A 13-Kilmetre engineering marvel, the Confederation Bridge is a very quick, convenient and dramatic way to arrive or depart the Island. Connecting from New Brunswick, the Bridge brings you to the town of Borden-Carleton and the vistor centre/shopping complex at Gateway Village. The Bridge is open 24 hours a day and takes approximately 12 mintues to cross. Tolls are collected only when leaving the Island. An integral part of the Trans Canada Highway network, the 12.9 k ilometre Confederation Bridge is the longest bridge over ice-covered waters in the world. Officially opened on May 31, 1997. Strait corssing Bridge limited, the company that operates and maintains Confederation Bridge, is committed to 24 hour-a-day continuous Bridge Patrol and monitoring surveillance, and provides a safe environment while travelling between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

Northumberland Ferries depart from Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, on a schedule of about every hour and a half, offering a pleasant respite. The 75-minute trip, spent enjoying a chat and a snack, lounging on the deck and soaking up the sunshine and sea air and even some traditional "music on deck", is often considered a vacation highlight. Wood Islands is the gateway community to scenic and lively eastern Prince Edward Island. The fare for the farry is paid only when leaving the Island.

This exhibition invites you to explore L.M. Montgomery's life (1874-1942) and visual imagination through a sample of her personal scrapbook pages and book covers, found in five Canadian archival and museum collections. For the first time, viewers may see in one place a sample of the images Montgomery collected, created, and inspired, including souvenirs, photographs, and cover art. Known best for Anne of Green Gables and the Emily books, Montgomery is a person of national historic significance and a hero of the Twentieth Century: gifted author, diarist, photographer, letter writer, keeper of scrapbooks, and newspaper woman. Her public and private works show Canadian culture as she reflected and imagined it; the book covers suggest how some of her imaginings were interpreted and marketed. The images in this exhibition may give you special insight into the Canada Montgomery has made famous around the world. Dr. Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, founder of the L.M. Montgomery Institute at UPEI, is the curator of this virtual exhibition, which will be available on the world wide Web from August 2002 until August 2007.

P.E.I.'s provincail flower is the Lady Slipper. It is named the Lady Slipper because the petals form a shape that looks like a slipper. It blooms in late May and June and grows in shady, moist woodlands under Beechwood, Spruce and Pine trees.

The Blue Jay was voted in as the provincial bird of Prince Edward Island. It lives throughout North American and remains all year long. They are known for thier beautiful blue hood, wings and tail feathers and for the shrill noises that they make.

The Red Oak, P.E.I.'s provincial tree, was used by early settlers to make furnature and barrels because it is strong and heavy. The bark has lots of tanic acid in it which is used to make leather. The Red Oak is not as common on P.E.I. as it used to be because of people clearing the land.

The coat of arms od Prince Edward Island has the same symbols that are found on the flag. The motto, "PARVA SUB INGENTI" means "The small under the protection of the great".

Reddish brown=the reddish brown soil found on Prince Edward Island Green=the green grass and trees White=the white caps in the waves Yellow=the sun. Based upon the Armorial Bearings of Prince Edward Island, the flag contains a gold Heraldic Lion which also appeared on the Coat of Arms for Princee Edward Island, Duke of Kent (for whom the Province was named) and on that of King Edward VII, who granted the Bearings. Beneath the lion is a single plot of grass stand a mature Oak tree (the official tree od Prince Edward Island) which represents England and three smaller saplings on the left, repreaenting the 3 countries into which Prince Edward Island has been divided since 1767. Framing the flag on the three sides away from the mast are alternating bands of red and white, the official colors of Canada. Prince Edward Island is the smallest Canadian province. It is one of the three Maritime provinces along with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Pronce Edward Island is on the East coast of Canada. It is above Nova Scotia in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The population of Prince Edward Island is 136 000 (1998). The capital city is Charlottetown. On the flag of Prince Edward Island there is the Royal Lion at the top. This lion was also on the coat of arms for Prince Edward which the island was named after. At the bottom there is a large oak tree which stands for the oak trees in Endland and three small oak trees which stand for 3 countries in P.E.I. (Kings, Queens and Prince). The island at the bottom stands for England and P.E.I. which are both islands.

One of the most famous island artists of all time he was born in Saint John New Brunswick on Febuary 9th, 1936. He grew up living with his mother until child aid took him away from her. He was then adopted by the Aylward family from a little place called Skinners Pond P.E.I. He lived with them until he began hitchiking at the age of 15 just him and his guitar. Over the next 13 years he seen every corner of Canada, while writing songs and working from town to town. His songs were often about people he met and places he'd visited. Toms luck finally struck when he was too poor to afford a beer at a hotel in Timmins Ontario. The bar tender offered him a beer in exchange for a few songs, which inturn started a 13 month contract playing at the hotel, along with weekly appearance on CKGB radio station and eight 45-rpm recordings, which was the beginning for Stompin Tom Conners.