The Island Walk
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The Peterborough Examiner – Friday, September 15, 2023By Brendan Burke Local Journalism Initiative Reporter They’ve climbed the highest mountain peaks in 10 countries, overlooked Tanzania atop the towering Mount Kilimanjaro and scaled more than one of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountaintops. Otonabee-South Monaghan Township residents Karen Simpson, left, and partner Jeff Bauer completed the 700-kilometre Island Walk on …
TORONTO STAR – Saturday, September 9, 2023 | 5 min to read By Chloe Berge Special to the Star A pilgrimage on P.E.I.: My trip to see the new 700-kilometre Island Walk was a lesson in the power of slow travel What is it about lighthouses that we’re so drawn to? “Look!” I exclaim to my …
THE NEW YORK TIMES / USA TIMES – September 8, 2023 by Elaine Glusac Never underestimate the difficulty of a flat trail over a great distance. After my first five-hour day following the Island Walk, a new 435-mile trail that rings Prince Edward Island, in Canada’s smallest province, I limped into Points East Coastal Inn …
Alrighty, weighing in on my Island Walk sections hike over the past week. I am a hiking and backpacking lover, with a few long trails under my experience (Appalachian Trail 2018, Inca Trail, LHT, Batona Trail to name a few). I’m from New Jersey (East coast of the USA) and traveled by car to PEI. …
The Island Walk on The Social – 3 Aug 2023 Travel expert Heather Greenwood Davis shares some of the most beautiful hiking spots available from coast to coast to coast. “When I’m planning a hike I always want to get to a payoff, usually a viewpoint. You get to that viewpoint it’s almost like you’re …
Walking Canada’s Camino ~ A cancer survivor tackles the Island Walk, a 700-kilometre P.E.I. trail inspired by the pilgrims’ route in Europe. Appeared in everythingzoomer.com ~ August/September 2023 Read entire article here.
Did you know that our beautiful dunes protect Prince Edward Island from erosion and flooding? In collaboration with Island Nature Trust and Nature Conservancy of Canada, Parks Canada is encouraging visitors to stay off the dunes as they continue to recover from the effects of Hurricane Fiona. It is vitally important for all of us …
Three friends and I cycled the Island Walk starting and ending in Summerside. We rode between 40 – 100 kms each day with 1 day off due to torrential rain. We totalled 700km and rode on the Confederation Trail, on roads and highways. We had a car with us so 2 women would drive to …
As veterans of the Spanish Caminos, we were looking for something closer to home. As residents of the hot, dry, brown New Mexican desert, we were looking for something cool and green. We found everything we were looking for—and more—in the Island Walk. We started walking on May 4 and returned to Charlottetown June 3 …
