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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How to Use This Guide | |
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| Finding Your Way with Maps | |
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| Traveling to, from, and on the Island | |
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| The Confederation Bridge | |
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| Basic Paddling Equipment | |
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| Renting Kayaks and Canoes | |
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| Sensible Precautions | |
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| Coping with the Wind | |
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| Canoe or Kayak? | |
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| Ten Favorite Canoeing and Recreational Kayaking Spots | |
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| Ten Favorite Sea Kayaking Spots | |
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| Climate | |
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| Tidal Effects | |
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| Tides and Canadian Maritime History | |
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| Camping on PEI | |
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| A Short Island History | |
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| Island Geology | |
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| Rivers, Bays, and Estuaries | |
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| Mussel Farming | |
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| The Micmac Canoe | |
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| Kings County | |
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| Overview | |
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| Murray River Area | |
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| Manchons Point | |
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| A Long Fishing Tradition | |
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| Nicolle Cove | |
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| Greek River | |
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| Seals of Approval | |
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| MacLure's Pond | |
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| By the Old Mill Stream | |
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| Central Kings | |
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| Panmure Island and St. Mary's Bay | |
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| Graham Pond | |
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| Montague Area | |
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| Three Rivers: Cardigan, Brudenell, and Montague | |
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| St. Andrews Point | |
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| Seal River | |
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| Northern Kings | |
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| Leard's Pond | |
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| Boughton River | |
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| Boughton Bay-Poplar Point to Spry Point | |
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| Bald Is Beautiful | |
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| Fortune River and Bay Fortune | |
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| Basin Head | |
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| Micmac Middens | |
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| South Lake | |
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| Souris-What's in a Name? | |
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| Big Pond | |
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| Larkin's Pond | |
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| St. Peters Bay Area | |
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| St. Peters Harbour | |
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| St. Peters Bay Ramp, St. Peters Village | |
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| Digging for "Farmer's Gold" | |
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| Morell River | |
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| PEI National Park at Greenwich | |
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| St. Peters Lake | |
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| Queens County | |
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| Overview | |
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| Eastern Queens | |
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| Johnstons River | |
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| Pisquid River | |
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| The Hillsborough River | |
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| Point Deroche Pond | |
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| Northern Queens | |
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| Tracadie Bay | |
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| Covehead Bay Sand Flats and Brackley Bay | |
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| The Great Blue Heron | |
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| North Rustico Harbour | |
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| Prince Edward Island National Park | |
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| Prince Edward Island National Park | |
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| Hunter River (Clyde River) | |
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| Bell's Pond (Campbell's Pond) | |
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| The Busy Beavers of PEI | |
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| The Stanley River-New London Bay Area | |
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| Founds River | |
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| Belted Kingfishers | |
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| A Watershed Success Story | |
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| Granville Creek | |
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| Trout River (Near Stanley River) | |
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| The Trout River Ferry | |
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| Stanley Bridge North | |
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| Stanley Bridge: A Microcosm of PEI History | |
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| Mystery Bridge | |
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| Discovering the Marco Polo | |
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| Henry's Pond | |
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| Southwest and Long Rivers | |
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| Ospreys on PEI | |
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| French River | |
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| The Plight of the Plover | |
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| New London Bay and the Cavendish Dunes of the North Shore | |
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| A Cacophony of Cormorants | |
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| Southern Queens | |
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| Bonshaw River | |
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| Victoria Harbour and the Westmoreland River | |
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| Lobstering | |
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| Prince County | |
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| Overview | |
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| Eastern Malpeque Shore | |
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| Baltic River | |
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| Oyster Cove | |
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| Indian River Pond | |
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| Oystering on PEI | |
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| Eastern Malpeque Bay | |
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| Ram Island | |
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| Courtin Island | |
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| Hog Island and the Malpeque Sand Hills | |
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| Southern Prince and the South Shore | |
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| Tryon River | |
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| Acadian Dikes | |
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| Dunk River | |
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| The Salt Marsh | |
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| Scales Pond | |
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| Wrights Pond | |
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| Salutation Cove | |
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| Seacow Head | |
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| Iceboats Crossing the Northumberland Strait | |
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| Grand River | |
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| Trout River (Near Foxley River) | |
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| The Adaptable Muskrat | |
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| Western Malpeque Bay | |
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| Smelt Creek and Ellis Cove | |
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| Bideford River and Lennox Island Channel | |
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| Shipbuilding: The Island's "Golden Age" | |
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| Northwestern Prince | |
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| Conway Narrows | |
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| Northport and Upper Cascumpec Bay | |
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| Historic Northport | |
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| Kildare Capes Area | |
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| Kildare and Huntley Rivers | |
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| Montrose River | |
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| Irish Moss | |
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| Tignish River | |
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| Island Foxes | |
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| Southwestern Prince | |
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| Enmore River | |
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| Beatons Creek and Percival Bay | |
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| Water Snakes? No, Eels | |
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| Product References | |
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| Canoe and Kayak Rentals and Guides | |
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| Resources | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |