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| | Prince Edward Island |
 | | Prince Edward Island has no cheap local source of energy, such as coal or petroleum. | | | However, they are made less severe by the fact that the Island is near the Atlantic Ocean. | | | About 300 escaped deportation and were the ancestors of the more than 11 000 Acadians living on the Island today. |
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http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=J0006481
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| | Prince Edward Island Lighthouses |
| | The Prince Edward Island Lighthouse Society works for the preservation of the island's light stations. | | | This is the oldest lighthouse on the island and the only round brick lighthouse in Canada. | | | As far as I know, the society does not have a web site of its own. |
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http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/pei.htm
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| | Atlas - Prince Edward Island |
| | This low percentage of young people is particularly noticeable around the top of the age pyramid where the discrepancies with the total population are relatively significant for both adults and over 65s. | | | British since 1763, the Island became massively anglophone. | | | Acadian and francophone entrepreneurs make up 12.1 percent of the francophone labor force. |
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http://franco.ca/atlas/francophonie/english/impre.cfm?Id=12
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| | The Island Register Ships Page |
| | Before the storm had abated, on the 5th of October, 74 to 80 sailing vessels had been driven ashore, or had been destroyed at sea, with a loss of between 150 to 160 lives. | | | "The Survivor, Wreck and Salvage of the Turret Bell" 1906 "The Island Magazine" Number 24 Fall/Winter 1988, pg 11 - 13. | | | "The Last Survivor - The Brig Sela" June 1859 - 1919 "The Island Magazine" Fall/Winter 1991 pg 9 - 11. |
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http://www.islandregister.com/ships.html#Lists
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| | MSN Encarta - Prince Edward Island |
| | Introduction; Physical Geography; Economic Activities; The People of Prince Edward Island; Government; History | | | Few places on the island are further than 8 km (5 mi) from the sea or a tidal inlet. | | | Prince Edward Island lies in a portion of the Gulf of St. Lawrence Plain, which is a subdivision of the Appalachian Region, a landform that dominates eastern North America. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761573989
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| | PEI Cottages - Prince Edward Island Cottages |
| | The region features many well maintained lighthouses that are open to the public; visit Point Prim Canada’s oldest round brick lighthouse, Wood Islands Lighthouse, Panmure Island Lighthouse, and The Cape Bear Lighthouse. | | | A Cottage by the Sea is the perfect place to come home to after a day spent exploring the Island. | | | You can enjoy the spectacular ocean view from the Island's peaceful and relaxed country setting. |
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http://www.peislandcottages.com
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| | Prince Edward Island |
| | Feel free to email me with your comments about Prince Edward Island. | | | The Island also has some of North America's most pristine beaches. | | | The qualities of the Island haven't gone unnoticed in the business world. |
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http://www.designstop.com/free_stuff/free_sets/peiwinter/pei.htm
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| | Prince Edward Island |
| | He has since entered the Society of Jesus. | | | MacDonald of Sleat had given in his allegiance to the new religion, and for his refusal to espouse the cause of the exiled king had been created Lord MacDonald of the Isles in the Irish peerage. | | | Upon arriving on the Island, the Highlanders had no capital with which to buy land and found themselves entangled in “the land question” that has marked Island history. |
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http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/prince_edward.htm
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| | The Island Register - P.E.I. (Prince Edward Island) Genealogy |
| | The "Island Register" is your "Number 1" on-line source for P.E.I. Genealogy, with over 878 P.E.I. lineages, and 4500+ documents online. | | | This choice will send you to a listing of many Pioneer P.E.I. families, with information on how they arrived on the Island, and on their descendants. | | | Wonderful news as of February 10th - most if not all newsletter subscribers on AOL began receiving their newsletter again. |
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http://www.islandregister.com
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| | Prince Edward Island |
| | To return to the sd71 home page click here. | | | The population of Prince Edward Island is 136 000 (1998). | | | Prince Edward Island is on the East coast of Canada. |
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http://sd71.bc.ca/Sd71/Edulinks/Canada/peiindex.htm
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| | Prince Edward Island Pay Phones |
| | This section contains pay phone numbers from Prince Edward Island that people have sent to me. Click here to read the explanation of how to read the Pay Phone Directory. | | | Prince Edward Island is a part of the 902 area code. | | | This page last updated Sunday January 22, 2006 21:43:20 PST |
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http://www.payphone-directory.org/paype.html
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| | Prince Edward Island |
