| West Prince - O'Leary, Alberton & Tignish AreaWest Point As you travel along the west coast of PEI you will find the West Point Lighthouse Inn, which is situated in the Cedar Dunes Provincial Park. This area is characterized by beautiful white, sandy beaches. Thanks to a community initiative this historic PEI lighthouse does duty as an inn and restaurant and is a source of information on the early days of lighhouse-keeping and the men that worked in them. Miminegash Miminegash is the centre for the collection of Irish Moss. Islanders of the area are known to collect the moss, often in the old way with horse drawn cart. If you are seeking more information on the history of the area and the practise of gathering Irish Moss as well as to sample a delicious "Seaweed Pie", you should visit the Interpretive Centre in Miminegash. North Cape Featuring the longest natural rock reef in North America and the Atlantic Wind Test Site, providing energy for PEI as well as a development centre gaining information on wind technology, North Cape is the perfect blend of Man and Nature. You can visit the Wind Energy Interpretive Centre to learn more about exciting new developments in the production of wind energy, enjoy a unique dining experience where the tides of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Northumberland Stait converge as well as experiencing the nature of the area on the Black March Nature Trail Tignish Tignish, a small community just north-west of Alberton, near the western-most point of PEI, is home to St. Simon and St.Jude Churchs that feature large in the village. St Judes houses a large pipe organ which is still in use. Tignish was originally settled by Irish and Acadian settlers and you can access more information about the cultures at the Tignish Interpretive Centre . Bloomfield Bloomfield has everything for the visitor, including Mill River Fun Park, a Provincial Park offering camping, a resort and a championship Golf Course. MacAusland's, a turn of the century woolen mill located in the Bloomfield/Mill River area, offers fine yarn and wool products. O'Leary The potato, heart of PEI's agriculture and heart of O'Leary is celebrated at the Potato Museum, where you can learn the history of potato growing and the importance of the industry to PEI life and economy. Alberton and Northport Alberton is the "largest" town in the area and has the biggest downtown commercial area. If you are interested in the history of the island's fox industry there is the Museum & Genealogy Centre which shows the importance fox farming played on PEI history. Alberton streets display historic murals depicting life of a by-gone age. Northport the adjoining community features a four-star inn overlooking the harbour, an interpretive centre, and a seafood restaurant also with a view of the harbour.
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Recreational Property in the West Prince Area...
an Overlooked Opportunity
West Prince is probably PEI's best kept secret. Abundant in natural beauty it is just starting to make itself noticed with the tourist population. This leads to an old adage in the real estate world: "it never pays to be the last to know". There are real estate values to be had in this area which is located in the western-most tip of PEI and includes O'Leary, Alberton, Miminegash, West Point, North Cape, Tignish and Bloomfield. In PEI real estate terms this is known as Area 1 and is know in the tourist industry as "Sunsets and Seascapes".
Recently we took listings that had sold in Area 1, West Prince, PEI and compared the sale prices with those that sold in Area 11 which is Charlotte's Shore and is situated in the lower middle area of PEI and also with sales in Anne's Land, Area 12 which is the North Shore or northern middle sector of PEI. Our survey took in 98 comparisons with properties in Anne's land and 63 sales by comparison from Charlotte's Shore. These two sections have been the really popular areas of PEI to buy. Anne's Land is around Kensington and Cavendish Beach areas and Charlotte's Shore includes Borden and is the crossing point of the Confederation Bridge. We found that the average sale price in Area 1 was $86,281, while the average price in Area 11 topped $131,988 and Area 12, $132,325. This means that Area 1 on the western end of PEI for comparable waterfront properties priced at 65% of the sale prices of the other two more popular areas. This means that if you want a nice peice of PEI waterfront property within your budget that offers beauty, value and privacy you should be having a look in Area 1, "Sunsets and Seascapes" and your go-to guy for real estate in this area is Don Murphy of Century21 Northumberland Realty. Have a look at some of the properties in this area.
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Contact Don Murphy today for more information on this exciting, growing area of picturesque PEI! Direct: (902) 853-5036 Email: donm@century21pei.com Toll-Free: 1-888-701-0021 |
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