Welcome to Canada's MOST CHARMING provincial capital! (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) 🇨🇦

A half hour's drive off the Canadian mainland in the calm waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence lies Canada's smallest province of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown, its diminutive provincial capital (Canada's smallest!) is a pleasant place filled with Victorian-era architecture, pristine boulevards, a splendid waterfront, and a hip, trendy vibe that would make any millennial feel right at home. Look past the mainly Anne of Green Gables-themed tourist kitsch and you'll find a friendly, welcoming, and fast-growing New England-like community of Maritimers that offers some of the best restaurants, breweries, and hospitality in Canada; a completely unpretentious capital that is small in size, but big on charm.
In this video, I take you around some of Charlottetown's most iconic attractions, from Victoria Row with charming shops and the excellent Receiver Coffee, to the historic St. Dunstan's Basilica, to the Province House National Historic Site, where Canada's Confederation was born. No visit to Charlottetown is complete without sampling its food, and there's no better place to do so than the Brickhouse Kitchen & Bar. There, I sampled some of the island's best seafood, including a bowl of its signature PEI mussels. I also visited the excellent PEI Brewing Company to learn a bit about beer production on the island and sample a tipple of the local brew, sampled some excellent potato-based fudge from Oh Fudge PEI, and enjoyed some of Canada's best ice cream at Prince Edward Island's famous Cow's Creamery before heading back to my beautiful boutique hotel - the Hotel on Pownal - to rest up before catching the ferry to Maritime Quebec the following day.
00:00 Intro
00:47 Downtown Charlottetown
03:26 Cow's Ice Cream
05:07 Victorian Row & Receiver Coffee
06:28 Anne of Green Gables
07:09 St. Dunstan's Basilica
08:15 Province House
08:47 Charlottetown Waterfront
10:27 Brickhouse Kitchen & Bar
16:19 Oh Fudge PEI
17:28 Beaconsfield Heritage District
19:29 PEI Brewing Company
23:11 Outro / Bus to Souris
Vlog Number 191 | #NorthAmerica #Canada #PrinceEdwardIsland | #Charlottetown | Filmed September 2023
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PEI Brewing Company - peibrewingcompany.com/
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[@salmajama9431]

thank you for your nice trip to this beautiful island

[@DrifterDave]

You’re welcome!!

[@Mnovius0]

Love this! Am visiting in September so have taken note of the spots you recommend! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@DrifterDave]

Glad that you found the video useful! I hope you have a great trip to Charlottetown - amazing place!

[@joaqueen]

thank you for this video! :)

[@DrifterDave]

You're very welcome! I hope you find it useful 🙏

[@1988proxy]

thank you! very nice video!

[@DrifterDave]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@simantov4UUU]

in the past prince edward island was very presbyturian and religious

[@DrifterDave]

The Maritimes in general saw a major decline in religious observance in the past few generations. It's one of the most agnostic/athiest regions in Canada today, with most churches abandoned / shuttered / sold off as character homes.

[@Othersidenow]

thanks for your time

[@DrifterDave]

Thanks for watching!

[@catherinemann3378]

Lucy Maude Montgomery is more of a peace time author...she wrote novels other than Anne stories but still about leading female characters, like Jane Austen or Louisa May Alcott. Her stories depicted culture she grew up in, farming, spiritual, romantic post 1870s. Mark Twain enjoyed Anne of Green Gables, same kind of humor. Feel it has character wrestling to grow up, to be gracious and kind, not vain...sort out of touch with competitive business economy today. Country versus city. I read through her books from 1988-1992 living in a beach town, kinda slow going fishing place. Laid back until US 2003 really ruined its vibe, has an air force base. Oil wars did a number also town lived in is an oil port.So kinda not surprised if missed it, if did not know readers of that genre 🍒🏖🏡🐄 and society in certain places got kinda riotous.

[@DrifterDave]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing some of the history of LMM with me, as I'm not very familiar with her work. She wouldn't be the genre I'd ever choose to read, but I am grateful that her work has touched so many people and left such an impression. Thanks for your comments!

[@MatildaandSuki]

nice video...dining is always a highlight for us, on our holidays...now, were there places/restaurants that di not meet what you expected? Dining is expensive, so we always want a good experience...Charlottetown really is nice, especially when there are no cruise ships, in port.

[@DrifterDave]

I was only in Charlottetown for a short time, so the only places I visited are the ones featured in the video. They were all sponsored meals (in exchange for appearing in this video), but I can honestly say they were great experiences and I'd have been happy to have paid. The Brickhouse, in particular, was one of my favourite meals in the Maritimes!

[@MatildaandSuki]

thanks for your reply...some reviewers seem to get carried away with reviews of the hotel etc. Always a conflict, of interest, I guess. But I also think the people who post the review, owe it to the people watching the video, to be honest, or do not bother posting. Charlottetown is a nice town...so many places to dine! Looking forward to returning to PEI, this June...great place to visit. We also liked Halifax!! Keep posting...will look up the Brickhouse!!

[@MatildaandSuki]

Just looked up the Brickhouse...looks greats..thanks for the heads up!

[@DrifterDave]

That's always an issue when working with any advertisers or receiving any sponsorship, but rest assured with my content, I refuse to misrepresent, and if an experience isn't perfect, I give the business the opportunity to make it perfect, or be left out of the video. And I only partner with businesses that I feel offer quality and a positive experience to the consumer. But I agree, there are a lot of inflated/fake reviews out there. I hope you enjoy your next visit to PEI!

[@project_random]

Some ginger 😂

[@DrifterDave]

😂😂😂

[@elainewillis5122]

Are there sites for black history to tour

[@DrifterDave]

I’m not sure! I was just there a short time. Check out their official tourism website to learn more about what Charlottetown has to offer: www.discovercharlottetown.com

[@ACS402010]

Although there is a very small black population in PEI, it's the Province of Nova Scotia that is the hub of Canadian black history. There are very deep black history roots here in Nova Scotia, dating back hundreds of years. Nova Scotia has plenty of black communities, approximiately 52 in total. If you're interested in touring black history sites, you can visit the Black Loyalist Heritiage Centre in Shelburne, NS, with lots of history devoted to the Black Loyalists who came to NS back in the late 1700's. There is also the Black Cultural Centre in Dartmouth, NS. I would also suggest loking into the history of Africville.