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Late in the summer of 1864, two events descended upon the city of Charlottetown. One was a circus; the other, a political conference. Of the two, it was the circus that captured the attention of Islanders. But it was the . . . — — Map (db m140250) HM
Acadian Departure
When Ile St-Jean was again under French authority in 1749, increased attention was given to developing the colony. Colonel Louis Franquet, an engineer, toured the Island in 1751. He made many recommendations for . . . — — Map (db m309080) HM
Acadian Settlement
Prince Edward Island was known as Île-St-Jean when it was a colony of France in the early 1700s. It was first settled by three hundred people brought from Havre de Rochefort in France in 1720 They spread up the . . . — — Map (db m308980) HM
Arrival And Legacy
Highlanders from the Isle of Skye and Wester Ross arrived in Prince Edward Island to a great challenge. The Acadian Forest was unbroken to the shores of Orwell Bay apart from small clearings remaining from French . . . — — Map (db m309855) HM
The Belfast Historical Society
The Belfast Historical Society was founded on 26 March 1976. It is dedicated to preserving and promoting interest in the history of the Belfast District of Prince Edward Island. Lord Selkirk would be . . . — — Map (db m309856) HM
Clann ‘IcNeacail
Le gras ar Tighearna Iosa Chriosda agus deasachadh fiúghantach ar Tréith Uasail, Tomas Dubhghlas, an Coigeamh larla an Sailcire, tha sinne, Clann an Siol Neacail, a dh' imrich dha 'n tir seo air an t-soithich "Polly" dà . . . — — Map (db m309078) HM
The Croft House
Home of the Belfast Historical Society
The Croft House was built in 1972 by Mary (Stuart) and Gordon Sage in the style of a traditional Highland 'crofter's cottage and served as a gift shop until the 1980s. The . . . — — Map (db m309858) HM
English:
Imagine being aboard a ship on a dark, stormy night. The wind is howling fiercely, pushing large waves over the sides of your vessel. You are at the mercy of the elements. Picture a lack of navigational aids, creating a . . . — — Map (db m140245) HM
On the night of 8th June, 1942, Angus MacLean was piloting his Halifax bomber towards the Krupp armaments factory in the heart of Nazi Germany. His plane was hit by both flak and night fighters, and Angus and his crew were forced to bail . . . — — Map (db m309847) HM
The 5th Earl of Selkirk, philanthropist and colonizer, who believing that the hardships of the Scottish Highland peasantry could be alleviated only by emigration, came to Canada in 1803 and established a large settlement in this area.
He was . . . — — Map (db m309155) HM
English:
Despite its initial success, the Prince Edward Island Steam Navigation Company and its vessel, the St. George, ran into difficulties. Even with investments from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, steamboats were . . . — — Map (db m140249) HM
Built in 1845 and lit for the first time on December 4th of that year, the Point Prim lighthouse is the first and oldest lighthouse on Prince Edward Island and one of only a few round brick lighthouses in Canada
the wooden shingles were . . . — — Map (db m310687) HM
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Prince Edward Island's contribution to Nova Scotia's lighthouses inspired the question: What about building a lighthouse here?
Petitions for lighthouses began to appear before government by the late 1830s. Concerned . . . — — Map (db m140246) HM
English:
At the same time that the Island was grappling with the issue of lighthouses, it found itself dealing with an issue of a different sort: Mail delivery.
Mail delivery was very important, representing the Island's . . . — — Map (db m140247) HM
Spem · Successus · Alit
In honor of the arrival on these shores of our ancestors from the Isle of Skye Scotland, aboard the "Skye ship Polly" on Sunday August 7, 1803.
's e seo eilean an àigh — — Map (db m308906) HM
Saint Paul, a la Pointe-Prim
1752-1758
Ce monument commemore la Paroisse Saint Paul d'autrefois, et les habitants Acndiens et Ecossal dont les restes furent inhumés en ce lieu.
Thin earn so air a thogal mar chuimhneachan . . . — — Map (db m308969) HM
Scottish Settlement
Thomas Douglas became the 5th Earl of Selkirk in Scotland at 28 years of age in 1799 and one of 16 Scottish Peers in the British House of Lords just three years later. He had a good education and an enlightened . . . — — Map (db m309853) HM
The Selkirk Settlement
The settlement founded in this area by Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk, was the first systematic attempt to direct to British North America the tide of dispossessed Highlanders which had been flowing . . . — — Map (db m308905) HM
This Summer Will Be Different
In 2024, bestselling Canadian author Carley Fortune added to the long-standing tradition of Island-inspired artistry with her novel This Summer Will Be Different. A story of love. friendship, and . . . — — Map (db m310690) HM
Angus MacLean was a good man, proud of his ancestral Maclean Hebridean roots; a traditionalist who embraced positive change. He was a war hero; a very successful politician at both the Federal and
Provincial levels - a Federal Cabinet Minister and . . . — — Map (db m308977) HM WM
