Getting On and Off the Island
For as long as there have been islands, getting to and from them has been a concern. This was certainly true in Prince Edward Island.
In 1827, small and sturdy ice boats equipped with runners began to . . . — — Map (db m310251) HM
Some of the History of the Old Pioneer Cemetery and Saint Peters Church Seven Mile Bay. St. Peters Parish, Seven Mile Bay extends from the Aboiteau Bridge to beyond the mouth of the Dunk River, including all that extensive coastline and all the . . . — — Map (db m309758) HM
George Uglow Pope
1820-1908
George Uglow Pope (popularly known as G.U. Pope) was born on the 24th of April 1820 in Bedeque.
He started studying the Tamil language, one of the classical languages, at the age of 17 and in 1839, . . . — — Map (db m309715) HM
The Lighthouse was constructed in the Year of 1864 by David MacFarlane and John Rankin. This is the 4th Lighthouse to be built on Prince Edward Island as a Navigational Aid. The House was built in 1872.to accommodate the Lighthouse Keepers and their . . . — — Map (db m309755) 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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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 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
CNR Station
Borden's original railway station, built in October 1916, was located on what is now known as Downing Street. At the time, the community was called Carleton Head. The railway played an important role connecting communities from . . . — — Map (db m309717) HM
Confederation Bridge
The Confederation Bridge joins Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick; it is 12.9 km long and is the longest bridge in the world over ice covered water.
The bridge is one of Canada's top engineering achievements of the . . . — — Map (db m309639) HM
Ice Boats
The ferry service to PEI had a very illustrious history. The service began with iceboats from Capte Traverse PEI. The Ice boats started in 1827 and the crossing was twelve miles. The cost at the tie was $5.00. If you were a male . . . — — Map (db m309738) HM
Commemorating the bicentennial of the historic landing of the United Empire Loyalists - August 4, 1784.
William Schurman of New Rochelle, New York who earlier had assurances from the land claim board, brought from Shelburne, Nova Scotia . . . — — Map (db m310247) HM
This school was rebuilt in about 1886 using structural timbers of an earlier school building built on the same site in about 1840 and it served the community of Lower Bedeque (six km. from here) until 1962. It then fell into dereliction until it was . . . — — Map (db m309808) HM
This plaque commemorates the designation of Brighton Beach Front Range lighthouse under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act.
Cette plaque commémore la désignation du phare d'alignement antérieur de Brighton Beach en vertu de la Loi . . . — — Map (db m308726) HM
Prior to 1990, this land contained the Weeks Coal Yard; swamp land; railroad tracks and parking spaces. In the summer of 1990, the Charlottetown City Council resolved to change the zoning of this municipal property from industrial to parkland and . . . — — Map (db m308858) HM
Rena McLean Veterans Garden
This garden commemorates the previous use of this site as a convalescent hospital for veterans returning from The Great War (1914-1918).
The hospital was named the Rena McLean Memorial Hospital in . . . — — Map (db m308730) HM WM
Trans Canada Trail
In 1992, the bold dream of a national Trail linking Canadians from coast to coast to coast was launched on Prince Edward Island.
This plaque, proudly unveiled by the Honourable Robert Ghiz, Premier of . . . — — Map (db m309083) HM
This superb Picturesque villa is one of the finest homes built in pre-Confederation Canada. It was constructed about 1839 for politician and administrator T. H. Haviland Sr. (1795-1867). Basic to its design is the late 18th-century British . . . — — Map (db m309277) HM
King Square is one of the five squares laid out in the 1771 plan of Charlottetown. Over the years much effort has been made to beautify the space. In 1884 during the first celebration of Arbor Day of 30 were planted in this square.
During the . . . — — Map (db m309803) HM
Redesignated
Lieutenant-Colonel
J. David Stewart, DSO, ED, CD
Armoury
Approved by
Acting Commander Canadian Army
29 april 2021
J. David Stewart was born in the small community of Georgetown, PE on 21 Aug 1910 and later moved to . . . — — Map (db m308734) HM
In 1857, Daniel Brennan a local Charlottetown businessman, donated property located on the corner of Sydney and Weymouth Street to the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame. The nuns had been asked by Bishop B.D. Macdonald to come to the Island . . . — — Map (db m308857) HM
Dedicated to the Memory of the Men and Women of The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) and tis predecessors who have served their country during war and peacetime.
