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Pour se rendre à Charlottetown à partir de Montréal, il faut parcourir 1,150 km. Un long périple en voiture que nous avons fait sur deux jours avec un arrêt à Edmundston au Nouveau-Brunswick. Ensuite, il faut traverser tout le Nouveau-Brunswick du nord au sud et d’ouest en est pour arriver au Pont de la Confédération qui relie le continent à l’Ile-du-Prince-Edouard. Cette route offre quelques beaux paysages quoique la portion de l’autoroute entre Frédéricton et Moncton est assez isolée sans autre intérêt que des forêts.
Comme à mon habitude, je me suis amusée à photographier le paysage à travers le pare-brise de la voiture… évidemment, j’étais la passagère!
To get to Charlottetown from Montreal, you have to travel 1,150 km. A long road trip that we did over two days with a stop in Edmundston, New Brunswick. From there, you have to cross the entire New Brunswick from north to south and from west to east to reach the Confederation Bridge connecting the mainland to Prince-Edward-Island. This route offers some nice scenery though the portion of the highway between Fredericton and Moncton is pretty isolated with no other interest than forests.
As usual, I had fun photographing the landscape through the car’s windshield… obviously, I was the passenger!
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Les voyages de Suzanne & Pierre 
This is truly an incredible stretch…
My cousin lives in New Brunswick and he has been inviting us for a trip to this amazing land…
Hope I get a chance once 🙂
Thanks Sreejith for your note. The stretch of road in New Brunswick is more interesting in the northern part of the province. We didn’t spend much time in that province but I believe that the most interesting parts are on the coast along the Bay of Fundy and along the coast along the Northumberland Strait. The rest is sparsely populated and is comprised of mostly forests. I do hope you do get a chance to come one of these days. That part of Canada is very interesting.
Bonjour
Décidément, je ne me lasse pas de ces paysages .
En tant que passagère tu as su prendere de jolies vues et on à peine à croire que c’est au travers d’une vitre de voiture.
En chemin, tout est intéressant. Un bâtiment, une usine, une cabane abandonnée , une forêt …
Merci pour votre note. Bien contente que ces quelques photos aient su vous plaire. J’ai développé une méthode pour prendre des photos en roulant mais ce n’est pas toujours facile car nos routes sont souvent pas en très bon état…J’aime bien que vous ayez remarqué tous les petits détails de ces photos…
The last time I did this drive was two days after an ice storm. The trees were sparkling with ice. It was magical but it is equally spectacular green.
Thanks Jacqui. I agree that it would be quite magical in the winter but I must admit that we found the section between Fredericton & Moncton to be a bit “boring” and painful as there are barely any exits and nothing to see apart from rows of trees. It is probably nicer in winter…
Great shots. We did the Montreal to Halifax drive around this time last year. Lots of lovely peaceful scenery to admire.
Enjoy PEI 🙂
Thanks Norm. It is a long road but quite interesting…we are back from PEI but a bit slow with processing our pictures. More to come soon.
Sacré voyage dis donc. Jolies photos en tout cas! 🙂
Merci Vivien. Les distances sont grandes au Canada et il faut souvent enfiler les kilomètres pour aller quelque part mais on aime les voyages sur la route. Contente que ces photos aient su vous plaire.
Il ne manque plus que la musique et les cheveux au vent ! Tes jolies photos donnent envie de reprendre la route !
Merci Anne-Laure…nous n’avons malheureusement pas une décapotable donc il faudra repasser pour les cheveux au vent! Mais je suis bien contente que ces photos vous aient donnés envie de reprendre la route.
We considered this drive a few years ago but decided it took up too much of our vacation and flew from Montreal to Halifax. So we didn’t see New Brunswick – but your post confirms we made the right decision! Nothing against New Brunswick, we just thought that road looked a long slog.
Thanks Anabel. You made the right decision as it is indeed a long slog and the New Brunswick highway goes through the not so interesting areas of the province. There are people who gave the province a new nickname: “the drive-through province” as most people don’t stop and just slog it to Nova Scotia or Prince-Edward-Island. I think that there are very nice areas along the Bay of Fundy and also along the Northumberland Strait but we didn’t have time to visit those areas.
We did at least see the Bay of Fundy from the Nova Scotia side.
I actually never been to the Bay of Fundy but hope to go one of these days. I also have Nova Scotia on the list as I have only ever been to Halifax on business…too many places to visit and not enough time.
Ce sont des paysages très tranquilles et attirants. Je suis d’accord avec Yoshimi-Paris. On ne croirait pas qu’il y a une vitre de voiture entre l’appareil et les champs verts.
Merci John. Bien contente que ces photos aient su vous plaire. J’ai développé, au fil des ans, une technique pour prendre des photos à travers le pare-brise et nous faisons toujours un effort pour le tenir bien propre sinon PhotoShop vient à la rescousse pour effacer les petites imperfections.
Being ‘on the road’ ourselves, I love these shots! I’m always taking photos from my passenger seat of the roads we’re traveling, some tight and along a cliff, or some so straight, you can see for miles and miles. 🙂 Only problem for me is editing out the bugs on the windshield! lol
Thanks Donna for your note. I am glad to find another person who takes pictures through the windshield. We try to clean ours at every stop we make so that I have a clean one to take picture through…so far, I have managed to get some nice pictures without too much work in PhotoShop…Have fun on the road!
Very pretty scenery and looks worth the long drive! I always associate PEI with Anne of Green Gables! Sorry to hear you had trouble with your hotel reservation in Charlottetown though and hope it didn’t spoil your trip too much!
Thanks Rosemary. Part of the road isn’t as pretty and it ia a long slog but internal flights are outrageously expensive in Canada so driving was the best option for us.
You and most people associate this province with Anne of the Green Gable and it is one of its star attraction but we didn’t partake in any of those sights. The reservation fiasco wasn’t too much of a spoiler especially after we got our money back…
I’ve always wanted to travel to the Maritimes, especially in autumn. Have fun!
Thanks for your note. Actually, we have been back for a little while so we didn’t see the Maritimes in the fall…we are a bit behind in processing the pictures taken during our trip.
What nice clean and crisp photos you have captured from the passenger seat. Your windshield must be a LOT cleaner than mine normally is 🙂
It’s interesting you mentioned the 1,150 km from Montreal to Charlottetown. It’s a reminder of how big this country really is.
Thanks Joanne. I have been taking pictures through the windshields for years and yes, we do try to keep it quite clean so I can take pictures. Though, I also often used Photoshop to clone out any of the dirt that might have been found on the windshields… Our country is indeed very big and distances are huge!
I feel like I’m sitting beside you!
Thanks Julia. That is a nice compliment when people feel they are in the picture with us…