West Point
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365 RTE 14
Coleman, Prince Edward Island
C0B 1H0


Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : North Cape Coastal Drive

Description From Owner:
  • 9 mi SW of O'Leary in Lot 8. School district before 1880. P.O. c1872-1914.
  • The park is named for a stand of eastern white cedar trees. In the winter of Jacques Cartier's second voyage, 1636-7, many of his crew became sick with scurvy.
  • On the advice of Native Peoples, these men were cured by drinking tea made from twigs and needles of these trees which were rich in Vitamin C.
  • The Mi'kmaq called it Mooeak, 'sea duck,' from which the French named it Cape Moyaque and then Cape Molliack.
  • West Point Lighthouse Museum is at 364 Cedar Dunes Park Road, Route 14. As visitors climb to the lantern deck of the lighthouse there are displays of lighthouse artifacts.
  • The craft shop offers a wide range of Island-related crafts, preserves, wooden and metal products and other unique items. Open May 24-mid-Oct.
  • With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011


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  • Cedar Dunes Provincial Park

    • The Tallest Square Lighthouse

    It's a lighthouse, it's an hotel, it's a museum and it's a restaurant and it's the only lighthouse on PEI that isn't owned by the federal government.

    It's also the tallest square lighthouse at 21 metres (67 feet). West Point Lighthouse was built in 1875 at the western entrance to the Northumberland Strait.

    The non-profit West Point Development Corporation has operated the lighthouse property since 1984 and ownership was transferred from the federal government in 2002.

    Nine rooms with en suite bath are available in the lighthouse and others in a motel-type addition. There's also a full service restaurant specializing in chowders and lobster suppers and a gift shop.

    The lighthouse is on Northumberland Strait in Cedar Dunes Provincial Park.

    With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011


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