Welcome to Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island (PEI) is as pretty as a storybook: Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic Anne of Green Gables, to be exact. Like Anne Shirley, the book's heroine, loved the world over, the island too is a redhead – from coast to coast, rich, sienna-colored soil nourishes luminous green pastures and shores are lined with rose and golden sand. Anne's beloved landscape, a patchwork of lush rolling fields, tidy gabled... Read More

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Canada turns 150: top 10 places to celebrate the Sesquicentennial

Canadians know how to throw a party. An annual calendar laced with festivals and holidays has given them plenty of practice for the Big One – the country’s Sesquicentennial. With 150 years under its belt as a nation, Canadians are already planning some of the biggest July 1st Canada Day celebrations the country has ever seen.

Canada celebrates 150 years of confederation in 2017 © Yanis Ourabah / Getty
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