Confederation Trail Interpretive Panels
At 449 kilometres in length, Prince Edward Island’s Confederation Trail is lined with close to 250 interpretative panels in English and French. Together, the main trail from Tignish to Elmira and branch trails is one lengthy collection of architectural, historical, natural and geographical facts and stories about Prince Edward Island.
Panels are organized by trail section with the approximate location noted by kilometre marker. Click into each album to view and read panels and jump to any section of interest using the links below.
Tignish to O'Leary I O'Leary to Wellington I Wellington to Hunter River I Hunter River to Morell I Morell to Elmira I Branches: Borden-Carleton I Charlottetown I Montague I Murray Harbour I Wood Islands I Georgetown I Souris
Tignish to O'Leary
- North Cape Reef, Wind Power, the Settlement of Tignish, St. Simon & St. Jude Roman Catholic Church and the PEI Railway Comes To Tignish - 0 KM
- Train Wreck Near Tignish and Tank Pond - 2 KM
- Irish Moss at Miminegash and Trail Bridges - 11 KM
- Gordon’s Hydro Electric and the Esker At Huntley - 17 KM
- Stone Station, Northport, Alberton Museum & Genealogy and the Black Fox Industry - Alberton
- The Last Pole Standing - 24 KM / The Corner - 27 KM
- Bloomfield and McAusland’s Woolen Mill - 35 KM
- Beaver - 41 KM
- The Potato Museum and O’Leary - 43 KM
O'Leary to Wellington
- Trout Unlimited Prince County Chapter - 43 KM / Railway Accidents - 44 KM
- Old Man's Beard and White Pine - 48 KM
- Portage Wildlife Management Area and Derelict Railway Stations - 59 KM
- Bideford Parsonage, Lennox Island First Nation and the Oyster Industry - 71 KM / Railway Date Stones - 72 KM
- Green Park and Miscouche Wetland - 74 KM
- Royal Canadian Air Force Summerside - 83 KM
- White Ash and American Elm - 87 KM
- Wellington Station and the Evangeline Region - 90 KM
Wellington to Hunter River
- Wetland at St. Nicholas and Eastern White Cedar - 95 KM
- Saint John the Baptist Church and the Acadian Museum - 101 KM @ Miscouche
- The Summerside Fire of 1906, RT Holman, Summerside Ferries and the Railway in Summerside - 109 KM
- College of Piping & Celtic Performing Arts Centre - 111 KM / Railway Stations and Hedgerows Have A Purpose - 114 KM
- Island Fertilizers Inc. - 118 KM / Indian River Festival - 122 KM
- Kensington and the Railway, M.F. Schurman and the Striped Skunk - 123 KM
- John A. Hogg Kensington Public Forest and Mill Valley - 125 KM
- The Atlantic Flyway - 130 KM / Freetown and the Harvest Excursions - 131 KM
- The Potato Industry and the First Trail User, Tip-to-Tip - 136 KM
- County Line to Iceboats, Emerald Junction Summerfest and Breadalbane - 137 KM
- Rolling Hills and Elliot's - 143 KM
- Railway Station Names - 146 KM
- Farm Underpasses - 150 KM
- Black Bridge - 154 KM
Hunter River to Morell
- Loyalist Road - 154 KM / Beach Hotels - 155 KM
- PEI Snowmobile Association - 159 KM
- Trestles and Culvert Dates - 164 KM
- Fishing Creeks and Streams & the Trans Canada Trail Discovery program - 170 KM
- "Sinuosities” - 172 KM
- Urban Trail & Names and the Railway - 176 KM
- Pink Lady's Slipper & Mammals of PEI - 177 KM / Reptiles of PEI - 181 KM
- Little York and Vesey’s Seed Co. - 182 KM
- Bogs, Bedford Station and the Glenaladale Settlers - 191 KM
- Hillsborough River and Salt Marshes - 200 KM
- Railway Branches, Hillsborough River Eco-Centre and the Marsh - 204 KM @ Mount Stewart / Global Warming - 205 KM
- Bishop A B MacEachern, Little Round Holes in the Trail & Acadians and the Saltmarshes - 206 KM
