Smoke from Quebec fires causes hazy day of summer on P.E.I. [Video]

Sharon Moase wasn’t exactly sure what she was seeing when she crossed to P.E.I. from New Brunswick on the Confederation Bridge Sunday, straight  into a white haze.

“I didn’t realize it wasn’t fog,” she said in an email to CBC News, along with a photo. “Was an eerie feeling.”

What she was seeing was the effects of lingering smoke from wildfires that have been burning for weeks in Quebec. It got so bad Sunday afternoon that Environment Canada issued a rare air quality statement for the province.

“Wildfire smoke can be harmful to everyone’s health even at low temperatures,” the statement said.

The air quality improved overnight and wasn’t noticeable in Charlottetown on Monday, but Aaron Masseira, who was walking in Victoria Park, said he could “feel it in …