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Eastward

Full day

Southeast lights

Wood Islands, Point Prim, Cape Bear, and the Murray harbours.

Suggested base: Wood Islands. About 45 minutes from Charlottetown. The ferry to Caribou, Nova Scotia, is seasonal and fills on summer weekends.

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The day

  1. Stop 1

    Wood Islands Lighthouse

    Start at the ferry point, especially if you have just arrived.

    Wood Islands · 45–75 minutesA few minutes away, in the same area.

  2. Stop 2

    Point Prim Lighthouse

    West first, so the brick tower is not an afterthought on the way home.

    Wood Islands · 45–60 minutesAbout 33 km by road, roughly 28 minutes. That is an estimate, not turn-by-turn.

  3. Stop 3

    Cape Bear Lighthouse

    The headland stop. Fog still counts as weather worth seeing.

    Murray Harbour · 45–75 minutesAbout 59 km by road, roughly 51 minutes. That is an estimate, not turn-by-turn.

  4. Stop 4

    Murray Harbour

    A working harbour on the way back toward Murray River.

    Murray Harbour · 30–60 minutesAbout 6 km by road, roughly 5 minutes. That is an estimate, not turn-by-turn.