Thanks sIx. No, I didn't actually mean a transatlantic ferry (!) but local (ish) ones that sort of cruised around the Maritimes and maybe on up the St Lawrence. A civilised way to travel. I didn't know about the new bridge and causeway as I haven't been to Canada for about 25 years. Yes, I met some Halifax musicians on Skye who told me about the cheap flight into Glasgow; you can do a stopover in Reykjavik. Isn't there much Acadian on PEI? It's where Barachois come from . . .