Pages tagged Prince Edward Island
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Bedeque Bay
The south-shore PEI bay that until recently supplied over 65% of the island's oysters. MSX reached it in June 2024, and oysters died in large numbers in April 2025.
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Lucky Lime
A New London Bay oyster named for the green algae that colors its shell, sold by the Raspberry Point team on PEI's north shore.
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Malpeque
The Prince Edward Island oyster judged the world's tastiest in Paris in 1900, and the bay that gave its name to an oyster disease.
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Raspberry Point
A north-shore PEI oyster grown in off-bottom cages, from a business with more than 30 years in oysters. More crunch and salt than a first-timer's oyster.
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Colville Bay
A bottom-farmed oyster from eastern PEI, tonged from soft sand at the mouth of the Souris River, with an aqua-green shell and a salty-sweet taste.