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Old Jan 10th 2017, 6:17 pm
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It must be feeling left out, given the sudden love-in with a certain western province.

Let's see how many interesting things we can say about PEI.

One rule: potatoes, Anne of Green Gables and Confederation references are not allowed.
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Bleak in winter, expensive to come from due to the ferry, pretty houses cheap. Big red mud.
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Old Jan 10th 2017, 6:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Souvy
It must be feeling left out, given the sudden love-in with a certain western province.

Let's see how many interesting things we can say about PEI.

One rule: potatoes, Anne of Green Gables and Confederation references are not allowed.
Home province of the 'country' singer that non-country fans in Canada can deal with. Think Skinners Pond.
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Old Jan 10th 2017, 6:36 pm
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Bleak in winter, expensive to come from due to the ferry, pretty houses cheap. Big red mud.
You obviously haven't been there recently. Regular ferry service stopped when the bridge was opened in 1997.
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Originally Posted by Souvy
You obviously haven't been there recently. Regular ferry service stopped when the bridge was opened in 1997.
I've never been there. Is the bridge free or does the same problem apply?
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Full of carnies that smell of cabbage, and have small hands.
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Old Jan 10th 2017, 6:39 pm
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Home province of the 'country' singer that non-country fans in Canada can deal with. Think Skinners Pond.
He was born in NB.
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Old Jan 10th 2017, 6:40 pm
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It made CNN's 'best places to visit in 2017' nuff said.

17 best places to visit in 2017 - CNN.com
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Old Jan 10th 2017, 6:48 pm
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I've never been there. Is the bridge free or does the same problem apply?
They charge you for leaving ( about $40 I believe )
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I've never been there. Is the bridge free or does the same problem apply?
I've never been there either. The bridge toll is $46.50 for a car, which puts it on a par with the Heathrow Express.
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When I visited in September, you don't pay to go to PEI but when you leave, you pay $70 for the ferry and $46 for the bridge toll.

Lots of farmland
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Darn, was going to mention Hope animal sactuary but their in NS.

PEI, it's the smallest Province yet one of the most beautiful, I think. I'd love to go there.

You can spin and create things from bunny wool, pick wild oysters and go out on a lobster boat, learn to play the spoons.
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Darn, was going to mention Hope animal sactuary but their in NS.

PEI, it's the smallest Province yet one of the most beautiful, I think. I'd love to go there.

You can spin and create things from bunny wool, pick wild oysters and go out on a lobster boat, learn to play the spoons.
So, the $46.50 is really a ransom? You have to pay it to be allowed to leave?
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Originally Posted by Souvy
He was born in NB.
True. I believe that a number of years were spent in Skinners Pond and that is where the Stompin' Tom museum was (now sadly closed down).

PEI does have a great potato museum..which on initial reflection could be construed as an oxymoron.
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Lots and lots of farmed mussels.
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