| | From there we drove to the Victoria Seaport Lighthouse Museum, the lighthouse is really big and we climbed all the way up to the top and saw far across Prince Edward Island. | | | As we where going their we saw all the beautiful but the soil was a little red we did not know why, the ground was also bumpy and a there were a lot of rocks. | | | We saw a monument to Jacques Cartier who discovered Prince Edward Island. |
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http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/canada/princeedwardisland.htm
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| | PEGenWeb Page |
| | Prince Edward Island Provincial Archives - Home Page! | | | The Eastern/West Prince Graphic - Publications of Island Press | | | For anyone looking for an excellent map of Prince Edward Island, one should consider the "Prince Edward Island Road Atlas", put out by the Dept. of Forestry of P.E.I. All roads are shown in its 64 pages, and very high detail is shown of each map grid. |
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http://www.islandregister.com/pegenweb.html
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| | About Prince Edward Island |
| | Map: The National Atlas of Canada - PEI | | | - read about Prince and Eddy's Island Adventures | | | SchoolNet Digital Collections Program - Learn about the many names given to PEI, the first inhabitants, and scroll down for PEI's song. |
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http://www.get2knowcanada.ca/get2_pe.htm
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| | Prince Edward Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Roughly one thousand Acadians on the island, many having already fled a British-ordered expulsion of Acadians in the mainland British colony of Nova Scotia in 1755, were subsequently deported in 1758 when the British seized Île Saint-Jean during the Seven Years' War. | | | Prince Edward Island was originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people. | | | As part of the French colony of Acadia, the island was called Île Saint-Jean. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island
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| | Prince Edward Island |
| | The Island's deep red soil has always been its most striking feature and important resource and together with the sea has been the mainstay of the population since the early 18th century. | | | The Island makes up only 0.1% of Canada's total land area, and although the population is less than 0.5% of the Canadian total, it is the most concentrated in the country, with nearly 23 persons per square kilometre. | | | In spite of its high density the Island is the second-most rural province in the nation (after Nunavut), as 44.8% of the population is classed as urban. |
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http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&TCE_Version=A&ArticleId=A0006481&MenuClosed=0
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| | Prince Edward Island |
| | In the mid-1950s it is reported that the lieutenant-governor's flag was used both at his residence and on his car. | | | Dispatches of the Lieutenant-Governor to the Secretary of State in the Public Archives of Prince Edward Island: Accession No. R.G. 1, Item No. Vol 80. | | | Executive Council Minutes of January 6, 1875, in the Public Archives of Prince Edward Island. |
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http://fraser.cc/FlagsCan/Provinces/PEI.html
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| | PEI Vacation Property Rentals |
| | The tourism industry is not new to the Island as people have been coming here for the summers for over a century. | | | In years past on PEI when a Catholic married a Protestant that was what was referred to as "a mixed marriage". | | | This area is a well-kept secret where one can avoid the crowds in a quiet and lovely part of the Island. |
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http://www.peisland.com
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| | The Prince Edward Island Department Of Community and Cultural Affairs |
| | The census searches for 1891 and 1901 are a joint project of the Public Archives and Records Office and the Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society. | | | The Official Website of the Government of Prince Edward Island, Canada. | | | This site provides valuable information about the people of Prince Edward Island for those interested in genealogy, history, and the geography of the colony of Prince Edward Island in the 19th and early-20th centuries. |
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http://www.edu.pe.ca/paro/census
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| | Same-sex marriage in Prince Edward Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This page was last modified 18:19, 8 February 2006. | | | On December 10, 2004, Premier Pat Binns stated that his government would wait for federal legislation to resolve the issue. | | | The first same-sex couple to wed on Prince Edward Island were Dr. Chris Zarow and Constance Majeau on August 20, 2005, as reported in the Guardian (the Island's main newspaper). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Prince_Edward_Island
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| | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| | Capital and main port of Prince Edward Island, Canada, situated on the south side of the island on Hillsborough Bay&; population (2001 est) 32,200. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | It is the home of the University of Prince Edward Island (1969), which was formed from a merger between Prince of Wales College and St Dunstan's University&; it also includes the Atlantic Veterinary College. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Charlottetown,+Prince+Edward+Island
