You can do everything you want to in Eastern PEI. This is the real PEI to us. Its all about quiet beaches and hiking and paddling.
Hiking / Paddling
Boughton River Eco Area (5 mins)
Forest Hill Wildlife Management Map
Whitlock Pond (6 or 7 mins)
Macphail Woods (30 mins)
Island Trails Official Website
Sea Quest Adventures St. Peter's (20 mins)
Mooney's Rearing Pond (20 mins)
I highly recomend the book
My wife gave it to me Christmas 2007, from this book we discovered Poplar Point, and the property was for sale.
Colleen had to have it !
Swimming - Beaches
Sally's Beach Provincial Park (6 mins)
Greenwich Dunes National Park (25 mins)
Basin Head Beach and Fisheries Museum
Panmure Island Provincial Park
Brudenell River Provincial Park (25 mins)
Eating
The Inn at Spry Point ( 6 mins)
The Inn at Bay Fortune (10 mins)
Rick's Fish and Chips (20 mins) St Peter's Bay
Cape Light (20 mins) Cardigan
Famous Peppers Pizzas (25 mins) Montague
Clam Diggers (20-25 mins) Georgetown
Local Interest
Wool Mill, see the whole process.
From hair to a blanket. Very Cool Place.