New Glasgow
Lobster Supper
Member’s
Take
Don’t leave the province
without trying the quint-
essential island feast. New
Glasgow Lobster Suppers
originally began in the
1950s as fundraisers for area
Junior Farmers organiza-
tions. They’ve been whetting
appetites ever since. Dinner
includes your choice of a
starter, entree (lobster, beef
and chicken, among others),
salad and homemade
dessert. At these no-frills-
but-very-friendly community
affairs, you’ll get to know
locals while indulging in the
day’s clawed catch.
To celebrate Canada’s
150th last year, Barb
and Garnet Hart of
Weyburn headed east.
The couple booked
their WestWorld Tours
Maritimes All-Coach
Tour at the CAA
Weyburn Store.
Taste the
Town Tour
Beachcomber’s
Clam Boil
Make like an islander and
find your own dinner along
the shoreline. Local guide
Jim Conohan shows visitors
how to scour the beach
of the Boughton River in
eastern P.E.I. to find soft-
shelled clams, quahogs,
bay scallops, razor clams,
mussels, oysters, periwinkles
and snails. Newbie
beachcombers might also
spot some souvenirs in
the form of beach glass,
driftwood and stones. The
group’s edible haul is then
boiled into a hearty East
Coast supper.
This foodie-focused
walking tour explores
Charlottetown’s city
centre, which dates
to 1720. Starting at
Founders’ Hall, visit
attractions, such as
St. Dunstan’s Basilica,
a National Historic
Site, with breaks at
quaint restaurants along
the way. Among the
tasty samples are local
mussels at the Olde
Dublin Pub, and the
province’s finest French
fries—perfectly golden
and crisp, made with
P.E.I. potatoes—from
The Chip Shack.
Barb
Hart
“We saw so much of
Canada in just one
trip,” says Barb. A stop
at Parliament Hill in
Ottawa set the tone
for their epic journey.
For Barb, a light show
projected onto the
Centre Block was a
real bright spot: “After
the show, the crowd
spontaneously erupted
into ‘O Canada.’”
Other highlights of
the cross-Canada
holiday included
standing on the ocean
floor during low tide
at Hopewell Rocks
in New Brunswick.
With its convivial
local hospitality,
P.E.I. was also a very
special place. “The
only word to describe
a lobster supper
at New Glasgow?
Scrumptious!”
The famed Cabot Trail,
with its ocean vistas
and glacier-scarred
rocks, was another
unforgettable sight.
To book a Maritimes
tour: Call 1-800-564-
6222 (press 4) or
westworldtours.com
CAA SaSkatchewan
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