In a world that stops for nobody, slow down on Canada’s Prince Edward Island. There’s no better place to get lost in your own thoughts than a 700km walking.
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On Prince Edward Island, in eastern Canada, a writer finds her rhythm, along with equal parts solitude and camaraderie, as she treks from inn to inn on part of a new 435-mile trail.
We are not to be found in the virtual racks of Best Beach Holiday Destinations.
This, like most sweeping generalizations, does not tell the whole story, however.
Canada has a bumper crop of beaches, if not the climate to enjoy them year-round, and the coronavirus that has clobbered those Caribbean sun plans is poised to give our oft-neglected shorelines their moment in the sun.
With some 250,000 km of coastline, it’s a geographic given that this country will have beaches worth boasting about.
Here a few worth investigating:
British Columbia’s wild west coast off Vancouver Island is raved about by surfers and nature worshippers for good reason. At the 49,000-hectare Pacific Rim National Park, Long Beach unspools 16 kilometres of lush foreshore between the communities of Ucluelet and Tofino and is renowned for its pounding waves and centuries-old First Nations heritage. You can spend entire days here walking the largely isolated beaches.