Getting To The Island
There are regular domestic flights to Charlottetown airport from most cities in eastern Canada, but the majority of visitors arrive via the 13km-long Confederation Bridge spanning the Northumberland Strait between New Brunswick's Cape Tormentine and Borden, 60km west of Charlottetown. There's a toll of $36.25 per vehicle for using the bridge and this is collected on the way off the island. Cycling is a popular pastime on PEI, but cyclists still aren't allowed on the bridge; instead, they are transported across in a free shuttle bus within two hours of arrival - advance reservations are not accepted. The bridge is used by the twice-daily SMT bus service connecting Fredericton or Saint John in New Brunswick, with Charlottetown via Moncton. You can also reach the island by ferry : Northumberland Ferries take 75 minutes to cross from Caribou , Nova Scotia, to Wood Islands , 61km east of Charlottetown ($49 return for car and passengers; tel 902/566-3838 or 1-888/249-7245, www.nfl-bay.com ). Again, fares are collected when you leave the island, but not when you arrive. Ferries run roughly every one and a half hours from July to September and every three hours in May, June, October, November and early December. There's no ferry from late December to April. Ferries operate on a first-come, first-served basis and queues are common in high season, when you should arrive about an hour and a half before departure to be safe. A second ferry does the five-hour hop between Cap-aux-Meules on the Magdalen Islands (Iles-de-la-Madeleine) and Souris , 81km northeast of Charlottetown (Feb & March no ferries; summer & autumn 6-10 weekly; winter 3-5 weekly; $36 single, $68 per car; call 902/687-2181 in Souris for schedules; reservations on tel 418/986-3278 or 1-888/986-3278, www.ilesdelamadeleine.com ).
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