The West Side called the North Cape

Today was our last day on PEI and we had the north west part of the province to do.

We headed off and visited Green Park, the Tyne Valley and Bideford the home for awhile of Lucy Maude Montgomery. We came across some fishermen harvesting Irish Moss in Cascumpec Bay. Harvesting takes place from boats or by the traditional method using horse-drawn rakes in the surf and on the shore. This seaweed is used in the food industry in jellies, ice cream and also for skin conditioning products. We felt lucky to have been able to watch them.

They rake up the seaweed, clean out all the debris and keep the rest, we saw trucks in the afternoon full of seaweed.

From here we went to Northport which is the Blue Heron capital but we only saw one blue heron.

Across the bay on an island at the head of the Northport Harbor is the Cascumpec Lighthouse over 150 years old.

We stopped for lunch at the Jacques Cartier Provincial Park, here is where he landed first off in PEI and said it was the fairest of lands.

At the very northern part of the island is North Cape and the wind was blowing so hard, there is a big windmill experimental station here.

The St. Lawrence River and the Northumberland Straight meet here and the waters were battling each other.

And then along comes an elephant seal, what a surprise.

Down the road is Skinners Pond, home of Stompin' Tom Connors

And you could look back to see all the windmills at the Cape.

Further down the road we found some more windmills.

And more wonderful scenery.

But I could not leave the island without one last lighthouse, isn't it a beauty.