All Things Anne… with an ‘e’

All Things Anne… with an ‘e’

No visit to Prince Edward Island is complete without a visit to Cavendish, the town that Lucy Maud Montgomery used as her setting for Anne of Green Gables. We headed to Cavendish (aka the Green Gables Shore) on the Central Coastal Drive to visit with Anne… with an ‘e’.

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Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

We were definitely in Nova Scotia (New Scotland). Many of the signs are in English and Gaelic along with a céad míle fáilte (pronounced kayd milla fawlcha - a hundred thousand welcomes) or two to emphasize the point. In 1621 King James VI of Scotland (King James I of England) granted Sir William Alexander all the land between current day New England and Newfoundland. Quite the chunk of real estate which most assuredly warranted the territory be named after his homeland.

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