4 Official Guide of Prince Edward Island Auto Routes

sites of instantaneous appeal. Wild berries can be picked and trout caught within a stone’s throw of the tent door; while cream and vege~- tables may be purchased at an adjacent farm. The innumerable tidal rivers and sheltered bays are ideal for sailing, and boats may be secured locally without trouble and at little expense.

At all the summer resoris, both around the shores and inland, good hotel and boarding-house accommodation and summer cottages can be had at rates that are surprisingly low. With the exception of the iarger summer resort hotels and those in the-cities and larger towns most of the hotels have between ten and twenty rooms only, but these are very comfortable, clean, homelike and have good dining room service. At many of the farm houses throughout the Island meals and lodging can be secured at very reasonable rates.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND has so many attractions it would be impossible to do justice to them all in a limited space. Visitors have been coming to us season after season from all parts of the United States and Canada, and the Island has its own particular joy for each individual. It is emphatically a Land of Rest, appealing to the jaded in spirit — the wearied in body. There is no rush or bustle here, no jarring sounds, no traffic noises. Though in daily communication with the outside world, we are singularly apart from it. The intense heat of less-favored lands is unknown to us, and every night brings restful sleep.

Accommodations for summer visitors are provided by numerous hotels, bungalows, private homes and farm houses at reasonable rates.

There is an absence of conventionalities and the perfectly natural

life that may be led is not the least of the charms of Prince Edward Island.

CHARLOTTETOWN

CHARLOTTETOWN is the capital of the Island, with a population of 12,500. It is well laid out with generously wide streets, and an abundance of shade trees.

There are a number of imposing public buildings and beautiful churches, St. Duntan’s Basilica is considered one of the finest speci- mens of architecture East of Quebec. Queen Square, in the business part of the City, is a public garden, tastefully designed and kept in perfect order.

VICTORIA PARK, the natural beauties of which have been preserv- ed, is convenient to the City and reached by a beautiful driveway which skirts a portion of the harbour, passing Government House and the old Fort Edward,

THE GOLF LINKS AT BELVEDERE have a reputation which has reached far beyond the confines of the Island, with an eighteen hole course which is open to tourists being members of recognized golf clubs at the rate of $1.00 each per ticket,, good for play on the day purchased, on application to one of the directors.

Charlottetown has some historic interest as one of the oldest pro- vincial or state capitals on the Continent, dating from 1773 and ante- dating Washington, nearly all the American State capitals, Halifax, St. John, Montreal, Ottawa, etc.

A memorial tablet in the Legislative Council Chamber records the fact that in it met the first Canadian Union Conference in 1864. Islanders are proud of the fact that their little Province was the “Cradle of Confederation.”