Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

What an excellent day. Having arrived in Charlotte in early afternoon, we had a long time to explore the city. All the key things are within a six block area including the area where our hotel, the Best Western Charlottetown, is located.
We walked through the shopping area, past the Town Hall, and out to Province House in Queen's Square. I was unaware until coming here that the initial meeting to establish the confederation of Canada took place here in Charlottetown.

Province House included the current provincial assembly (left) with seats for each of the constituencies and the ministers of the provincial government. At the other end of the same corridor is the Confederation Hall, where the meeting to plan the confederation took place.
We also went to 'Founders Hall' the historical centre which celebrates Canada's founding. We went through the interactive history and were amazed to find that the original confederation meeting was intended to be a meeting for a merger of the three maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia) but the Canadians gatecrashed it. In those days Canada was the current provinces of Ontario and Quebec. They finally came to an agreement (the interactive history suggested this was agreed when the all went to the PEI Prime Ministers farm and got drunk together!!). Strangely, though the original meeting was here Prince Edward Island refused to join initially and was admitted only when its railway made it bankrupt and they needed bailing out by the larger entity.
We moved from the Founders Hall on to the harbour and had a lovely walk along the front and back into the town. Charlottetown is a very green town, with parks every couple of blocks, most with children playing baseball or other sports.

After four hours we went back to the hotel and got ready for dinner. We had hoped to go to Lobster on the Wharf but when we got there they already had six people on a wait list. So we moved on further along the harbour and came to Peake's Quay. We eat outside on their balcony while listening to the music that was being performed in their quay side area below.
Drew began with Lobster fries, chips served with a rich lobster sauce, they were huge but very nice indeed. I had scallops wrapped in smokey bacon, the sweetness of the scallops were well balanced with the smokiness of the bacon and the light spiced tomato sauce provided a sharpness to the dish.

Our mains were Sir John A Sizzle - a grilled peppered haddock with island crab stuffing in a burnt orange tarragon sauce - again Drew had picked what must be the biggest meal on the menu. It was served with rice and veg. To my mind the tarragon slightly overpowered the fish, but the fish and crab themselves were excellent.

I was going simple with a fresh whole lobster with blackened potatoes and vegetables, a messy way to eat, but thankfully I had a bib. It was fresh and delicious.
We then had to remember we weren't in the US, as having got used to asking for the check for the last week, we were back in a country where we have bills to pay :-)    On a related language note we have now returned to a land of toilets not restrooms.
Filled with the lovely food we walked past Province House, which has a light show each evening, which was going on as we walked past. Time for bed at 10.00.