• No spot on Prince Edward Island is more than 10 miles from the ocean.
• Mussels are harvested all year—even through harbor ice in winter.
• The island of 138,000 people has 1,300 licensed lobster fishermen.
• Prince Edward Island was named after Prince Edward Augustus, the son of England's King George III, in 1799.
• High iron content makes the soil red.
• About 70 percent of residents are of Scottish or Irish descent.
• The island was discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1534.
• Beer and soda were sold only in glass bottles (not cans) on PEI until May 2008.
• Potatoes represent over half of farm revenue for the province.
• Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables also wrote the Island Hymn.
• No spot on Prince Edward Island is more than 10 miles from the ocean.
• PEI's motto is "The small under the protection of the great."
• There are more than 90 sandy beaches for swimming and boating.
• Charlottetown is the "birthplace of Canada" where leaders met in 1864 to discuss the formation of the country.
• There are approximately 30 hog farms on the island.
