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Section 17-18

Section 17: Covehead

Cymbria to Dalvay

21 km, 6 to 8 hours, rated easy to moderate. Mostly flat terrain with a few rolling hills.

A road walk in the Park, with great Gulf views.  Lots of opportunities to beach walk.

As you continue you will re-enter the National Park through the Brackley entrance and walk on the trail following the Gulf Shore Parkway right through Covehead, Stanhope, and finally Dalvay, site of the White sands Hotel in the Sullivan Films production of Anne of Green Gables.

Continuing through some of the most beautiful beach towns on the Island, you will have the option to road or beach walk through the National Park. You may want to have your swimsuit handy so that you can take a dip off the North Shore at either Brackley or Stanhope beach. As you arrive in Dalvay, you’ll have the opportunity to visit the historic Dalvay By The Sea Hotel and enjoy a lovely meal, as the royals have done. As a part of their royal honeymoon tour, Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge visited Dalvay By The Sea in the summer of 2011.

Points of Interest:

  • Gaudreau Fine Woodworking
  • The Great Canadian Soap Co.
  • PEI National Park:
    • Robinson’s Island (nearby)
    • Brackley Beach
    • Stanhope Beach
    • Farmlands and Bubbling Springs Trails
  • Food options: The Dunes Studio Gallery & Cafe, Shaw’s Hotel & Cottages, Original Richard’s, Dalvay by the Sea Hotel
Section 17: Covehead
Section 17: Covehead
Section 17: Covehead
Section 17: Covehead
Section 17: Dalvay
Section 17: Dalvay
Section 17: Dalvay
Section 17: Dalvay

Section 17-18 Amenities
in order of appearance

Packed lunch required.

  1. Bayside Travel Park (nearby)
  2. The Red Fox Campground (Opening 2023) (nearby)
  3. Brackley Beach North Winds
  4. Laura’s Wildrose Cabin & Bayside Cottages
  5. The Dunes Studio Gallery & Cafe
  6. Jake & Jo’s Cottages
  7. Shaw’s Hotel & Cottages, Restaurant
  8. PEI National Park, Brackley Beach
  9. Original Richard’s Fish & Chips
  10. Goodview Cottages By Stanhope Beach
  11. DelMar Cottages
  12. Surf Cottages
  13. Windermere Cottages
  14. Lyons Cottages (nearby)
  15. Stanhope Campground, Prince Edward Island National Park
  16. Dalvay By the Sea Hotel

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In the spirit of Reconciliation, we acknowledge that the land upon which we gather is unceded Mi’kmaq territory. Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island), Mi’kma’ki, is covered by the historic Treaties of Peace and Friendship. We pay our respects to the Indigenous Mi’kmaq People who have occupied this Island for over 12,000 years; past, present and future.