Unveiled by His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, . . . — — Map (db m308733) WM
A Staunch Supporter of Confederation
Born in Bedeque, PEI, on May 29, 1825, William Henry Pope, was a lawyer, land agent, journalist and politician. Delegate to both the 1864 Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences on Confederation, . . . — — Map (db m309810) HM
Ardgowan was the home of William Henry Pope from 1854 to 1873. Lawyer, land agent, editor of the Islander newspaper and Father of Confederation. Pope was at the centre of the political and educational controversies of his era. . . . — — Map (db m309212) HM
This cairn was built to commemorate the establishment of the Charlottetown Experimental Farm fifty years ago, and to honour those who laboured to make it of value to agriculture in Prince Edward Island and all Canada.
(On the same cairn, to . . . — — Map (db m309213) HM
What's in a name?
The name "Ardgowan" comes from the Highland Scots Gaelic word, "ard," meaning hill or high place, and "gowan" which is the Lowland Scots' word for the common daisy flower. The reason for the name choice was never . . . — — Map (db m309811) HM
Born in De Sable, Lane grew up in California where he was educated and called to the bar in 1886. Having worked in journalism and in law, he entered politics as a Democrat. Appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1906 he was the . . . — — Map (db m310158) HM
The Changing Landscape
Prince Edward Island is Canada's smallest province, but it is also the most densely populated with about half of the Island cleared for human use. The patchwork of fields you can see from here is highly . . . — — Map (db m309832) HM
St. Peters Harbour Lighthouse
The St. Peters Harbour Lighthouse sits alone in the dunes today. Once, it sat on a wharf in a busy fishing port named Havre St. Pierre and later, St. Peters Harbour. On the spot where you are now . . . — — Map (db m309835) HM
Stanhope Cemetery
Here lie the people of the past deep within this ground are over 160 years of history buried with ancestors of Islanders today. Courageous first settlers of the early 1880's, they worked long and. hard to carve . . . — — Map (db m310624) HM
Stanhope Community Cemetery
The old Stanhope Community Cemetery was once part of an active farm community.
Nearly 200 years of history are buried deep in the red soil. Scottish settlers who carved farmland out of forest, and . . . — — Map (db m309830) HM
Bushing the Bay
From the days of the earliest settlement until the 1950's when modern snow plows began to keep the area roads open on a regular basis, the bay before you was used as a winter road. This practice involved some risks . . . — — Map (db m309834) HM
The Gale of 1851
The forenoon had been particularly balmy. Schooners had sailed into the shallow waters in search of mackerel and cod. But darkness found the vessels trapped in the stillness close to land. There was no breeze to . . . — — Map (db m309943) HM
Skip Suzanne Caudet and her teammates Kelly Higgins, Robyn MacPhee, Stefanie Richard, and Carol Webb, curling out of Summerside's Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, captured the Gold Medal at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships held in . . . — — Map (db m309636) HM
Summerside is fortunate to have many historic buildings in its downtown neighbourhood as living testament to the tastes and skills of previous residents. In 2003 a heritage district was designated by the City under its Heritage Conservation Bylaw . . . — — Map (db m309840) HM
Summerside is fortunate to have many historic buildings in its downtown neighbourhood as living testament to the tastes and skills of previous residents. In 2003 a heritage district was designated by the City under its Heritage Conservation Bylaw . . . — — Map (db m309844) HM
Summerside is fortunate to have many historic buildings in its downtown neighbourhood as living testament to the tastes and skills of previous residents. In 2003 a heritage district was designated by the City under its Heritage Conservation Bylaw . . . — — Map (db m309842) HM
Summerside is fortunate to have many historic buildings in its downtown neighbourhood as living testament to the tastes and skills of previous residents. In 2003 a heritage district was designated by the City under its Heritage Conservation Bylaw . . . — — Map (db m309843) HM
1783 - 1983
To Commemorate the bicentennial of the United Empire Loyalists and Disbanded troops who settled on the Isle of Saint John following the American Revolution.
