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To get even closer to the crustaceans, hop in a sea kayak or on a stand up paddle
board with Malpeque Bay Kayak Tour Ltd (
866-582-3383; www.peikayak.ca ; 3hr kayak tour
$55) .
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Kensington & Around
Kensington is a busy market town about halfway between Cavendish and Summerside.
It's a good place to replenish supplies and the closest service center for those attending
the Indian River Festival ( www.indianriverfestival.com ) when some of Canada's finest musi-
cians (from Celtic to choral) play in the wonderfully acoustic St Mary's Church, from
June through September.
Home Place Inn & Restaurant ( 866-522-9900, 902-836-5686; www.thehomeplace.ca ;
21 Victoria St E; d incl breakfast $89-109, ste $149; May-Oct; ) exudes country elegance at
its finest. In the morning you may be awakened with scents of freshly baking cinnamon
rolls and there's a licensed pub and restaurant on the premises.
In nearby Margate, Shipwright's Café ( 902-836-3403; cnr Rtes 6 & 233; dinner mains
$25-35; 11:30am-3:30pm Mon-Fri, from 5pm daily) is housed in an 1880s farmhouse over-
looking rolling fields and flower gardens. It earns rave reviews for its seafood dishes and
vegetarian fare concocted from organic herbs and vegetables from the gardens. Try the
'Salute to Our Greenhouse' salad, a paella endowed with the island's best seafood and
creations with PEI beef.
WESTERN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Malpeque and Bedeque Bays converge to almost separate the western third of PEI from
the rest of the province. This region sits entirely within the larger Prince County, and it
combines the sparse pastoral scenery of Kings County's interior with some of Queens
County's rugged coastal beauty.
The cultural history here stands out more than elsewhere on the island. On Lennox Is-
land a proud Mi'kmaq community is working to foster knowledge of its past, while
French Acadians are doing the same in the south, along Egmont and Bedeque Bays.
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