The Garden of the Gulf 
     
     Prince Edward Island 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     HERE is something very distinctive about Prince Edward Island with its brilliant atmosphere, its 
     
     depth of color, its luxuriance of foliage. One almost thinks he is in the tropics in that intensely 
     
     clear air, every object shows so vividly and colors seem to breathe. The Island seems to have 
     
     been steeped in sunshine, giving the earth its deep red hue, the foliage its luxuriant green. It is 
     
     a veritable garden province and its rolling hills are dotted with happy homesteads and farms. 
     
    

    
     Charlottetown, the Island’s Capital, is a prosperous city of about twelve thousand inhabi- 
     
     tants, just emerging into the name and appearance of metropolitan status. It has many things 
     
     to recommend it to the tourist and Sightseer. It is a busy city, situated upon a magnificent harbor, 
     
    

    
     and its wide streets and avenues of shade trees, not to mention its substantial architecture, give it an aristocratic appear— 
     
     ance. But the chef d’oeuvre of the city is Queen Square with its Legislative Building in the old colonial style, flanked 
     
     on either side by the Court House and Post Office. Then facing the square are rows of handsome business blocks. 
     
    

    
     There are few churches in Canada that surpass in magnitude St. Dunstan’s R.C. Cathedral. It is a magnificent 
     
    

    
     structure and the architectural feature of the city. St. Paul’s (Anglican) and St. James rPresbyterian) are also fine 
     
    

    
     edifices. Among the other notable buildings are Prince of Wales College, Bishop’s Palace, City Hall, Masonic Temple, 
     
    

    
     Prince Edward Island and Charlottetown Hospitals and Public Schools. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
         
     
           
     
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
              
     
           
     
         
     
             
     
           
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     On the western shore is Victoria Park, a delightful recreation ground, with its pretty drives and lawns for sports. 
     
     It is approached by a breezy roadway, and at its entrance are the guns and ramparts of Fort Edward. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     There are pleasant drives all about Charlottetown, and one of the principal ones is that to Warren Farm, the 
     
     chief historic spot on the Island, the site of the old French Capital, Port La Joie. Now nothing remains but mounds 
     
     and excavations, while some old relics dug up there are reminders of the French community and of Fort Amherst, 
     
    
   
   
    
     which was afterwards built by the English at the spot.