Panmure Island Lighthouse boasts two firsts on PEI - this is PEI's first octagonal lighthouse (a…read morerarity in lighthouse shapes apparently) AND it's PEI's first wooden lighthouse! And here's an even more fun factoid - it was built back in 1853 without using a single nail!! We had so much fun exploring here - the lighthouse is an architectural beauty with interesting museum exhibits on each floor as you ascend to the tower. They have a lovely display of different fresnel lenses - even a 4th order beehive fresnel which I loved! There are four levels with four flights of stairs - each getting progressively more narrow and steep as you make your way up - but it's totally worth the climb. The last flight of stairs is more like a wooden ladder so it's best to go very slowly and be sure to descend backwards - much easier this way and much more safe. The tower views are magnificent!! You get almost a 360° vista of where the entrance to Cardigan Bay meets the Georgetown Harbour! This is still very much a functional lighthouse so be careful while in the tower bc it's very bright when it goes off and probably not good for your eyes lol. The gift shop on the ground floor is full of works from local artists and great for souvenirs. Prices are reasonable in the gift shop and the entry price for the lighthouse is excellent! Staff are very welcoming, knowledgeable, and happy to share info about the building as well as the area. There's a small unpaved parking area with some port-a-potties at the entrance. They also have a large wooden deck with 5-6 picnic tables right on the water - a great place to relax and enjoy the views after your climb - and you can admire the beautiful horses in the field next door! The lighthouse is open seasonally from mid June to mid October. Storm clouds rolled in towards the end of our visit and made for some very dramatic and beautiful photo ops! All in all one of my fave lighthouse experiences during my Nova Scotia adventures - highly recommend!

Absolutely outstanding! The dwellings from each highlighted time period, and the costumed actors…read moreinterpreting that time and answering questions, were fascinating. For us the highlight was a ceilidh (visit), with fiddling, step dancing, story telling, and rich explantations of each. If you visit only one place in Cape Breton, this should be it!

Here's a place to take you back in time to learn and explore a sampling of the life of those who…read moretraveled from Scotland to start a life on Cape Briton. There are costumed and well-educated tour guide actors who will greet you in Gaelic and share what life was like in the new land. Seeing, hearing, and sometimes tasting as you climb around the steep hills of the village. The views are incredible! We were lucky and it was a very sunny day! Take the time to really walk, explore, and ask questions.

If you love history...reliving history, or at least going to reenactments of life in earlier…read moretimes, then you will love Roma at Three Rivers which is a National Historic Site, taking you back to 1732 and one of the first French settlements in Canada. There are kitchen gardens to walk through, and lots of opportunities to meet the tradesmen, fishermen, farmers etc., of the day, all dressed in period costumes with wonderful stories to tell. I attended a fantastic dinner theater there this past September. It was one of the many events of Fall Flavours, celebrating PEI and its foods. This one focused on dishes that would be eaten back in 1730 and was delicious. The wood burning clay ovens are still used for the breads and as demonstrations, but the real modern day, state of the art kitchen, did a magnificent job in feeding us. The actors and musicians, dressed in in period costumes as well, entertained us with antique instruments and songs, as well as a tale of the times - a visiting chef from France, the local owner of Roma providing a fun way to find out about the real political and environmental challenges they faced. Definitely worth a visit. Although the fabulous feasts and dinners as well as the knowledgeable staff, so quaintly dressed are gone for the season, the 9 km of grounds are open for hiking all year long.

Definitely not worth a visit. We were advised to come here and drove way out of our way to find…read morethis secluded, unmarked, site. What a strange place: on a Saturday afternoon, we were the only visitors. three sad-looking and bored high schoolers dressed in 18th century garbs seemed to be manning the entire property of a number of recreated log cabins. Their scripted talks were not very inspired. The tea, coffee and desserts we bought were nothing special. An older man at the oven spoke for such a long time that we just smiled weakly in helplessness in order to be polite. We were glad when we could leave this place.