A castle fit for a wedding: P.E.I. replicas finding new life
CBC
Two replica castles in rural Prince Edward Island that once served as a popular tourist attraction are being restored by a couple to host events.
The first event? Their own wedding.
Bruce Richardson grew up in Nova Scotia. At the moment, he owns a bee rescue farm in Ontario with his soon-to-be wife Joanne Crockett, but now he is coming back to the East Coast to live in a castle.
Earlier this summer, the stone castles — part of the former Woodleigh Replicas site in Burlington, P.E.I. — were put up for sale for $119,900.
"A friend of ours posted these castles on Facebook," Richardson recalled about how he came to know about the unusual listing.
While he was visiting the East Coast earlier this year, he decided to check into the property and called the real estate agent.
"I was the first guy to call him in the morning," he said. "I think it was by noon we were done."