Lady Slipper Drive Lady Slipper Drive The Lady Slipper Drive is a former scenic drive located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, beginning and ending at Summerside. The Lady Slipper Drive comprised numerous routes along coastal sections of Prince County and measured approximately 300 km in length. It was replaced in 2005 by the North Cape Coastal Drive. Deriving its name from the Lady's Slipper orchid, the provincial floral emblem which grows in shaded forests, the signs marking the Lady Slipper Drive depicted a red orchid within a red frame on a square white background. The Lady Slipper Drive was developed as a
Slipper launch launches have also been owned by other famous names, including one by the British 1950's singing trio, the Beverley Sisters and another by Louis Renault, of car company fame. In the 1960s & 1970s launches were also built by Alf Parrott at Henley-on-Thames . Alf Parrott slipper launches were initially built in marine ply then later in glass fibre, in length with Stuart Turner single-cylinder petrol engines. Alf Parrott launches can still be seen on the River Thames. During a renovation project the hull shape and construction can be viewed along with the rarely seen framing of the slipper stern.