At nearly 8 miles long, the Confederation Bridge connects P.E.I. to New Brunswick, Canada, and is the longest bridge in the world that runs over freezing waters.
Long, cold winters and the beer-loving culture have combined to give Islanders, the moniker for P.E.I. residents, the record for the highest rate of obesity in Canada.
After being buried in Galveston, Texas, in 1898, the coffin of P.E.I. actor Charles Coghlan was washed away in a hurricane. The same coffin was picked up by fishermen off the coast of Prince Edward Island in 1908.
The Fantazmagoric Museum of the Strange and Unusual on P.E.I. has a full-size replica of King Tut's tomb through which visitors can walk.
In addition to being referred to as Islanders, people who hail from P.E.I. also are called "spudheads," a reference to the huge potato crops farmed on the island.
