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Location: Prince Edward Island (primarily remote with some on-site travel)Term: 16 weeks (May 18 – September 4)Hours: Full-time 40hrs/weekWage: $20/hr Position Overview The Island Walk is seeking a motivated summer student to assist with social media management and digital content creation to help promote Prince Edward Island’s Island Walk experience. The student will help create …

The Island Walk is built on a spirit of connection—connecting people to the outdoors, to Prince Edward Island’s unique landscapes, and to one another. It is only fitting, then, that one of the most iconic connectors in Atlantic Canada, the Confederation Bridge, stands as a proud Premium Partner of the Island Walk. Their support strengthens …

October 17, 2025 The Island Walk, a 700 km route that goes around PEI, is creating new opportunities for accommodation operators and revealing a need for additional accommodations throughout PEI.  “With hundreds of visitors coming each year to experience the joy of walking or cycling the Island Walk route,” Island Walk PEI Inc., Board Chair, Don Quarles …

by Murray Banting We did a 5-day select route starting in Summerside and stays in Kensington (Home Place B&B), Cavendish (Cavendish Breeze Inn), South Rustico (Rustico Resort and Cottages), Dalvay-by-the-Sea, and Mount Stewart (Bishops Rest). We modified the route on occasion to avoid route 6 which we did not enjoy walking on as it was …

Aurora, ON – George (73) and Erlinda Biondic (85) of Aurora, Ontario, are proving  that age is no obstacle to making a difference. The ultra-running couple, already known in  their community for their compassion and endurance, are preparing for their biggest  challenge yet: a 700-kilometre endurance walk around the entire coastline of Prince  Edward Island …

Anna Marie Kaiser is trekking the Island Walk as a way to mark her 70th birthday — and to revel in being cancer-free. CBC’s Josefa Cameron speaks with Kaiser about the 700-kilometre journey. 

I caught the long-distance hiking bug in 2017 when I thru hiked the Appalachian Trail. I was then 67 years old and decided to do the hard trails first while I still could do them. Unfortunately, events conspired to keep me from thru hiking those hard trails — first a family illness, then Covid, then pancreatic …

On July 1, 2024, Dave Mitchell began his epic Island Run. Between July 1st and July 30th  Dave will run one section of the Island Walk daily. On July 31st he will complete a double leg, running the final two sections in one day.  In total Dave will run 700 kilometres and circumnavigate Prince Edward …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …