Situated along the island's north shore, fronting the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the park measures approximately 60 km (37 mi) in length and ranges from several hundred metres to several kilometres in width.

[1] The Prince Edward Island National Park also includes Green Gables, a 19th century farm that was the childhood inspiration for the Anne of Green Gables novels by author Lucy Maud Montgomery, as well as Dalvay-by-the-Sea, a Victorian era mansion currently operated as an inn.

[2] The park also experiences severe coastal erosion as a result of winter storms and its vulnerable shoreline.

[3][4] Animals that inhabit this national park are coyotes, red foxes, raccoons, beavers, minks, and weasels.

[1] Numerous birds roam in this park including species of various herons, ducks, owls, cranes, plovers, grouses, jays, falcons, geese, hawks, sandpipers and eagles.