Lady Slipper Drive

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The Lady Slipper Drive is a former scenic drive located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, beginning and ending at Summerside.[1]

The Lady Slipper Drive comprised numerous routes along coastal sections of Prince County and measured approximately 300 km in length. It was replaced in 2005 by the .

Deriving its name from the Lady's Slipper orchid, the provincial floral emblem which grows in shaded forests, the signs marking the Lady Slipper Drive depicted a red orchid within a red frame on a square white background.

The Lady Slipper Drive was developed as a tourism marketing project during the 1970s in conjunction with the in Queens County and the in Kings County.

References[]

  1. ^ Pratson, Frederick John (1989). Guide to eastern Canada. Globe Pequot Press. pp. 383–386. ISBN 978-0-87106-613-8.

Coordinates: 46°23′24″N 63°47′06″W / 46.390131°N 63.785051°W / 46.390131; -63.785051


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