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BC:Kamloops to Revelstoke (219 km
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AB: Calgary to Medicine Hat (284 km)
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SK: Regina, Saskatchewan to Brtoon, Manitoba ( 363 km)
MB: Brandon to Winnipeg (219 km)
MB: Winnipeg, Manitoba to Kenora, Ontario (207 km)
ON: Ignace to Thunder Bay (247 km)
ON: Thunder Bay to Marathon (299 km)
ON: Marathon to Wawa (180 km
ON: Wawa to Sault Ste Marie (224 km)
ON: Sault Ste Marie to Sudbury (301 km)
ON: Sudbury to Mattawa (190 km)
ON: Mattawa to Ottawa (307 km
ON: Ottawa, Ontario to Montreal, Quebec (186 km)
ON: TO North: Toronto to Parry Sound (162 km)
ON: TO North: Parry Sound to Sudbury (208 km)
ON: TO East: Toronto to Kingston (248 km)
ON: TO East: Kingston to Montreal (243 km
QU: Montreal to Quebec City-Levis (246 km)
QU: Quebec City-Levis to Riviere du Loup (201 km)
QU: Riviere du Loup, Quebec to Grto Falls, NB (184 km)
NB: Grand Falls to Fredericton (214 km)
NB: Fredericton to Moncton (187 km)
PE: Moncton, NB to Charlottetown (168 km)
PE: Charlottetown to New Glasgow, NS (84 km)
NS: Moncton, New Brunswick to Truro, Nova Scotia (155 km)
NS: Truro to New Glasgow (56 km)
NS: New Glasgow to North Sydney(D) (255 km)
NL: Port-aux-Basques to Corner Brook (220 km)
NL: Corner Brook to Grto Falls - Windsor (270 km)
NL: Grand Falls-Windsor to Clarenville (236 km)
NL: Clarenville to Whitbourne (97 km)
NL: Argentia to Whitbourne (45 km)
NL: Whitbourne to St John's (100 km)
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TransCanadaHighway.com Charlottetown, PEI Museums
ArdGowan National Historic Site
566-7626
2 Palmers Lane, Charlottetown, C1A 5V6. (Corner of Mount Edward Rd and Palmers Lane)
Grounds open year round
Was home of William Henry Pope (one of the fathers of confederation, and was the scene of the reception for delegates to the 1864 Charlottetown Conference.
Visit the serenity of the restored Victorian grounds
Beaconsfield Historic House
2 Kent St., Charlottetown
(902) 368-6603; fax (902) 368-6608;
Built in 1877, Beaconsfield Historic House is an enduring symbol of Victorian elegance. Visitors are welcome to this bright yellow 25 room mansion, which for a while serves as the YWCA and nurses residence. Enjoy the wonderful view of Charlottetown Harbour from the verandah, huge lawn, and flower garden. Open year-round, daily 10-5 in the summer, Tue-Frid + Sunday 1 pm to 5 pom the rest of the year. Admission $2.50, free for those 12 & under. the "Great PEI Children's Festival" playing July and Aug. Open year round.
Charlottetown City Hall
199 Queen Street, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 7K2
(corner of Kent and Queen Streets)
(902) 566-5548, (902) 629-4115
Built in 1888, the Charlottetown City Hall is the oldest municipal hall in Prince Edward Island. Designed by Phillips and Chappell in the Romanesque Revival style often favoured for 19th-century civic buildings. Open year-round
Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum
145 Richmond Street
The permanent collection is a national treasure comprising over 15,000 historical and contemporary Canadian works of art. Displays Canadian art, historical and contemporary visual arts.
Winter hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m, Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Summer hours: Daily, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Prince Edward Island Regimental Museum
PO Box 1480, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 7N1
3 Haviland St ¸Charlottetown
(902) 368-0108 Facsimile: (902) 368-3034
Collection of Prince Edward Island and Canadian military artifacts which include uniforms, pictures, medals, badges, from 1820's to present. Open year-round Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday evenings 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.