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Trip 45 — Prince Edward Island Walk

27 July to 25 August 2025

By far the longest island in the project, Canada's Prince Edward Island is the 25th of the 26 Abecedarian Walks, my endeavor to walk around islands whose names begin with each of the letters of the alphabet.

This walk was originally supposed to happen a year earlier, and it was postponed due to the death of my mother on the day before it was to begin. The walk is dedicated to her, and a resting bench for walkers has been installed in her honor in Pleasant View.

On a happier note, I was accompanied on day 12 of the walk, and for almost two weeks of the trip, by Liz, the person who would soon thereafter become my fiancée.

Each "day" below corresponds to a walking day. Occasionally I took a day off from walking, and experiences from those days are incorporated into the previous or the following walking day's account.

In addition to these verbal accounts are musings, photos, and videos on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter.

Prologue
Day 1 Airport to Cornwall
Day 2 Cornwall to Victoria via Rocky Point
Day 3 Victoria to Borden-Carleton
Day 4 Borden-Carleton to Summerside
Day 5 Summerside to St. Nicholas
Day 6 St. Nicholas to West Point
Day 7 West Point to Pleasant View
Day 8 Pleasant View to Tignish via North Cape
Day 9 Tignish to Alberton
Day 10 Alberton to Miscouche
Day 11 Miscouche to Kensington
Day 12 Around Malpeque and Long River
Day 13 Kensington to North Rustico
Day 14 North Rustico to Grand Tracadie
Day 15 Grand Tracadie to St. Peters Bay
Day 16 St. Peters Bay to Hermanville
Day 17 Hermanville to North Lake
Day 18 North Lake to Souris via East Point
Day 19 Souris to Georgetown
Day 20 Georgetown to Montague
Day 21 Montague to Murray River via Gaspereaux
Day 22 Around Cape Bear
Day 23 Murray River to Eldon
Day 24 Eldon to Charlottetown
Day 25 Charlottetown to airport