These courageous loyal refugees contributed greatly to the development . . . — — Map (db m309635) HM WM
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
CWH Anson
(left panel)
Casualties from #31 Charlottetown
Agar, J. F., AC1 Anson crash January 12, 1942
Beauman, Ernest, LAC Anson crash January 12, 1942
Bell, K. . . . — — Map (db m310621) WM
The beginning of the tourist trade in this province and probably the first tourist establishment in the Dominion of Canada, and its founder Mr. James L. Holman.
The Holman name has been long associated with the founding and development of . . . — — Map (db m309633) HM
The early history of Summerside is closely associated with the existence of a public wharf. Green's Wharf, completed circa 1840, was later known variously as the Town Wharf, the Government Wharf and finally Queen's Wharf. Commercial establishments . . . — — Map (db m309642) HM
In Memory of Sir Ira Enman
May 9, 1922-July 21, 2021
Born in Harmony, Prince Edward Island
WWII Veteran Dispatch Rider
Knighted by France in Summerside, March 2017
For his service Juno Beach D-Day Invasion in France
Also served . . . — — Map (db m310625) WM
Irony of History: England, First Nation to Salute the Acadian Flag
The Acadian flag was adopted on August 15, 1884, by delegates attending the second Acadian National Convention in Miscouche, Prince Edward Island. The following . . . — — Map (db m310619) HM
This plaque is dedicated in recognition of the many community enhancing projects and contributions of military and civilian personnel at R.C.A.F. Station/C. F. B. Summerside
1941-1992
We cherish your love & friendship . . . — — Map (db m310622) WM
The large building on the western end of the business district on Water Street was built by R.T. Holman, an entrepreneur well ahead of his time. He was born in Saint John and worked at his brother's store in St. Eleanors before opening a . . . — — Map (db m309743) HM
Summerside Steamers
Coastal communications were of the utmost importance to the early settlers whose farms were seldom far from the shore. The completion of the Queen's Wharf at Green's Shore (now Summerside) in 1840 gave the . . . — — Map (db m309744) HM
The College of Piping & Celtic Performing Arts of Canada
The skirl of the pipes and perhaps the swirl of a kilt should not come as a surprise in Summerside. Just off the trail on the east side of the city is the College of Piping, . . . — — Map (db m309747) HM
In September 1866, builder Pierce Doyle was awarded the contract to construct the Drill Shed on this site. Military companies used the building to conduct training exercises and inspections.
Its location within the Public Square made it a . . . — — Map (db m309716) HM
Summerside was ablaze in a fierce south-east gale during the night of October 10, 1906! The fire began its destructive path at the railway freight sheds apparently ignited by a spark from a train engine. Advancing in a 300 yard wide swath diagonally . . . — — Map (db m309641) HM
The Great Trail in Prince Edward Island
This marks the connection of Prince Edward Island's section of The Great Trail in honour of Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.
From where you are standing, you can . . . — — Map (db m309754) HM
The Holman Holmstead
c. 1855 to 1877
Refurbished by the Prince Edward Island Heritage Foundation in 1975
A gift to the foundation by Miss Gladys Holman and a Financial involvement by the Prince Edward Island Heritage Endowment Found and . . . — — Map (db m309640) HM
The Indian Head Lighthouse & Breakwater
The lighthouse at the mouth of Summerside harbour was constructed in 1880 by Richard Keefe of Alberton who was awarded the contract by the Dominion Government. The octagonal building with a . . . — — Map (db m309751) HM
The Striped Skunk
Skunks are not true Islanders. They "came from away" in 1912, and stayed. Fur farming was highly profitable at the time and two entrepreneurs in the Wilmot Valley decided to try something different -
they . . . — — Map (db m309752) HM
The Summerside Fire of 1906
All communities feared fire during the 19th century. Most structures were close together and made of wood. Buildings had been getting taller and equipment for fighting fires was marginal at best. The . . . — — Map (db m309746) HM
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Birthplace of the Trans Canada Trail.
