The Island Walk
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Number of days: 10 Fantastic Stop Overs: 1. La Petite France An absolute deal financially- a bonus for all travellers! Plus interesting Victorian house adapted for B&B guests, crisp cotton sheets and a delicious and authentic petite dejeuner (French breakfast). Such a treat when you are on the road! 2. Tracadie Cross Cabins The cabins …
Daily at 9am, beginning at Joe Ghiz Park on July 1, 2024 We’re thrilled to share news of Islander Dave Mitchell’s run. During the month of July,Dave is planning to run all 700 kilometres of The Island Walk. He’ll run one section aday, with a double leg planned for July 31. You’re invited to join …
The Island Walk is honoured to share that long-distance walker Betty Hope Gittens plans to celebrate her milestone 85th birthday by completing all 700 kilometres of the trail, and all to raise funds to address food insecurity. How did you spend your last milestone birthday? Perhaps you enjoyed a lovely meal or a party with …
Complimentary transport to-and-from the Ferry and Airport, and daily transport for guests Waypoints 18 to 32
I fell in love with hiking as a teenager. In high school my boyfriend introduced me to Ontario’s Bruce Trail, where I learned that there is little in life that a walk in the woods cannot cure, or at least improve considerably. Later, hiking was my respite during twenty-one years of parenting a profoundly disabled …
The Old Schoolhouse
Victoria-by-the-Sea
March 22 from 8:30 am-2:30 pm
Lunch will be provided
Participation is free
Register by March 15
We are excited to announce that our first premium Partner is Northumberland Ferries! Since Prince Edward Island is, well, an Island, there are limited ways to access our beautiful province. If you’re driving from the Maritimes, Northumberland Ferries operates the ferry that runs between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island. The ferry …
(as told to Island Walk team member, Laura MacGregor) Pat MacDonald is a self-described outdoor person. In the summer months she enjoys walking, and when the snow flies, she replaces her hiking shoes with snowshoes to log kilometres year-round. As an Islander who summers on the Eastern shore, she began hiking The Island Walk on …
by Laura MacGregor, Island Walker / Team Member What I didn’t know until doing The Island Walk in the summer of 2022, is that the best cinnamon buns in Canada are at Bishop’s Rest Bed and Breakfast, on Prince Edward Island. In our family we take cinnamon buns very seriously. In fact, we are cinnamon …
Cycling Through A Bucolic Paradise On Prince Edward Island FORBES – October 30, 2023 | 13 min to read By Jeanine Barone, Contributor St. Peters Bay EXCERPT: Cyclists and walkers often gravitate to the Confederation Trail, an almost 280-mile-long rail-trail along the corridor of the abandoned Prince Edward Island Railway. (And for those cyclists or walkers who are …
Mainstreet PEI with Matt Rainnie – Bryson Guptill’s Island Walk Guidebook sold more than 12-hundred copies and was used by many as they took on this 700 km PEI walking challenge. Now Bryson’s updated the guide and will drop by to tell us about it.
Jessica et SimonDate de début: 07/16/2023Date de fin: 08/18/2023Nombre de jours de marche: 31 Marcheurs aguerris, c’est le coeur rempli de souvenirs que nous avons quitté l’Î.-P.-É. Pourquoi relever ce défi de 700 klm : le calme, les paysages, les gens, se retrouver, sortir de la routine et relever un défi physique. C’est tout ça …
The Island Walk is a 700 km walking route that circles Prince Edward Island, guiding visitors through coastal landscapes, small communities, and local businesses along the way. Each season, walkers from around the world come to PEI to experience the Island at a slower pace. Staying in local accommodations, eating at local restaurants, and discovering …
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 …
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 …
Thank you for your interest in The Island Walk! You may want to start your planning by ordering a guidebook. Click here to get the eBookClick here to get a paper copy of the Guidebook In terms of accommodations, most walkers are staying in B&Bs along the route. Many hosts will provide transportation to-and-from the …
If you’re walking Section 24-25 Souris to Howe Bay, on July 21-23, 2023, you will walk right by the Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival! This festival was created to preserve Prince Edward Island’s tradition of music. Today it celebrates a history of successful growth for 4 decades. Not planning your walk this summer? Not to worry! …
