Wood Islands is a small settlement in southeastern Prince Edward Island. Wood Islands is home to the Northumberland Ferries Terminal and a major gateway to Prince Edward Island.
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Wood Islands is located on the southeastern shore of Prince Edward Island fronting on the Northumberland Straight and takes its name from several small forested islands located just offshore. It remains as the only ferry service connecting Prince Edward Island to the mainland, with the other ferry at Borden-Carleton being replaced by the Confederation Bridge in 1997.
The Northumberland Ferry crosses the Northumberland Strait between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. It’s reached from the mainland via a 75-minute ferry from the Caribou Ferry Terminal near Pictou, Nova Scotia, 19 km (12 mi) north of New Glasgow on Trans Canada Highway 106. Similar to the Confederation Bridge tolls, fares are only charged for passengers departing Prince Edward Island, check on the website for current fares. Wood Islands is
Trans Canada Highway 106 in Nova Scotia becomes TCH Route 1 in PEI, and continues to Charlottetown.
- 1 Wood Islands Provincial Park, ☏+1 902-652-8950. Open mid-June to mid-September. Day use park featuring playground equipment, an unsupervised beach, flush toilets, a boat ramp, picnic facilities and food services.
- 1 Wood Islands Lighthouse, 173 Lighthouse Road, ☏+1 902-962-3110, ✉wilighthouse@bellaliant.com. Tour the the Wood Islands Lighthouse, built in 1876, has a fifty-four foot square tower still attached to a two-storey, six bedroom home.
(updated Nov 2019)
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