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“Y ou're in for a treat!” our
guide Mike exclaimed as
our tour bus unloaded in
the parking lot to join a
mass of others parked on this crisp,
sunny fall day — a few trees were al-
ready starting to turn golden orange.
“You might want to check out the gift
shop first—it gets crowded after the
tour!”
I was on a 3.5-hour Royal Caribbean
shore excursion on Canada's gorgeous,
green and peaceful Prince Edward Is-
land (PEI), population 145,000.
“Everyone knows everybody, it's a
quaint little spot,” noted Mike.
And here we were in rural Cavendish,
founded in 1790, population about
270. It's been a popular literary tour
destination since the 1908 publication
of L. M. Montgomery's best-selling
novel “Anne of Green Gables,” which
is set in her scenic, magical eastern
Canadian hometown. (Her name was
Lucy Maud, but she preferred Maud).
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