A partial solar eclipse is visible through the clouds that cover North Rustico beach on Prince Edward Island, Canada's smallest province. Sheltered from the sometimes harsh North Atlantic storms, Prince Edward Island stretches 140 miles (225 kilometers) into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and enjoys a warm climate and sandy soil—good for both farming and tourism.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in the National Geographic book Traveling the Trans-Canada From Newfoundland to British Columbia, 1987)