The Island’s parks are not a small version of somewhere else — they are the Island itself, at walking scale. In the east, Basin Head pairs a white-sand beach with warm shallow water. In the west, Cedar Dunes wraps dunes and a lighthouse at West Point. Between them: red soil roads, fields, and a coastline that is never far away. The Island has fewer parks because it is a small island; east and west together, it is complete.
The province’s strategy names eight camping parks and thirteen day-use parks, plus the Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park at Brookvale. Each park’s own page carries its details, verified park by park.
Symbols of the province
- Provincial flower: Lady’s-slipper.
- Provincial bird: Blue Jay.
- Provincial animal: Red Fox.
- Provincial tree: Red Oak.
- Tartan: adopted 1960.
- Motto: Parva sub ingenti (“The small under the protection of the great”).
- Prince Edward Island has no official provincial fish or gemstone.
Start with these parks
Basin Head
The Island’s east end: white sand and shallow water beside a tidal channel. Day use is free.
Cedar Dunes
The Island’s west end: dunes, beach, and the West Point Lighthouse. Dunes are fragile habitat — stay on marked paths.
Good to know
Day-use provincial parks on the Island are free to enter. Camping fees and season dates are shown on each park’s page from the official source for that park. Confederation Trail, the province’s 449 km linear trail corridor, is covered separately from the parks.
Data and sources
Park information is compiled from Government of Prince Edward Island and Tourism Prince Edward Island sources, with each park’s details checked against the official page for that park. NStrails is an independent guide, not a government website.