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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 …

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! …

Prince Edward Island is known for its natural beauty and one of the best ways to experience it is by walking The Island Walk route!  Here are 10 bucket list-worthy views to see while completing The Island Walk. 1. Cavendish Beach This stunning beach is part of Prince Edward Island’s National Park,. It is located …

What an epic adventure this became! We began our Island Walk last September hoping to finish in October after 31 days of walking (we did one double WP day). However Hurricane Fiona had a different plan for us and for those walking mid-September. Along with everyone else, we were forced to abandon our walk after …

After a day of walking, discover more hidden gems. There are lots of opportunities to experience local culture at some of Prince Edward Island’s festivals and events. Four  Festivals and Events on PEI to Experience While Completing The Island Walk: 1. Small Halls Festival The Small Halls Festival is an exceptional Island experience. This award- …

After doing much research around the walk and realizing we (3 women friends and 1 husband) only had a few days we decided to make our main departure point, Fortune Bay in Souris, and we rented a beautiful home there and researched the different points we could walk from there. We veered off the Island …

My friend Judi Gosbee wanted to mark entering her 50th year and suggested completing the Island Walk. I jumped on board and agreed to do it with her. We started our first section 29-30 on January 1, 2022. The start point for this section is right near Judi’s house and seemed like a logical place …

by karengeterdone, karengeterdone.com It’s called an adventure for a reason. The unusual, exciting, potentially hazardous experience of taking on grand initiatives can be filled with the unexpected. Day 17 – Bayview to Cymbria – 28km We were on a major high after such an amazing day yesterday hitting the halfway point, both in such a great spot …

Fifteen minutes into a 3-day, 63-km long-distance walk, a pungent, overripe, fruity scent brought me to a halt.  What was that familiar aroma? A quick visual scan revealed the source—a cluster of wild apple trees, covered in ripe apples, lined the roadside!  This abundance of wild apples became a recurring theme on my recent Island …

By karengeterdone blog The last post had us arriving in Summerside finishing Day 4 of The Island Walk. Very happy to say we hit the Halfway Point yesterday! It was a celebration at the Waypoint sign 16 with 364 km completed of the 700km circumnavigation of PEI. To this point we’ve had to deal with a lot of …

As soon as I saw an article about The Island Walk, I knew it was a walk I (we) wanted to take. After two years of lockdowns and vaccines, a long walk to regroup and re-energize seemed to be just the ticket. I reached out to Bryson Guptill, bought his book, and started thinking about …

Dates: May 2022Days Walked: 31 Why does anyone decide to step away from their life for a month and walk 700kms? A time-out? An opportunity for reflection? A spiritual pilgrimage? Slow tourism? For me, all were reasons. Two weeks into the pandemic my middle son who lived with significant disabilities died from complications of non-COVID …

Anyone who has ever done a long distance walk knows how easy it is to plan. Basically you just plan to get to your starting point….and that’s it! You know that for the next 30 days or so all you have to do is get up and start walking…..and nowhere is the infrastructure better than …

My 250 km Island Walk adventure didn’t start when I arrived in Charlottetown last October 2021. It began 8 years earlier when I set out from the town of St Jean Pied de Port to start the Camino Frances, the first of many caminos. I had hoped to walk again in the spring of 2020 …

On September 3rd, 2021, I began The Island Walk, travelling the spectacular beaches and charming byways of Prince Edward Island. On October 3, I completed 714 kilometres. The tad more distance than the official 700km route was due to a slight detour, specifically a visit to Lennon House in Rustico. I raised funds during my …

While Islanders will be watching fishermen set their lobster traps this May, there will be new activity to see along PEI’s coastline this year.  From Charlottetown to Miminegash, Seacow Pond to Gaspereaux, Islanders will be seeing hikers (and cyclists) on red dirt roads, secondary roads and the Confederation Trail.  These long-distance trail enthusiasts will be …

Submitted by Bryson Guptill Yes, we were the first four who did the Island Walk. Nora, Marian, Danny and me. Lots of people thought we were crazy – walk for a month? In October? Will anything be open? Well, we did it, and it was wonderful. So many great ocean views. So many interesting back …

Submitted by Bernie Brunino I needed to get out of the house. The on again / off again Covid restrictions were really taking their toll. The hiking plans that I’d laboured over in the early stages of the pandemic went for naught when health uncertainty in Europe just didn’t give me the comfy feeling I …

Submitted by Karen MacLeod-Wilkie Phil Cousineau* describes pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor “for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler.” When I completed the Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2016, it revealed something that mattered deeply to me – an old dream to become an author. …

Submitted by Bryson Guptill, Island Walk Ambassador After months of thinking, designing, and coordinating, directional signs for the Island Walk are now popping up all over the Island. The signs are being installed by highway crews from the PEI Department of Transportation and they conform all with all applicable signage laws and regulations. In addition …

Sporting Intentions is celebrating the grand opening of their new location at 190 Minna Jane Drive, Charlottetown, PE, this October 2020 and we wanted to celebrate with them by sharing the top 5 hiking gear products that you can pick up at Sporting Intentions!

By Nora Wotton In general, everyone who decides to do a long distance walk, does some training.  We increase the length of our training walks and try to incorporate different terrain, such as hills.  We want to avoid having to abandon our walk due to lack of conditioning.  We also want to break in our …

By Nora Wotton I’ve done four long distance, multi-week walks, so I often get asked, Why?  You think that after the first time, I’d have a good answer, but I can’t say that I do.  I’m really not sure why I like doing these relatively arduous walks. They’re hard. I’ve pretty well always carried all …

By Bryson Guptill, Island Walk Ambassador When we walked the Island Walk in October we were especially excited about walking along the shore in the PEI National Park.   Our official route stayed on the main road, but our preference would have been to detour into Cavendish Grove at 2.17 km (right across the road from …

Written by Bryson Guptill, Island Walk Ambassador When we completed our Island Walk in October, 2019, one of our favorite walks was our beach walk to East Point, PEI along the Northside beach.  Beach walks are always special – sand dunes, marram grass, and ocean waves crashing at your feet. The Northside beach is especially …