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| | Prince Edward Island. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | the island’s economy was relatively stable, although lack of energy and technology caused it to lag behind the rest of Canada. | | | Jacques Cartier wrote enthusiastically about it after landing there in 1534. | | | The Micmac lived on the island before Europeans arrived. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/pr/PrinceEd.html
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| | PEI Council Camps |
| | Below you will find some detailed information about each of these camps. | | | Prince Edward Island has three excellent all season camping facilities, Buchan, Riverdale, and Kildare. | | | Baden Powell spoke of camping as "the Scouter's great opportunity" and said "in camp you will learn more about your boys in a few days than in many months of ordinary meetings." |
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| | Cruise Critic Destinations: Prince Edward Island |
| | The historical significance of this peaceful island, lies in being the site where Canada was officially born as well as being home to the famous fictional character of "Anne of Green Gables," created by native author L.M. Montgomery. | | | This file may be downloaded for personal use only. | | | Prince Edward Island is eminently suitable for driving tours; the tourism office has mapped them out for you already and you can mix and match (based on proximity) regions that have been given illustrative names. |
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http://www.cruisecritic.com/ports/newport.cfm?ID=35
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| | Islands.com Prince Edward Island |
| | Prince Edward Island does itself proud with one of the best travel sites on the internet. | | | Practical, entertaining, and superbly organized, this official visitors' guide, it also includes video features, perhaps the best collection of photos of any island website (hundreds of which can be downloaded for computer "wallpaper" or screen savers) – and maps that can be downloaded to a Palm-compatible PDA. | | | Stretching the full length of the 180-mile-long island, the Rails to Trails conversion is mostly flat, and paved with finely crushed stone. |
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http://www.islands.com/princeedward
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| | Prince Edward Island (Canada) |
| | The Prince Edward Island badge according to Admiralty and Colonial Office papers, was not approved for use on a flag until 1878. | | | The flag was established by 'An Act Respecting the Provincial Flag, Chapter 11, Laws of Prince Edward Island' which received Royal Assent on 24 March 1964, with the schedule therein contained describing the flag as follows: | | | The 1988 act has been replaced by a new legislation made necessary by the supporters etc. granted by the Governor General in a warrant dated 26. |
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http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/ca-pe.html
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| | Prince Edward Island Bike Tour |
| | Prince Edward Island may be the smallest province in the world’s second largest country, but its bounty from land and sea is both famous and prized throughout the culinary world, from New York to Tokyo. | | | But not to be outdone, keep an eye out for oyster fishermen and women working their nets in the island rivers. | | | We’ll taste the best that the island has to offer, and that's saying something. |
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http://www.pedalandseaadventures.com/pei-bike-tour.html
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| | Prince Edward Island: Visitors Guide Front Page |
| | The Official Website of the Government of Prince Edward Island, Canada. | | | There are so many ways to experience our Island. | | | Check out today's weather, festivals and events, and more. |
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| | Prince Edward Island Flags geographic.org PEI Flag |
| | This flag of Prince Edward Island is intended for representational purposes and no claim to technical accuracy is made. | | | Click on the link above to read the terms for use of this Prince Edward Island flag on your web page. |
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http://www.geographic.org/flags/new1/prince_edward_island_flags.html
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| | Where do you want to go birding in Prince Edward Island today? |
| | Once a site has been formally identified as an IBA the site name is linked to a one-page site summary. | | | PEI Trip Reports - a number of Prince Edward Island trip reports | | | Watching the Birds of the Island - In all there are about 333 species of |
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| | CBC Prince Edward Island |
| | The Liberal Party of Canada will vote for a new leader during a convention Dec. 2-3 in Montreal, the party's national executive announced Sunday. | | | An indepth look at the state of health care on Prince Edward Island. | | | On weekends you can find recent local news headlines here. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/pei
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| | Lawn Bowling |
| | The Prince Edward Island Lawn Bowling Association invites all visitors and local people to try the game, we're sure you'll enjoy the game and who knows you may get to like it. | | | Prince Edward Island is the proud owner of one of the best Lawn Bowling green in Eastern Canada. | | | To promote and encourage fair play in the sport at club level and at National level. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3569/hompage.html
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| | About Prince Edward Island Branch |
