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Prince Edward Island 6  pop
Kensington - Bedford
  • Traffic:  High
  • Road Condition:  Paved
  • Terrain:  Hilly
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      Route 6 is looked at by perhaps every one planning a trip of any kind to Prince Edward Island. It connects many of its major attractions. They include PrinceEdward Island National Park and its beaches and the renown Green Gables house and numerous locations connected with Lucy Maud Montgomey and her books.

    The road has some nice areas. The central section, that near the national park, however, is painfully commercial. In fact, Highway 6 can very easily be proclaimed the sleaziest tourist trap strip in all of Atlantic Canada. Mini-putt golf with giant potatoes, King Tut's Tomb, a giant Spaceship Columbia replica, wax museums, several summer Christmas stores - all this competes for drivers attention along with you. For bicycling purposes, during the main part of the cycling season the highway is a write-off. Traffic on the narrow road a major concern. It is primarily visitor traffic, usually outnumbering islanders. Along this narrow road, in both directions endless lines of cars and motor homes tug along every sort of trailer, many wider than their vehicles and into your path.

    Traffic builds during the day. Tourists usually get a late start, compared to roads with commuter or truck traffic. If you get on the road early, you can get many kilometers in before they hit the road.

    Off-season you are fortunate, as the traffic levels are quite bearable.

    To avoid as much of 6 as possible, turn onto the shore drive of P.E.I. National Park. In spite of its annoying pavement cracks, the road is very nice, no trucks, a shoulder, and with many chances to go down to the sandy shore.
     
     
       
     
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