Cavendish, Canada Travel Blogs

Em of Green Gables
May 19, 2008

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PEI...A week in review!
Aug 14, 2009 (21 photos)

... for me to fret because it was never a concern that the parts would be available? Back to the trailer. Pack up. Move to Cavendish. Shower, dress-up. Drive back to Charlottetown. Go to the theatre. Derek had mentioned that Disco Cirque was the show to see. ...

Cavendish - Part 2
Sep 17, 2007 (11 photos)

... halves...). Anyway - I only mention that because of the industrial sized waste disposal areas that passed for litter bins on Cavendish beach. Quite amazing - 4 wheelie bins, each colour coded with huge poster boarding outlining what could go in each. I ...

P. E. I - home of "Anne of Green Gables"
Jul 29, 2007 (24 photos)

... weather was going to be rainy and overcast the following day so it gave me an extra day to plan things. I headed up to Cavendish, where the popular author Maud Montgomery grew up and wrote the popular works "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea. To ...

Prince Edward Island
Jul 14, 2006 (4 photos)

Hi all, Today was a tarvel day. We only went about 138 miles but the scenery was spectacular. We crossed the Confederation bridge from New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island. The bridge is 9 miles long and spans the North Umberland Straight. the ...

The North Point
Jul 16, 2006 (9 photos)

Hello everyone, Today was a free day to explore the island. Joe and Linda were our most gracious driving hosts. Joe is a gem. He has no problem haveing 4 women trying to tell him where to go. Our first stop was a shipbuilding museum. Well the ship ...

My Middle Name is Anne
Jun 20, 2004 (4 photos)

... island. The shore is very corrugated and lovely. We see a town built way out on a very narrow spit. Finally we come to "Cavendish"--really just a bunch of tourist traps, with no actual village that we can find. We go to the national park and decide to camp ...

PEI
Jul 17, 2006 (9 photos)

Joe drove us out to the Southwest end of PEI to see the house built out of bottles. The original house was built by the lighthouse keeper about 50 years ago. It was pretty neat. there was a small house, chappel and a bar. they covered all bases. WE ...

Cavendish - Part 1
Sep 17, 2007 (8 photos)

... internet on Prince Edward Island? It is the way forward I feel. The nice man behind the desk furnished me a with a map of Cavendish (which had every building marked - and there were about 5 of them..) and directed me to Green Gables, allegedly round the ...

Anne's Land
Jul 14, 2007 (10 photos)

... hills and valleys, lakes, ponds, rivers and the ocean seems to be within easy sight at all times.  We arrived in Cavendish a bit before dark...found our B&B, Kindred Spirits, which happens to be on Memory Lane, checked in, explored a bit ...

Cavendish, PEI
Jul 15, 2008

... of greens!  The beaches and unsealed roads are a light red colour, and against the backdrop of a Summer sky in Cavendish, the effect is simply breathtaking.  The birds are vocal and the occasional scent drifting across of freshly mowed grass or ...

Prince Edward Island
Jul 15, 2006 (10 photos)

Hello all, Prince Edward Island (PEI) is absolutely beautiful. The weather has been sunny and cool breeze flows off of the water. Last night was cool so sleeping was very comfortable. We just got back from a bus tour of the immediate area around us. ...

Deep Sea Fishing and the Ceilidh
Jul 16, 2007

What a great day!! Started off kind of blustery, with pretty high winds --  which kind of kept us in the RV's in the morning.  But, then we decided to do something  --  so we had a quick lunch and headed into North Rustico to do ...

Shining Waters Family Fun Park
Jul 15, 2007 (3 photos)

... with their new Anne of Green Gables dolls.  After an early lunch, we got started though.  We headed back to Cavendish for a day at the Shining Waters Family Fun Park  ... this is a water park, but really geared to younger families.  ...

A Beautiful Day in PEI
Jul 13, 2007 (7 photos)

Well, the weather finally broke and we got just a beautiful day.  At least 25C, a little breeze  --  it was just perfect.  So we took advantage and had a big day. First, we took the training wheels off Max's bike  ---  ...

