit the beaches and “Anne Of Green Gables” in the National Park, you will need a bike or car as the railway didn’t reach into these areas.
http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/tou_trailmap.pdf
http://www.gov.pe.ca/visitorsguide/inde ... mber=65343
Getting to PEI was easy: We left Boston after an early Breakfast and were in PEI in time for one of their famous Lobster Suppers that evening. The CN ferry to PEI was replaced by a 9 mile long bridge in 1997. If you are hiking, you can’t walk the bridge but a free shuttle for hikers and bikers is available.
http://www.confederationbridge.com/
Now its off to Newfoundland next week exploring the 550 mile “Newfoundland T’Railway” over the CN narrow gauge line that was abandoned in 1988.
http://www.trailway.ca/
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August 11, 2004
Just back from my adventures along the "Newfoundland T'Railway" Here's a link to my story in the "Rail Travel & Trip Report" Forum"
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5233
http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/tou_trailmap.pdf
http://www.gov.pe.ca/visitorsguide/inde ... mber=65343
Getting to PEI was easy: We left Boston after an early Breakfast and were in PEI in time for one of their famous Lobster Suppers that evening. The CN ferry to PEI was replaced by a 9 mile long bridge in 1997. If you are hiking, you can’t walk the bridge but a free shuttle for hikers and bikers is available.
http://www.confederationbridge.com/
Now its off to Newfoundland next week exploring the 550 mile “Newfoundland T’Railway” over the CN narrow gauge line that was abandoned in 1988.
http://www.trailway.ca/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
August 11, 2004
Just back from my adventures along the "Newfoundland T'Railway" Here's a link to my story in the "Rail Travel & Trip Report" Forum"
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5233
Last edited by B&M Minuteman on Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:56 am, edited 2 times in total.