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Family Time Prince Edward Island

Family Time

Published July 22, 2024 | Tourism PEI
Categories: Outdoor Activities

Prince Edward Island is a family-friendly place with tons of budget-friendly adventures. Here are a few treasured ideas:

Discover the parkland near Montague where the buffalo roam.

Step into the sound booth at the Stompin’ Tom Centre to record your family’s version of the Hockey Song.

Take in a movie at a drive-in either in Summerside or Brackley. Make a date with Brendon “The PEI Spoon Guy” Peters to learn the lost art of spoon playing.

Leave us a memento by affixing a lock to the LOVE sign at the end of Queen Street in Charlottetown.

Grab your mountain bikes or rent them for an adventure at the Mark Arendz Brookvale Activity Park

Tour the Cape Bear Lighthouse where the first distress signal to Canada was received from the Titanic.

Meet happy Griswold and the entire herd in Birch Hill at Green Gables Alpacas – it’s a ‘packa’ fun.

Pick fresh strawberries, raspberries or blueberries at a u-pick in summer or visit a farmer’s market to find out what’s in season.

Play mailbox eye spy. See who can spot the most interesting mailboxes along country roads.

Always Yours art installation, Cavendish
Cape Bear Lighthouse
Baldwin Road, mailbox, bike, flowers

Become a citizen scientist – snap and submit a “Coastie” at the PEI National Park.

Sip a yummy floaTEA at the PEI Fox Den.

Find a unique backdrop for a family photo at the “Always Yours” art installation in Cavendish.

Learn to Loom Knit with Margaret of Knit Pickers - Ewe’ll love it!

Enjoy high tea at the Blue Winds Tea Room or Tyne Valley Teas Café. Dress fine or fancy-free!

Visit Hannah’s Bottle Village in Point Prim and support the regional children’s hospital.

Cool off on a hot day a splash pad in O'Leary, Summerside, Cavendish, Charlottetown, Stratford et à Montague.

Visit the storybook characters at King’s Castle Provincial Park.

Visit the oldest house in the north shore area and quite possibly the entire province – the Doucet House.

Collect seashells along our endless seashores.

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