Baddeck to PEI!!
Jul 12, 2007 (3 photos)

We got going pretty early, and made it to the ferry in time for the 11am crossing  ...  This means that we got across to PEI by 1230pm, and stopped at an Information Kiosk for lunch.  It was starting to rain a bit, so we were happy to see ...

Another great day in paradise
Jul 14, 2007 (3 photos)

We had another incredible day.   We got up a little later (finally the kids are sleeping in to around 8pm  --  but they've been going to bed around 10pm  or 1030pm, because it stays light so long!)  ..  the kids went ...

Cavendish
Jun 21, 2008 (12 photos)

... a round along with some sodys for the boys and a vitamin c fortified apple juice por moi. Then it's a gorgeous drive to Cavendish where some famous chick lived, and where Mike & Leo conceived their move here. Conceived, not consummated, I hope. We can ...

Auf der Insel unterwegs
Sep 28, 2009 (10 photos)

... kleine Ortschaften brachte. Die Landschaft ist beeindruckend. Grüne Felder, durchzogen von roten Kartoffelackern und die Küste. In Cavendish angekommen, merkt man sofort, dass alles auf das touristische Ziel 'Anne of the Green Gables' ausgerichtet ist. ...

Last entry before leaving the island
Oct 2, 2006 (5 photos)

... that. If we ever learned how to play golf or decided to take it up as a hobby we could maybe do the same thing. Anyways we fly home tonight so I guess this has been our Eastern Canada experience. Wonderful to see some of Canada and experience the east.

Arriving in Cavendish after a 16 hour drive
Aug 30, 2007 (5 photos)

What a long drive

We visit Ann at Green Gables, PEI
Sep 14, 2009 (1 photos)

... inlets. Our cottage was well equipped and one of what seemed like several thousand that stood hopefully along the Cavendish Road. Mike and I, claiming infirmities that had surfaced in Halifax, established squatters rights on the main-floor bedrooms, while ...

Anne of Green Gables
Aug 29, 2007

After spending some time in Charlottetown, we drove about an hour north to Cavendish, to the PEI National Park and site of the home of the author of Anne of Green Gables.   The national park has done a wonderful job recreating the books, scene, ...

A Simple Life by the Sea
Nov 1, 2005 (10 photos)

... trees accentuate. From the lookout we continued to the point, where last year a miniature lighthouse was dedicated to mark Cavendish's one hundred year anniversary. We stood at the cliff's edge watching a loon dive and resurface along the rugged shore. ...

Travel Day to Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
Aug 27, 2009 (4 photos)

... ;         We decided to travel to Charlottetown prior to going to our destination of Cavendish.  Charlottetown is a rather large college town (PEI’s capital), and had dinner at a restaurant on the water ...

Day 26: Travelling again and Paddy Joins Us
Aug 28, 2009 (2 photos)

... very well. From there drove to Caribou to take another ferry to Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, and then through Charlottetown to Cavendish for the night.  When we got here, we were so happy to find our friends, Myra Ann and Don Nagel.  ...

Day 27: Anne of Green Gables Day
Aug 29, 2009 (4 photos)

After a light breakfast we drove into Cavendish to the Anne of Green Gables Home. It is just a couple hundred yards from the main stop light in town but with a few planted and grazing acres it was a very pastoral setting.  It's a storybook ...

Who is this Anne of Green Gables?
Jul 8, 2007 (5 photos)

... nbsp; We both got soaked.  Stay close to your car in Canada... Tomorrow we leave PEI. Tony's favorite thing so far:  Whale Watching, Nova Scotia Megan's favorite thing so far:  Cavendish Beach, PEI Picture Count to Date:  255

Our Day in Cavendish
Aug 28, 2009 (40 photos)

... , and the service was terrible.  After dinner we went to what’s called the Boardwalk for a little shopping, and some of Canada’s best ice cream at “Cows.” Well we are watching TV now, and winding down prior to going to bed for ...

Camping
Nov 18, 2007

Nice camping there