Today was a bit overcast and cooler, so we decided to drive along the southern and southeastern sections of the East Coastal Drive. (We did much of the northern and northeastern side a couple days ago.) It ended up being a day of lighthouses! 😀
First stop, Point Prim ~ the oldest lighthouse on PEI built in 1845......and undergoing major repairs in 2026! 😂
Besides being the first lighthouse, it is constructed from brick, whereas the other lighthouses on PEI are wooden-framed.
Thanks to google, here is a picture of what the lighthouse looks like under all of that construction wrap:
A bit down the road is the Wood Islands Lighthouse built in 1876.....(Brad is searching for ships.) The Woods Islands Lighthouse was the last lighthouse on PEI where the last keep and his family lived in an attached keeper's residence (until 1981).
As we continued driving, we saw the ferry from Nova Scotia (75 minutes to cover 26km AKA 16 miles).
Then it was onto the Cape Bear Lighthouse (on the southernmost tip of PEI), built in 1881 and was one of the first wireless stations to receive a distress signal from the sinking Titanic.
It was here that Brad considered becoming a lobster fisher! 🦞
There were also some lovely views of the red sandstone cliffs......
We then drove a bit out of the way to Montague to have an excellent lunch at Copper Bottom Brewing, then back to see our final lighthouse: The Panmure Head Lighthouse, built in 1853 (out of wood and the second lighthouse built after Point Prim).
There were some beautiful views in this area......
We then stopped and walked along the beach.....
So that's four out of the 63 lighthouses on PEI! 😎 All-in-all, a lovely day even with some overcast skies and a bit of rain.
