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

[@klaudiax1000]

Gracias por compartir la belleza de la isla y tambien por entrevistarnos ese dia 18 sept 2023......Viva Chile!!!!....Thank you for sharing the beauty of the island and also for interviewing us that day on September 18, 2023......Viva Chile!!!!

[@DrifterDave]

Gracias por todos! It was a pleasure to meet all of you Chilenos in Charlottetown - thank you for being willing to appear on camera!

[@klaudiax1000]

@@DrifterDave It was important for us Chileans. Away from family. My parents were happy to see me.

[@DrifterDave]

I am so glad!

[@artyomnuzhdin8711]

Beautiful, and amazing place to visit and discover the Maritimes. Charming and lovely City of Charlottetown, indeed. Thanks for video.

[@DrifterDave]

Definitely a charming little capital! Thanks for watching & thanks for the kind words 🙏

[@PrimeConnoisseur]

And here I thought no one knew about us Islanders lmao. I hope you enjoyed your stay!

[@DrifterDave]

Thank you! I did enjoy my visit 👍

[@salmajama9431]

thank you for your nice trip to this beautiful island

[@DrifterDave]

You’re welcome!!

[@joaqueen]

thank you for this video! :)

[@DrifterDave]

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

[@kjdgroove]

i live in chtown, on grafton and work on queen, and also don’t get the anne fascination but to each their own lol. as far as religion it is actually quite catholic in more rural areas especially the western end of the island

[@DrifterDave]

Interesting! And yes, I have no idea why everyone seems to be so fascinated with that little ginger - to each their own! 😂

[@CanadianMonarchist]

I’m glad you enjoyed your visit to my province. Did you visit anywhere outside of Charlottetown? Traditionally PEI was very religious, but like most of North America it has become more secular.

[@DrifterDave]

@@CanadianMonarchist It was my fourth visit to Charlottetown, and this trip was moreso centred around my partnership with the Murphy Hospitality Group, so I didn’t see anything outside of Ch’Town. In the past, I’ve visited Malpeque, Cavendish, & Argyle Shores but not much else - I need to get back out there and explore in a bit greater depth 👍

[@MatildaandSuki]

@@DrifterDave The Darnley area, is outstanding. Great beaches, some good eats and nice people..North Cape, The Boardwalk in Greenwich, and the Potato museum were good finds. MacAusland's wool factory is worth a stop...loads to see!

[@DrifterDave]

Thank you for the local tips - I definitely appreciate it! Will add these to my map of Charlottetown for my next visit out there!

[@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!

[@JB-yb4wn]

Stay away. This place is boring and a rip-off, I have lived here for 7 years, sold my home and moving back to Vancouver.

[@1988proxy]

thank you! very nice video!

[@DrifterDave]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@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!

[@JB-yb4wn]

Try finding a decent restaurant here. Lot of fish and chip places have to be told how to cook the fish otherwise they half cook the batter which then ends up a gooey mess on your plate. Forget about Chinese food, it is awful here. The only half-decent food is the buffet at the casino which is open 11 hours a week. FFS I am so out of here.

[@Dave_4324]

Nice tour you gave Dave. I'm a tiler, can i relocate to PEI hoping to practice my skill over there? What do you think?

[@DrifterDave]

@@Dave_4324 I’m not familiar enough with demand for tilers out there to be able to confidently answer your question. Maybe someone from PEI who watches the video might be able to speak to this!

[@dysfunctional7714]

A ridiculous amount of apartment building are being built all over pei. Mostly charlottetown and summerside. Not sure what a tiler makes but the cost of living is crazy here

[@DrifterDave]

I'm sure - hopefully the probable incoming Conservative government reigns in (or reverses) Canada's rampant and unsusainable immigration levels, and addresses the housing issues across our entire nation. This is the result of opening the floodgates of our nation for JT to earn more votes from his base.

[@kimheffernan5511]

PEI was very religious. I was born in 1969 at the Protestant hospital. In my lifetime schools, hospitals, parks and communities were separated by religion

[@DrifterDave]

That's interesting! What do you think led to the downfall of religion as a part of society out east? Here in Alberta, we have a clear "Bible Belt" where religion by and large forms a huge part of daily life. Southern Manitoba (south of Winnipeg) is another one of these religious 'hot spots' - however, I couldn't find anything even remotely of the sort from Ontario east. I know there are dozens of churches that have since been abandoned or repurposed (most often into homes, B&Bs, or community centers), but very few of the historic churches in the Maritimes are still operating, it seems.

