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Alberton house soon to be demolished
This old house is located at the corner of Main and Carroll Streets on your way from downtown Alberton to Northport - not far from Sacred Heart Catholic Church. It was the longtime home of Harvey...
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Hunter River Royal Bank
Above: Charlie Goodwin and Staff with the bank's dog. 1974 Former Hunter River Royal Bank - Photos taken January 12, 2008Owners of the Royal Bank Building: The Royal Bank of Canada came to...
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Senator Montgomery House gets new life
Further to my post of August 21, 2012 when news was circulating of the sale and uncertain future of the Senator Donald Montgomery House (grandfather of L.M. Montgomery) - today's Journal Pioneer...
View ArticleLeards Mill must be torn down...headline reads
Simply...sad and stupid!www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/prince-edward-island/leards-grist-mill-museum-1.3623991
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RFP issued for new addition to house Leards Mill artefacts
The wheels are in motion to destroy Leards Mill. ...RFP for design of new facility went out yesterday...they are wasting no time to rid of our island of the last intact grist mill. Is this...
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Yeo's Mills, Bloomfield
With all the talk of mills these days and possibly loosing Leard's Mill at Coleman (the last intact grist mill left on the Island) - I was curious to know more about the mill stones at the...
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Johnstone Mill, Long River - long since gone
I just saw this image on Earles Picture Restoration Facebook page of the Long River Mill when it was called Ye Olde Mill Museum. When I knew this building in the late 1980s it was unused and...
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Cape Traverse Church & Ice Boat Memorial
I was up this way recently and took these photos of the Cape Traverse United Church and the Ice Boat Memorial across the road. I always find it strange why the websites of the United Church on...
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Corpus Christi Church, Glenwood / MacNevin House, Brae
I was out for a drive last week with my 97-year-old grandmother Empress MacNevin-McDowell and parents. We drove through Milo and surrounding communities where she grew up. Here's a photo of...
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Parish of Port Hill celebrated 175th Anniversary
Last evening friends were telling me about the wonderful service they attended last Sunday at the Old St. Jame's Anglican Church, Port Hill. Here's the story in the West Prince Graphic this...
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1853 Panmure Island Lighthouse
This article appeared on the CBC PEI website yesterday...http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/prince-edward-island/panmure-lighthouse-renovations-1.3304695 Panmure Lighthouse group needs more...
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New Dominion Church becomes a home
I've been waiting to hear the fate of the former New Dominion United Church since it went up for sale a year ago. Last week the Journal Pioneer featured a front page story telling of its new...
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Evolution of the Acadian Home - Georges Arsenault
Last Thursday evening I attended a very interesting talk by Georges Arsenault at the Farmer's Bank Museum in Rustico. The following is the promotional write-up for the talk..."a lecture by...
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W.H. Weeks - Well known American Architect born on P.E.I.
The following are excerpts from the pages of a book about and Islander Will Weeks, born in 1864 in Charlottetown. He became a well known American Architect who began his career in the 1890's.
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Pleasant Valley Memorial Church celebrates 30th anniversary
On Sunday, September 11, 2016 the Pleasant Valley Memorial Church (formerly Pleasant Valley Methodist Church 1876-1925 / Pleasant Valley United Church 1925-1986 ) celebrated it's 30th anniversary...
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Local Histories - a treasure trove of Architecture
Thanks to my brother Kerras for always keeping an eye out for publications on Prince Edward Island history. Here's two he recently picked up for me - these books are hard to find! I'm an avid...
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St. Mark's Anglican Church, Rustico - pending demolition
I could hardly believe what I was reading on the front page of the Northern Star today - St. Mark's Anglican Church on the Church Road in Rustico (South) was de-consecrated on October 16th and...
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Former Bishop McIntyre/MacFadyan/Cran House, Tignish - Destroyed by Fire!
OK- this is a bad day!!! One of Prince Edward Island's more historic homes was destroyed by fire last evening in Tignish! My brother was in this house back in April of this year and took the...
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St. Mark's Anglican Church, built in 1841 - gone!!
On this sunny Saturday morning I decided to go over to St. Mark's Anglican Church in Rustico to take a few last photos and maybe some measurements of the exterior before they tear it down. I was...
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Old Barn, Long River
Nice old weathered barn near the Kitchen Witch Restaurant in Long River.
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