Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead
Andrew Macphail (1864-1938) was a teacher, medical doctor, editor, writer and soldier in WW1. One of...
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Museums, Cultural & Historic Sites
Wherever you stand on the Island, you’re standing on history. Whether you’re interested in Mi’kmaq culture, trains, historic churches, one-room schoolhouses, elegant mansions or the Island’s primary industries of today and yesteryear, our museums bring the stories and the history of the Island to life.
Discover life in the past lane.
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Bottle Houses – Gardens and Glass Expressions
Life-size buildings made of 25,000 recycled glass bottles creating colourful symphony of light. 13...
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PEI Fox Museum
The PEI Fox Museum tells the story Islanders winning the world race to be first in successfully...
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Public Archives and Records Office
A range of documentary resources for genealogical and historical research.
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Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace
Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, was born in 1874 in this modest white and...
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Lefurgey Cultural Centre
The 1867 Gothic Revival House, known as the Lefurgey Cultural Centre, graces the corner of Granville...
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Really-O Handcrafts and Tryon Museum
Our specialties are knitting (mitts, socks) and fine woodworking, (clocks, pen stands, turnings...
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Prehistoric Island Tours
Get hands-on with 300-million-year-old PEI fossils. Learn fossil hunting, see PEI’s largest fossil.
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Acadian Museum/Musée Acadien
Follow the odyssey of Island Acadians from 1720 to the present. Discover treasures related to the...
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Bedeque Area Historical Museum
The Bedeque Area Historical Museum preserves and displays the history of the local community. The...
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Selkirk Scottish Cultural and Heritage Centre
Nestled just off Selkirk Park Road, our replica Croft House is an information museum of Scottish...
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Roma at Three Rivers National Historic Site
Step back in time to 1732. Imagine the rugged coastlines of PEI, then known as Isle St. Jean. A...
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Lighthouses
As Canada’s smallest province at 224 km long, our coastline of sand dunes and red cliffs is deeply indented. PEI is believed to have the highest concentration of lighthouses in North America with 61 lighthouses and range lights.
Coastal Drives
Prince Edward Island has three coastal drives to explore. You’ll stop again and again for photos of grazing cows, fishing boats, country churches, pretty painted houses as well as historic and iconic landmarks.