Trails of Prince Edward Island

This new guide features more than 50 trails for hiking and cycling on Prince Edward Island, Canada’s own emerald isle, included in the book are new trails in Prince Edward Island National Park and the just-completed Confederation Trail, the final (or initial, depending on which way you’re facing!) leg of the Trans-Canada Trail.

Michael Haynes hiked and mapped each trail and provides detailed maps, trail descriptions, and GPS coordinates, as well as information on time, length, difficulty, and facilities available on each route. He also includes photographs, charts, tips for hikers and cyclists, and sidebars on historical, cultural, and natural subjects.

Whether you’re planning a months-long trek from one coast of Canada to the other, or a picnic on the beach within view of a lighthouse, Trails of Prince Edward Island is the hiker’s best companion, an authoritative and entertaining guide to this gem of Confederation.

AUTHOR

Michael Haynes

Michael Haynes is Canada’s most published author of trail guides and a leading authority on trail development and active transportation. He has authored fifteen trail guides, including Hiking Trails of Cape Breton, Trails of Halifax Regional Municipality, and the two-volume The Best of The Great Trail. Haynes’s travel writing has appeared in Ottawa Magazine, Saltscapes, and Explore. He lives in Halifax.

Reviews

“This new work provides an indispensable guide to more than 50 walking and biking routes that take the island’s ‘pastoral panoramas’ and ‘awesome beaches in matchless settings’.”
– Atlantic Books Today

“The effect is rather like having a knowledgeable friend along for the journey.”
– Atlantic Books Today