| | CBA-PEI is the voice of and for the profession and its primary purpose is to serve its members. | | | The Prince Edward Island Branch of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA-PEI) is the essential ally of members of the legal profession. | | | The CBA-PEI promotes fair justice systems, including equal consideration, respect and access, as well as facilitating effective law reform for the benefit of all. |
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http://www.cba.org/pei/Main
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| | Prince Edward Island, Canada current local time from WorldTimeServer.com |
| | A comprehensive list of other locations in addition to Prince Edward Island, Canada is also available which you can view current time by country name or by city name. | | | Convert a specific time in Prince Edward Island, Canada to your local time | | | Prince Edward Island, Canada current local time from WorldTimeServer.com |
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http://www.worldtimeserver.com/time.asp?locationid=CA-PE
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| | The University of Prince Edward Island, UPEI, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| | The University of Prince Edward Island, UPEI, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | | | This page was last updated on Friday, March 17, 2006. | | | Copyright the University of Prince Edward Island © 2005 All Rights Reserved |
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http://welcome.upei.ca
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| | PEI Masonic Family-Freemasonry on PEI |
| | There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. | | | Powered by XOOPS 2.0 © 2001-2004 The XOOPS Project | | | Welcome to the web site of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Prince Edward Island, which also provides links to or information on the entire family of Freemasonry’s Concordant and Related Bodies active in this Jurisdiction (Craft Lodges, York Rite, Scottish Rite, Eastern Star, etc.). |
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http://www.freemasonry.pe.ca
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| | Welcome To Prince Edward Island |
| | CAP - Prince Edward Island's Community Access Project | | | Prince Edward Island's Up To Date News Releases | | | The Island Register - PEI History - Art - Literature - Genealogy |
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http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/3649/pei.html
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| | Workers Compensaton Board: Workers Compensation Board |
| | For more information about Prince Edward Island, Canada, consult the Government of PEI website. | | | WCB exists to promote safe workplaces and to protect employers and injured workers through a sustainable accident insurance program. |
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| | Elections PEI: Home Page |
| | Official results and the Report of the Chief Electoral Officer | | | Details on nominations and voting are now available. | | | The province conducted a plebiscite vote on a Mixed Member Proportional Representation System for Prince Edward Island on November 28, 2005. |
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http://www.electionspei.ca
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| | Prince Edward Island |
| | Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island -Trial Division | | | Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island - Appeal Division | | | Please note: For further information, public notaries and lawyers |
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http://www.canlii.org/pe/index_en.html
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| | Prince Edward Island CAP - News |
| | In conclusion, CAP sites in Prince Edward Island are very active and are constantly endeavoring to increase their activity and participation in any project that is considered beneficial to it or its community. | | | The job is a career beginning position, and I probably could not have obtained it without the people that I knew through the CAP program. | | | “This new E-Farm Portal will position Prince Edward Island as a research and development test-bed for emerging wireless and web-based services and other farming-related technologies,” said Minister McGuire. |
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| | National Engineering Week - APEPEI - Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown, PEI |
| | As part of National Engineering Week, the Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island (APEPEI) holds contests and events for all PEI students. | | | If you wish to learn more about the activities and contests that are taking place at the National level please visit the National Engineering Week web site of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers at www.new-sng.com. | | | Each year Canadians coast to coast take part in various activities to increase awareness of the importance of engineering in our everyday lives and to encourage young people to consider engineering as their career choice. |
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http://www.apepei.com/ntlengweek.asp
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| | Virtual Tours of Prince Edward Island |
| | Most of all, come and visit our Island where we'll make you feel right at home. | | | We've created a number of tours which you can take to explore the Island. | | | Take your time and explore the island where the Fathers of Confederation met to create Canada; where Lucy Maud Montgomery lived and immortalized the Island in Anne of Green Gables; where there are kilometres of quiet and secluded beaches, great restaurants, comfortable accommodations, and activities for the entire family. |
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http://www.peisland.com/vtours/tourhome.htm
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