Tag: culture
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The Potato
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Ever heard of Potato Fudge? Come to Prince Edward Island. The potato is one of their claims to fame. And you can taste and buy potato fudge., PEI is located north of Maine; the potato was cultivated by the Incas in Peru over 1800 years ago. How did it migrate? Spanish conquistadors are said…
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Paro
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Paro is known as the Gateway to Bhutan. Not far from the airport sits the Rinpung Dzong or Paro Dzong, a fortress monastery that watches over the Paro Valley. It is the religious and administrative center of the region. While the word “Dzong” means fortress, each dzong includes a Buddhist monastery, which…
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Lighthouses of PEI
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If you love lighthouses, then Prince Edward Island (PEI) is the place to visit. With 1,100 km (683.51 mi) of coastline, PEI has the highest concentration of light houses in North America. Canada’s smallest province, PEI is 224 km (139 mi) long and is surrounded by the Gulf of St. Lawrence…
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Searching our Family
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Our first trip was to Central PEI. We were looking for Margate which turned out to be a wide spot in the road with a church and a few houses. It was at the cemetery beside the Southwest River United Church that we hit the jackpot! We found many graves of the…