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

TORONTO STAR – Saturday, September 9, 2023 | 5 min to read
By Chloe Berge Special to the Star

Toronto-Start_East-Point-Lighthouse-aereal — East Point Lighthouse is one of the sights along the 700-kilometre Island Walk, which loops P.E.I.’s perimeter.Tourism PEI / Sander Meurs

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 husband with glee, pointing to the white and red tower perched on a craggy headland in the distance. Whether the structures simply make for a pretty postcard scene or evoke some deeper, subconscious sense of safe harbour, I’m delighted to spot one at the end of our day’s trek along a red-sand beach on Prince Edward Island’s Island Walk.

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