Fail at Canadian Geography

On the side from my full-time job in tourism I am guiding for a brand new walking tour company in Calgary appropriately named Calgary Walks. I have been doing really well getting to know all the Calgary facts and "did you knows", have not been using my cheat notes since the second tour. Well I was on my fourth tour with two lovely American couples and all was going well...

Shellie Moment: In front of the Harry Hays building are two rock installations, one specifically with an outdated map of Canada from 1984. The item missing you ask? The third territory Nunavut. I knew that and always use that as a skill testing question of my guests. Right after though they tested me right back, one couple was heading to PEI afterwards and wanted to know where it was. We were just moving away and I was not paying full attention to the map so I quickly pointed out what I thought was PEI. Off the coast of Newfoundland was my reaction and pointed to the first island I saw. I was swiftly and embarrassingly, corrected by the second couple in attendance. I hung my head in shame, distracted them and quickly walked away! They will forget my foolish mistake by the end, I will fill their heads with Calgary knowledge!

 

Needless to say for the rest of my life I will forever know where PEI is. Even though as a proper Canadian I should have already known since elementary school.