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The Northumberland Strait is home to many fishing vessels, although the designs here differ from the Nova Scotia inspired Cape Islander. The elegant Northumberland fishing boat is built at boat shops on the Strait in all three Maritime Provinces.
Sharing the Strait area is a ferry that shuttles back and forth between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Woods Island, PEI. Boaters cruising east along the Strait need to be aware of this larger vessel crossing.
Once on the eastern side of the Island, there are several marinas to visit, including Murray Harbour, Montague, Cardigan and Souris, where a nearby provincial fisheries museum is a place to visit.
On Eastern PEI, boaters will find a change of scenery as some of these marinas are accessed through inland, tall-banked rivers. The distance from Charlottetown to Montague, almost mid-way up the eastern side of the Island, is 62 nautical miles. The north shore of the Island, which takes one into the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, offers boaters another experience, less sheltered but marked by sweeping capes and gorgeous sand beaches.
Most popular among those beaches, mid-way along the north shore is Cavendish.
Cavendish not only has a spectacular beach, it is also referred to on the Island as "Anne's Land," because it is where the famed house that inspired the Anne of Green Gables story still sits.
Just west of Cavendish is Stanley Bridge, where there is a marina and a marine aquarium. West of Stanley Bridge is Southwest River, near New London, which will play host to the Canada Summer Games rowing competition during week one, followed by canoeing and kayaking during week two, August 23-29.
Further west is Malpeque Bay, a scenic and busy fishing port, and a key spot for bluefin tuna fishermen. Boating northwest takes you to Cape North, where a national wind interpretive centre is located, and this completes your tour of the island.
The Northumberland Strait borders New Brunswick's eastern Acadian shore to the west, northern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island to the east, and the heartland of Prince Edward Island to the north. It is a body of water that is sandy, warm and shallow, with very few rocks, and is virtually fog-free.
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