Confederation Trail will soon take folks all the way to the Wood Islands ferry
CBC
The province is hoping to encourage more people to walk, run or bike to the ferry in Wood Islands by extending the Confederation Trail another 1,076 metres.
"There is a trail to the ferry in Nova Scotia, so it's kind of a no-brainer that we have to join them," says John Rousseau, chair of the board of directors for Wood Islands and Area Development Corporation.
"There are an awful lot of local people who walk on the Confederation Trail, and the trip down there, especially to the lighthouse... on a beautiful day — it's the place to be."
The Confederation Trail is Prince Edward Island's designated portion of the Trans Canada Trail, winding its way along the old railway tracks decommissioned after P.E.I. lost its train service in 1969.
Right now it ends at the nearby market and visitor centre, not far from the Northumberland Ferries terminal where people can get the boat to Caribou, N.S.
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