Today we headed out to the south west portion of the island. We drove out on Route 11 west of Summerside. We started at the Cape Egmont Lighthouse.
Unlike some of the other lighthouses, this one has no barrier at the edge of the cliffs.
It was built in 1884 and was manned until 1958.
Not far from the lighthouse is Fishing Cove Harbour, we made a quick stop to look for sea glass. There wasn’t much there only a few pieces.
Down the road from the lighthouse are the Bottle Houses. The last resident light keeper of the Cape Egmont Lighthouse built these houses when he was in his 60’s.
Here are the girls sitting in the Chapel.
The original houses were built in the 1980’s.
The original houses were rebuilt in the 1990’s due to damage to the foundations from the frost.
It is a pretty cool place to visit.
The next stop was the Notre Dame du Mont Carmel Church. It was built in 1898.
We walked through the cemetery, the majority of names were Gallant, Arsenault and Richard. It is an Acadian area of PEI.
Our first beach of the day was the Union Corner Provincial Park.
Angela’s shell collection.
No sea glass, but lots of shells and hermit crabs.
We stopped in Summerside for lunch, we ate at The Deck House Pub at Spinnaker’s Landing.
Susan in the stocks outside the pub.
Before we headed home we stopped at Argyle Shores Provincial Park, it is only about 10 minutes from the cottage but we had never stopped before.
It was low tide and the beach went on and on.
The girls washing off their flip flops in the waterfall. I think this waterfall is fed by a spring, unlike the one by our cottage that is fed by the heavy rains.
The grass actually ends at the top of the cliffs, it doesn’t transition to sand like the photo indicates.
I ran out to take this photo of the sunset. Tomorrow Gillian arrives for our second week on the island.