[@kimheffernan5511]

@ I have a good answer for the repurposed or abandoned churches on PEI. We live on a sandbar so most smaller churches were made of wood and were burnt then replaced. Very few were stone or brick because it had to be shipped from the mainland. Religion is still very strong here but the divisions have lessened. There was one Catholic religion, My dear sainted much loved grandmother was Church of Scotland, my mother was baptized Protestant, I was baptized Presbyterian and my children United. After I read your response I talked to my stepdad, who is Catholic, about the divide. He told me that the Catholic organization on PEI was started by the Archdiocese in Quebec. Which makes total sense. There was the original Acadian Catholics from France. Then a bunch of Irish Catholics. So the church brought them all together to fight the scourge of Protestant’s lol. But all joking aside my mother married my stepfather in 1978 and his family called her a name I’m not comfortable saying in a public forum. I have lots of P.E.I. info I can share, let me know if you want to hear more. Don’t forget Alberta may be one of the “big” provinces now but Canada began in the maritimes

[@DrifterDave]

Thank you for the fulsome explanation! Feel free to share any other local insights - I love hearing from locals! Admittedly, I don't know a ton about PEI as its pretty far from where I live here in Calgary, but always eager to learn more!

[@Othersidenow]

thanks for your time

[@DrifterDave]

Thanks for watching!

[@kjdgroove]

love receiver coffee ❤

[@DrifterDave]

The best! I first visited in 2014 and keep coming back whenever I'm in the area 👌

[@JB-yb4wn]

Why? I have never tasted coffee so bitter in my life. There is only one place on this island that knows anything about coffee and that is Fin Folk Food. Took me 7 years to find any restaurant that knows how to make coffee.

[@DrifterDave]

Different strokes for different folks. Some people find Tim Horton's drinkable. As for Receiver, they have a variety of roast levels, and I've never found their coffee to be bitter in the slightest - maybe order something a bit more palatable next time and see if your experience differs. I recommend asking for their fruitiest roast, if you're wanting to avoid the bitter chocolate notes.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@DrifterDave Well, Dave, since I make better coffee than Receiver because I actually grind the beans myself, you think that I would ever step foot in a Tim Hortons whose coffee can only be compared to industrial sludge?

[@DrifterDave]

@ You should open a coffee shop if you make such a good cup! 😃

[@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.

[@MrCherbear1990]

The maritimes is still quite religious…PEI itself once had separate post secondary institutions for Catholics and Protestants. The latter went to Prince of Wales College and the former went to Saint Dunstans University which is now UPEI. Although numbers may be down in the actual buildings on the Island, it’s very much a religious place. That’s why it was the last province in Canada to get access to abortion rights just a few years ago.

[@DrifterDave]

Very interesting! I had no idea. I've heard Nova Scotia & Newfoundland are quite liberal /non-religious at this point. Considering the abandoned churches all across Newfoundland, maybe there's a bit of truth to it?

[@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!

[@kathryndeinum7577]

Makes a big show of being cultured in the coffee world and then immediately bashes an international literary treasure LOL

[@DrifterDave]

I often throw a line in my videos to prompt comments to drive engagement....so thank you for biting! 😎

[@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.

[@MrCherbear1990]

So I will be very honest as a person from PEI and say that the island is not very good with multiculturalism. Black history on PEI is not there unless people really go and look for it in the library or from historians. A perfect example of this is a neighborhood called The Bog, it was located in Charlottetown down near the water at the end of Kent St. A large black community lived there for about 100 years in the late 1800s early 1900s and now the provincial government buildings are there. No plaque, no explanation as to what the neighbourhood used to be, nothing.

[@StrachanFamilyVlogChannel]

@@MrCherbear1990oh wow I can tell they are not receptive I live here as well but this is quite concerning about the neighborhood

[@leemecham9633]

Far from the most charming capital city Have you seen Victoria bro?? Even St. John Newfoundland is more colorful and vibrant and charming Ottawa and Halifax as well Pei also isn't like New England cities in the U.S. it's run down and poor

[@DrifterDave]

It's almost as if content creators sometimes choose controversial titles to stir up discussion and invite comments to promote engagement 😂 Thanks for sharing your thoughts on other very charming capitals!

[@CanadianMonarchist]

Some neighbourhoods in Charlottetown are nicer than others, but it isn’t that run-down or poor.

[@DrifterDave]

@@CanadianMonarchist I found it pretty charming, so I’m not sure what the OP is referring to. Maybe someone soured their proverbial porridge 🤷‍♂️ Either way, to each their own I guess!

[@JB-yb4wn]

Victoria makes this place look like the dump it really is. And I live here!

[@DrifterDave]

Ouch!!

[@pelmen1294]

Murphys "spit"

[@DrifterDave]

You aren't a fan?!

[@pelmen1294]

@@DrifterDave of the murphys.

[@DrifterDave]

How come?

[@pelmen1294]

@@DrifterDave Lets just say Ill repute. cant say more then that.

[@DrifterDave]

Fair enough - I love a little Maritime gossip!