An epic pilgrimage trail circles Prince Edward Island

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC – October 6, 2021
By Heather Greenwood Davis

In the fall of 2019, Bryson Guptill hiked 435 miles of Prince Edward Island over 31 days. The island resident traversed green hills and farmland, chatted with strangers along red-dirt roads, and watched herons and cormorants swoop along the coast.

That trek with three friends sprouted an idea that became the Island Walk. This new 435-mile route circumnavigates the Canadian island province using a combination of existing trails, dirt roads, and public highways.