This plaque and Trans Canada Trail logo unveiled June 17th, 2000, by Dr. Sherman Olson, National President of the Trans Canada Trail, Mayor Basil L. Stewart, Canada 125 Board . . . — — Map (db m309809) HM
Wastewater Treatment Centre
The original treatment facility was built on this site in 1972 by the Town of Summerside.
This facility had only a primary level of treatment. In 2008 the City completed the upgrade of the facility to . . . — — Map (db m309637) HM
The "Yankee Gale" of October 3rd-5th, 1851 is regarded as one of the strongest and most destructive storms to hit Maritime Canada in the annals of recorded meteorological history. The wind came out of the northeast, blowing a tempest. There were . . . — — Map (db m308704) HM
Life at “The Shore”
Much has been written about life in a "company town," a "coal" town, a "lumber" town, etc., but seldom does one hear of life in a "fishing" town or village as is the case with Tignish Shore. Most stories of . . . — — Map (db m308662) HM
A Fishing Village
Fishing is the backbone of the Village of Tignish and surrounding areas and dates back to 1845 when Frank Arsenault and Thomas J. Caie began trading with the locals. They were followed by W.B. Dead and Captain . . . — — Map (db m308666) HM
To the Glory of God and the memory of all those who have contributed to the teaching of His Word and the futherance of His Work, this plaque has been dedicated by the Rt. Rev. Walter Farquharson, Moderator of the United Church of Canada, to mark . . . — — Map (db m310623) HM
Erected in memory of these soldiers who fought in the Great War 1914-1918
Killed in action
John Lyman Wood ·
Percy Farrow ·
Capt. James Farrow
Enlisted
Everett Bell ·
Morley Bell ·
Earl Thompson ·
Thomas Dawson · . . . — — Map (db m310242) WM
Born in this house, Macphail became a distinguished doctor and writer, serving as the first professor of the history of medicine at McGill University (1907-1937). He was knighted for his services with the Canadian Army Medical Corps during . . . — — Map (db m309713) HM
This stone was bought by Sir Andrew Macphail... from Wallace, Nova Scotia in a "spirit of reckless pride". Stones of this size are rare on Prince Edward Island, "many visitors came to view the wonder" Sir Andrew wrote. "Pat Bolger the last of the . . . — — Map (db m309714) HM
The Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead
Recognition
In September 1910, the Governor General of Canada, Earl Grey, requested a stopover in Prince Edward Island so that he could meet the writer L.M. Montgomery - he had been entranced . . . — — Map (db m309805) HM
These two limestone pillars, standing almost 4 meters tall, mark what was once the main entrance to the Macphail Homestead grounds. The story of how these unique and beautiful landmarks came to Sir Andrew Macphail's birthplace links his life and . . . — — Map (db m309735) HM
Hotbed of Culture and Art
Victoria-by-the-Sea, located on the province's south shore, is very proud of its reputation as an arts and culture hub. Founded in 1819, the village really came into its own by the late 1800s, with three . . . — — Map (db m310167) HM
Victoria's history dates back to 1767 when the property, then called Lot 29, was acquired by Admiral Sir Charles Saunders by Royal lottery. Through marriage, it became the property of the Earl of Westmoreland. In 1802, his estate manager, James . . . — — Map (db m310165) HM
English:
The eastern terminus of the Confederation Trail is Elmira. It is a further nine kilometres by road to East Point, the eastern tip of land. The site is dominated by an octagonal white lighthouse built in 1867. Exceeding 19 . . . — — Map (db m141202) HM
English:
The Elmira Branch of the P.E.I. Railway opened for business on 26 October 1912, one of the last expansions of rail service in the province. The terminus at Elmira was similar to other "ends," with an engine house and . . . — — Map (db m141203) HM
English:
Elmira became the new eastern terminus of the P.E.I. Railway in 1912 when the main line was extended from Harmony. The early decades of the 1900s were the last period of expansion for the provincial railway. They were . . . — — Map (db m141204) HM
English:
The original fog alarm building was added to the East Point Light Station in 1885 as a navigational aid. It was replaced in 1908 with a larger building at a cost of $8000.00, and remains one of the few intact fog alarm . . . — — Map (db m140620) HM
To the glorious memory of
our native sons who paid the supreme
sacrifice in the two World Wars.
