Charlottetown Travel Guide

Prince Edward Island National Park is a magnificent coastal nature reserve on Canada's smallest province. Featuring red sandstone cliffs, white sand beaches, dune ecosystems and the literary shrine of Green Gables — one of Canada's Atlantic provinces' most popular national parks. About 40 km of coastline with iconic red cliffs and white sand beaches. Hiking trails through dunes, wetlands and forests; bird watching (endangered piping plovers). Green Gables — inspiration for L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables — is a Canadian literary pilgrimage site. Visiting for red cliffs and white sand on the Atlantic coast is a poetic Canadian experience.

Cavendish Beach is the signature shore of Prince Edward Island National Park, famous for its long red-sand beach, warm shallow water and iconic red-and-white lighthouses. It also inspired Lucy Maud Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables'; nearby green cliffs, dunes and lavender fields complete the scene. At low tide the broad flats are perfect for family swimming, shelling and sunset watching.