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Scenes from an island where the usual rules don't quite apply.(Chicago Tribune)

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| July 01, 2002 | Solomon, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2002 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MISCOUCHE, Prince Edward Island _ There is majesty here. There really is. But usual rules on travel destinations don't quite apply to Prince Edward Island.

The one major historical site _ Province House in Charlottetown _ is a place where, on the record, nothing actually took place. The creation of a nation called "Canada" got its start on the second floor, but as an idea, not as legislation or resolution or a declaration of anything. That came later.

No one even took minutes.

The island's two "cities" are hardly cities. Charlottetown's population is slightly over 30,000 soaking wet. In Kansas, Summerside, the other "city," would be just ...

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