- The Love of Horses Runs Deep & the Medicinal Spring - 207 KM
- Excursion Trains, St. Peter's Harbour & Morell and the Co-op Movement - 219 KM
Morell to Elmira
- Melville Bridge, Spotted Joe-Pye Weed, the Great Blue Heron, Cow Parsnip & ‘Mudding” - 220 KM
- Along the Shore of St. Peter's Bay - 227 KM / Rope Cultured Mussels - 228 KM
- Head of St. Peter's Bay, Shore and Water Birds & Greenwich - 230 KM
- Five Houses - 232 KM
- Cow River Wetlands - 234 KM
- Wild Blueberry Festival & Larkin’s Pond Wildlife Management Area - 236 KM
- Ruffed Grouse - 250 KM
- The Early Railway at Souris
- Artesian Aquifer & New Harmony Junction - 257 KM / New Harmony Water Tank - 259
- Fountain Head - 260 KM / Singing Sands - 265 KM
- Borrow-Pit Ponds - 271 KM
- A Well-Traveled Station, Elmira Railway Museum, the End of the Line at Elmira & East Point - 273 KM
Borden-Carleton Branch
- Iceboat Service – BC 0
- Excursion Trains & Trestles – BC 1
- Scales Hydro Electric Company Limited – BC 4
- Kinkora & Agriculture in Kinkora – BC 6
- Milkweed & Bud’s. Blossoms, Berries and Birds – BC 7
- Port Borden, Dual Gauge Railway, Confederation Bridge & Gateway Village – BC 18
Charlottetown
- Captain Samuel Holland, Charlottetown Royalty & Royalty Junction – C0
- Railway Tanker Cars & Cemetery Station – C2
- Foxes in Urban Fringes – C4
- University of Prince Edward Island – C5
- Island Nature Trust & Charlottetown Experimental Farm – C6
- Hillsborough Bridge & Island Trails - C8
Montague
- Grain Elevators – M2
- Brudenell Bridge – M4
- Jean Pierre Roma – M5
- Turntables & Wyes, Railway Comes To Montague & Montague River Ferry Service – M9
- Garden of the Gulf Museum, Three Rivers, A Canadian Heritage River & Montague Bridge – M10
Murray Harbour
- The Hillsborough Bridge and Southport Ferry – MH3
- Fullerton’s Marsh – MH 6
- Mount Herbert & Hillsborough Consolidated – MH 11
- Trans Canada Trail - MH12 / Hazelbrook Station - MH14
- Mount Mellick Marsh & Railway Datestones - MH16
- A Second Junction - MH 24
- The Vernon River Loop - MH 30
- Orwell Corner Historic Village & Sir Andrew Mcphail Homestead - MH 37
- Murray Harbour Branch, Iona, Railway Sidings & the Gaelic Express – MH 44
- Melville Bridge & the Virtues of Patience - MH 58 / Melville - MH 59
- Canada Goose, Stone Culverts, Eastern Larch & Blueberry Barrens - MH 62
- Angelica & Getting the Train to the Track - MH 74
- Train Disaster – MH 75 / Woodpeckers on the Trail - MH 78
- Turntables and Wyes - MH 79
- Cape Bear Lighthouse & the Fishery at Murray Harbour - MH 80
Wood Islands
- Eastern Hemlock – WI 1
- Wood Islands Light house – WI 3
- Wood Island Trail Head – WI 4
- The Wood Islands Ferry & Wood Islands Trail – WI 10
Georgetown
- Eastern Hemlock – WI 1
- Wood Islands Light house – WI 3 / Wood Island Trail Head – WI 4
- The Wood Islands Ferry & Wood Islands Trail – WI 10
- Changing an Estuary & the Bald Eagle Festival – G1
- Apple Trees Along the Trail – G2
- Wild Roses & St. Teresa Memorial Garden – G 11
- MacKenna’s Marsh & 48 Road: The Road to Lot 48 - G20
- Butterflies & Showy Lady Slipper – G22
- Railway Water Tanks & Station Master’s Houses - G29
- Cardigan Bridge – G 29
- White Oak & Brudenell Island - G33
- Georgetown’s New Railway Station, Senator A.A. MacDonald, Georgetown Summer Ferries, the Railway in Georgetown – G 39
Souris
- Grant Road Woodlot – S1
- Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Church - S6
- Matthew and McLean – S8
- Iles-De-la-Madeleine & the Early Railway at Souris – S9