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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1975-06-19, Page 12[975 nd nd Ire [r.. n- nd THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1975 Prince Edward Island Smallest province features hospitality ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE 13 Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association director Bill Poirier recently flew to Prince Edward Island as 'a guest of Air Canada on their inaugural flight to our smallest province. Members of the media from various parts of Ontario were invited on the trip and the Grimsby In- dependent publisher represented the weeklies of Ontario. Air Canada recently established daily service to Charlottetown, P.E.I. to connect that capital city with Ottawa, Toronto and Wind- sor. But what can you expect when you get to P.E.I.? Hospitality! The people of the island are, for the most part, taking great pains to -make sure you enjoy yourself. They know from experience that many first-time visitors come back again and again. Tourists, potatoes and lobster seems to be the sum total of our tight little island. With the various levels of government employing 40 percent of the work force because industry is almost non-existant, the islanders want you there and they want you to come back and bring your friends. I'm looking forward to a vacation on P.E.I. this summer with my family, having made plans prior to my quick flight. • I guess I'm one of those plan -ahead people. In January I wrote to the Department of Tourism asking for information, and boy did I get information. They break down their accommodations by area, by facility, by price, and every other way you can possibly imagine. They also feature farm holidays. If you're even thinking about a vacation in Canada's east, write Tourist In- formation Division, P.O. Box 940, Charlottetown. You'll get all you need. • People from the Tourist Information Centre were on hand most of the time to assist the media people on the Air Canada flight. The province arranged three separate tours for the group, and if that wasn't enough, they arranged two chauffeured cars for any Bill Poirier, OWNA director, thinks ahead to when these freshly caught lobsters will be piping hot and on a plate in front of him. Bill Lougheed of the P.E.I. tourist bureau, right, seems unimpressed. Poirier was among a group of newsmen who took part in Air Canada's inaugural flight to Charlot- tetown. FID+LERS CONTES See Hensall Community Centre June 20-21, 1975 and hear fiddling champions from Canada and the U.S.A. compete for the "Ward Allen Memorial Trophy"- Overs2500. Cash Prizes FRIDAY, JUNE 20 SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Eliminations - 7 p.m: ADMISSION • ADULTS $2.00 CHILDREN SOc M . Johnny Brent (formerly of CKNX Wingham) Playdowns - 7 p.m. Dancing - 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wayne Riobl, Len Love The Coontry Verptiles ADMISSION - ADULTS 53.00 CHILDREN SOc Camping Sites for Tents and Trailers Available Hensel! Community , Park - Adjoining Hensall Community Centre who wanted to see a specific area of the Island which may not have beer on a tour. But nothing's perfect. One area that could use considerable overhaul, at least from my experience, is the Chamber of Commerce of Charlottetown. The general manager of the Chamber was on hand and made this member of the group a little upset with promises that were just not kept. But don't let the Charlottetown C of C stop you from going to P.E.I. We arrived one day after the lobster season opened, and a member of the tourist bureau promptly drove us to the local lobster pound in Charlottetown to buy some of the great red bugs. Now I've been told that lobster is almost as ex- pensive down east as it is in the Niagara Peninsula. Don't believe it. We pay in the neighborhood of $5 per pound for fresh lobster (when we can get it, that is) and we bought fresh lobster at MacKinnon's Lobster Pound in Charlottetown for $2 a pound, cooked. 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