1914 — 1918
Our Honoured Dead
Stephen F. Cherry • John P. Dalton • Martin P. Dalton • John W. Lavers • Temple W. Macdonald, M.C. . . . — — Map (db m80294) WM
[English:]
The railway and the steamship lines serving Prince Edward Island became major drivers to a new industry which became known as tourism. Realizing soon after the railway was open for service in 1875 that more and more . . . — — Map (db m293402) HM
English:
The Honorable Andrew Archibald (A.A.) Macdonald
was born February 14, 1829 in Three Rivers.
He carried on the family business in Georgetown
until called to serve in the Legislature.
He was in Ottawa, a member of the . . . — — Map (db m80295) HM
English:
The Three Rivers - Montague, Brudenell, and Cardigan - wind through towns, villages and communities in Kings County, draining into Cardigan Bay, known to the Mi’Kmaq people as Samkook (sandy shore). One of the first . . . — — Map (db m80296) HM
Established in 1720, Havre Saint
Pierre was once the largest
settlement in the colony of Isle Saint
Jean. On a summer day in the 1730s
this was a busy place. Here - a fleet
of tiny shallops, sails snapping as
they set out for the . . . — — Map (db m139397) HM
The bottom of the bay is like a giant compost bin. Seaweed and shellfish collect here when they
die, and form a thick, black mud. The decomposing shells create high lime content, making "mussel
mud” a perfect fertilizer for the . . . — — Map (db m139444) HM
Early British settlers were more
interested in farming than in
fishing. By the early 1800s, a small
village began to grow farther
inland. Here the bay was narrow
and easily crossed - first by ferry,
later by bridge. St. Peters . . . — — Map (db m139407) HM
It is believed that Charles
Sanderson started farming here around 1820. Until the farm was
sold in the early 197os, different
generations of Sandersons cared
for this land. Always mindful of the ever-changing sand dunes, they
helped . . . — — Map (db m139448) HM
This plaque commemorates the designation of Panmure Head Lighthouse under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act. Cette plaque commémore la désignation du phare de Panmure Head en vertu de la Loi sur la . . . — — Map (db m269391) HM
Bishop A. B. Mac Eachern
Angus Bernard MacEachern, a pioneer missionary, emigrated
from Scotland in 1790. For forty-five years he ministered
zealously to the people of Prince Edward Island, the Magdalen
Islands, and to large . . . — — Map (db m293403) HM
John Whalen built the square tapered, 12.4 m Cape Bear Lighthouse in 1881. In 1947, it was moved back from eroding cliffs. Ewart A. Keeping was lightkeeper from 1926-1959. The attached dwelling was removed in 1960. The Marconi Wireless Station was . . . — — Map (db m198787) HM
English:
Cape Bear is located on the Northumberland Strait side of the southeast corner of Prince Edward Island. The name survives in translation from the French period of Island history. The lighthouse was built in 1881, one of . . . — — Map (db m147964) HM
English:
The normal way to build a railway is to start at one end using an engine and flatcars to deliver materials to the end-of-track. The branch built between Charlottetown and Murray Harbour between 1901 and 1904 required a . . . — — Map (db m147962) HM
In grateful tribute to the living
and the dead who through their
valiant efforts and bitter
sacrifice have made Canada great
is this shrine dedicated Killed in action or died in service War of 1914-1918
Gordon Mackay
Clarence Reynolds . . . — — Map (db m139450) WM
English:
Murray Harbour began to achieve status as an important PEI port in the late 1700s. The earliest settlers in the area sustained themselves by fishing and farming but John Cambridge, the proprietor of Lot 64, was actively . . . — — Map (db m140239) HM
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