Description

...the country is one entire forest
of wood; all the exceptions to the
truth of this literally are not much
more, even including the present
clearances, than the dark spots
upon the moon s face...
- Walter Johnstone, 1820

Much of our knowledge of
Prince Edward Island's precolonial
landscape comes from
the written accounts of early
European visitors and settlers.
Jacques Cartier described the "treeless
lands" of the north shore,
and the mixed lowland forest
he found in the western end
of the province.