Today we were up early to get on the road to the west side of the Island. We drove part of the North Cape Coastal drive. We headed for West Point to see the black and white lighthouse. It was built in 1875 and went electric and de-staffed in 1963. In 88 years of being staffed, it only had two light keepers.
The girls found a crab that was still alive.
The West Point Lighthouse has a Lighthouse Museum inside and there is an inn attached to the lighthouse. This is the tallest lighthouse on the island.
This is the Keeper’s Room, it is one of the rooms available to rent for $175/night.
Claudia up to the third floor.
Claudia heading back down from the top of the lighthouse.
The light.
This was a good lighthouse to visit. It gives a lot of history of the lighthouses and definitely worth the drive.
From West Point we continued up the coast along Route 14 and made our way to North Cape at the very tip of the northwest part of the Island. Along with the North Point Lighthouse, there is the Wind Energy Interpretive Centre.
The North Cape Wind Energy Interpretive Centre.
The North Point Lighthouse was built in 1865, it went electric in 1962 but wasn’t de-staffed until 1967.
The Wind Energy Institute of Canada is located at North Cape where they test all kinds of wind turbines.
A common theme throughout the interpretive centre.
Angela creating some pedal power energy.
A life size replica of the nacelle and blades.
We did the North Cape Trail and it brings you to the base of some of the wind turbines.
Gillian with the dangerous cliffs warning sign.
A lobster trap washed up on shore.
An actual nacelle that holds the gearbox and generator. It is huge up close.
A blade from the turbine.
On our way back home we stopped in O’Leary which is home to the Canadian Potato Museum.
A display on all of the diseases that the potato can catch, note the little coffin like displays.
Different type of potatoes.
The museum had information on the history of the potato in PEI, as well as machinery , and all things potato.
Angela doing her Atlas impersonation holding the giant potato on her back.
After dinner we went down to the beach for low tide. We didn’t have very long, as it would get dark before the tide was right out.
Susan found a starfish.
I found another one.
And a crab that was barely alive.
We ended the night with another fire, there was no wind tonight.