Today started rainy. We drove as winding route down the coast, taking all day to go 120 miles and probably moving only thirty miles as the crow flies. Many small fishing boat harbors (correction, harbours). Stopped at an historical site where a Frenchman named Roma set up a crown colony settlement with fifty indentured servants. They traded with Europe and the Caribbean, and a number of roads on the island follow the route of roads Roma's people built. The settlement was wiped out after 12 years by the British. There's an archaeological dig going on there now, and a reinactment settlement with young girls in period costume trying to simultaneously stay in character and sell us on their restaurant meal. After that lunch we continued to Panmure Island Provincial Park and camped beside a large bay. We took a long walk on the beach and drove a mile or so to a lighthouse, built in 1857. Our tour guide turned out to be a middle aged woman who had grown up there as the daughter of the lighthouse keeper. All the lighthouses on PEI are of wood (no local stone or brick-making materials available), and were built by shipbuilders. So it was interesting to see how the heavy beams were mortised and secured with heavy wooden pegs instead of bolts. Neither the materials nor the building skills could be reproduced now. A good view from the top.
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