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St. Ann's R.C. Church, Hope River - 1911-1950
I was telling someone today about this magnificent church built in 1911 and demolished in the early 1050's - the following information are scans from the book, "St. Ann's Parish History, Hope...
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Harris House, Rosebank - aka Green Acres
I photographed this old house on April 16, 1989 just before it was demolished. This was the home of the Loman Harris family. In the 1980's it seemed Island Tel had taken over the...
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Charlottetown: The Life in Its Buildings by Irene L. Rogers
I just went to the book, "CHARLOTTETOWN: The Life in Its Buildings" by Irene L. Rogers - this is the "go to" book about the history of the buildings of Charlottetown. Below are the covers and a...
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Sketches by Sally Blake Hooff, Malpeque
I bought these pen and ink sketches near 20 years ago when I visited Sally Hooff's studio in Malpeque - not far from the Princetown United Church...
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Mission Station, Angus & Marie Steele home, Gaspereaux
I've had the following photocopy of the Steele house in Gaspereaux for years - it's not reference, however, I believe it came from the Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Record Office...
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Kelly - Acorn Brick House, Lake Verde
I took the following photos of this once magnificient brick house located on the Murnaghan Road in Lake Verde, Prince Edward Island on August 26, 1988. The impressive brick house was built by...
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Kings County Courthouse 1887
I was up to Georgetown this morning for a meeting - it was a a cold, sunny winter day. I photographed the old sandstone Courthouse on Kent Street - the main street into town/downtown. This...
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Center Dormer House, Georgetown
I was early for my meeting this morning in Georgetown so I took a drive around town and marvel at the great architecture of the town! Below here's a center dormer style house likely built...
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St. Joachim's Hall, Vernon River
As I passed by St. Joachim's Roman Catholic Church and Hall the other day I quickly stopped and pulled around to take a few photos of the old Hall as it appears it is going to be demolished. A...
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St. Joachim's Catholic Church, Vernon River
When at Vernon River the other day I also took photos of the St. Joachim's Roman Catholic Church. The following information cf. Historic Places Website:...
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Old Barn, Wellington Center
In the late 1990's I photographed this old farmstead. In early 2000 the barn was demolished and the old house was moved back on the lot and turned 90 degrees on a new foundation. The house is...
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Old Saw Mill, Milton (aka Curtisdale)
I took the winter photos below of the old sawmill in Milton on December 20, 1987. The mill was situated on Route 2 (Malpeque Road), down the hill, east of the Anglican Church where the Lower...
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Island Lighthouses to be designation
The following article recently appeared on the local CBC website - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2012/09/03/pei-lighthouse-heritage-places-584.html13 Island lighthouses...
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Prince Edward Island Legislative Documents Online 1894-Present
This new website was officially launched today. www.peildo.ca ItWhen I typed in the word "buildings" there was 5872 search results listed.The new website has five categories of documents - Home...
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Old Barn, Mount Herbert
Here's an old derelict barn located on Route 215 in Mount Herbert. I took these photographs on December 3, 2007. This was once the farmstead of the Wood family.Above/Below: southeast view of...
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Third Saint-Phillippe et Saint-Jacques Church, Baie-Egmont
I was searching for something this morning on Google and came across a website with photos from mostly around the Evangeline area of Prince Edward Island. Below is a photo I had never seen before...
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1830's Lyle House, Birch Hill
The Lyle House of Birch Hill, overlooking Malpeque Bay, is a wonderful restoration story. Claude Arsenault is to be commended on saving this very old Island house as not many survive from this...
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1901 House, Corner Hillsboro & Dorchester, Charlottetown
This is Heritage Week in Canada. Yesterday was a great day for promoting Prince Edward Island heritage. At noon the City of Charlottetown presented it's annual Heritage Awards then in the...
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This Blog receives PEIMHF Heritage Award
This blog / myself received a Heritage Award from the Prince Edward Island Museum & Heritage Foundation on Tuesday evening, Feb. 19th, 2013 at the annual Heritage Awards Presentation at...
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2013 P.E.I.M.H.F. Annual Heritage Awards presented
For photos of the receipts – see PEIMHF Photostream on Flicker http://www.flickr.com/photos/pei_museum/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2013 Heritage awards...
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