1060 ELLERSLIE |
Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : North Cape Coastal Drive
Description From Owner:
- In Malpeque Bay. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 Lenox Island for Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox or for his brother Lord George Lennox. Became an Indian reserve in 1840, although Micmacs had long resided on it. P.O. from 1912.
- Lennox Channel, also named by Holland, is between the W side of the island and the mainland. The Mi'kmaq called it Kikchiseboogwek, 'passage close to shore.'
- Indian Art and Craft of North America is at 4 Eagle Feather Trail, Route 163 on Lennox Island Reserve and offers all manner of traditional and non-traditional native crafts: drums, beadwork, masks, rattles, pottery, ash-splint baskets, etc.
- Open mid-May to mid-Oct.
Address of this page: http://pei.ruralroutes.com/LennoxIsland