PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Prince Edward Island, the smallest province in the Dominion, is 145 miles long and 4 to 35 miles wide, the beautiful rolling lowland, the elevation nowhere exceeding 500 feet above sea level. The coast is uniformly low, and, due to its unique irregularity, is of extraordinary length, amounting altogether to over 1,000 miles. The soil is deep red in colour, and the vegetation has a peculiar vivid greenness comparable to the emerald green of Ireland.

The summer climate is ideal: sunny days, cool evenings and bright blue skies. The atmosphere, being tempered by ocean breezes from every direction, seldom exceeds 80 degrees of heat, and there are no fogs.

Despite its apparent isolation Prince Edward Island is easily acces- sible, being only 9 miles from New Brunswick and 14 miles from Nova Scotia. It is easily reached by. automobile, while by rail it is but twenty-five hours from Boston or Montreal, thirty-two from Toronto, and forty-eight from Chicago, The usual route of entry is by way of Sackville, New Brunswick, on the main line of the Canadian National Railways. From here a branch line runs to Cape Tormentine; a ferry steamer, equipped to carry railway cars, automobiles, driving on board under their own power, and passengers, makes trips at short intervals to Port Borden, Prince Edward Island. The trip is made in less than 4b minutes. There is also a daily boat service between Pictou, Nova Scotia and Charolttetown, the capital of the Island, a trip of, 50 miles. On the Island itself railways and a net-work of well-kept earth roads reach everywhere.

To travellers and visitors Prince Edward Island is a new realm, fascinating and friendly, and the fact that its hospitality and scenic attractions have not become commercialized as in the case of the more widely advertised beauty spots of the continent, will provide a new experience. The Island is pre-eminently a land of refreshing rest where the visitor can scape the rush and noise of every day life, for, though in daily touch with the outside world, it is protected by its insular position.

The scenery of Prince Edward Island is both pastoral and marine and is distinguished by green fields, groves of birch and fir, red roads winding over the low hills, long smooth beaches and red cliffs cut into fantastic shapes rising out of the blue sea, Although extensively culti- vated and dotted with prosperous farms and small villages yet over one- fourth of the area is still woodland, much of which is scattered in groves or clumps bordering cultivated fields, fringing the roadside or stretching along the banks of the gently flowing streams, the whole giving a picture of sweet pastoral beauty. Sheltered from the violence of Atlantic storms the customary calmness of the surrounding waters conveys still further the idea of repose.

To the fisherman, Prince Edward Island offers excellent sport. Brook trout are plentiful in nearly all the streams, while the tidal rivers and inlets abound in sea trout. The latter fish, which weighs from one-half to three pounds, will take a fly and is a gamey fighter. Deep- sea fishing for tuna, cod, mackerel, haddock and halibut may also be had at a very moderate cost as suitable boats and equipment can be engaged without difficulty at any harbour. There is no large game on the Island, but geese, brant, ducks, woodcock, plover and snipe are found in considerable numbers in the late summer and fall.

Sea bathing may be enjoyed everywhere, and the fine hard sands of the North Shore, where some of the beaches are twenty miles long, are particularly attractive. Generally speaking, the water is shallower than on the mainland and consequently warmer. Practically every mile of sea shore and every nook of the pleasant rivers offer camp