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New London Farmhouse Restored 1992
This article appeared in the RE*NEW Magazine in the Feb-Mar 1992 issue. The house was surely destined to be lost when the Shoalts came along and saved it! It's been 21 years since the...
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Prince Edward Island houses in The Old House Book
I was going through The Old House Book by Robin Langley Sommer 1999 and came across these two Island properties on page 35. From the book - Maritime Charm...an abandoned farmhouse with shed-roofed...
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Acadian Bread Oven Workshop - June 8th
Farmers' Bank of Rustico Lunch and Learn A course will be given on how to build an outdoor Acadian Bread Oven by Arnold Smith at the Farmers' Bank of Rustico (2188 Church Road Rustico) on Saturday...
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The Acadian Bread Oven Workshop, to be held tomorrow, June 8th, has been postponed due a rain storm coming. Stay posted for the new date.
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Help Preserve the Paton-Bassett House, Charlottetown
This story was aired on this mornings CBC Radio's P.E.I. Island Morning program. Georgina Bassett grew up in this house and now owns it - she is anxious to repair the exterior and is going to...
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Former St. Anne's Parochial House moved today in Emyvale
I just heard on CBC Radio's Mainstreet program that the former Parochial House at St. Anne's Parish in Emyvale was moved today. It was bought by Jean-Serge Gagnon of Fredericton, N.B. and his...
View Article"Our Pioneers: ...
...They built better than they knew.”cf. Wandering Back: History of Dock, HillsRiver, MillRiver, RosebankPrince Edward Island
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The Deserted House, short story by Adjutor Rivard 1932
THE DESERTED HOUSEby Adjutor RivardCanadian Stories in Verse and Prose, 1932 We children were afraid of it and never ventured near. And yet the garden gate was open – lying on the ground, indeed,...
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Cross Rivers School, Grand River - 1951
I don't usually bring things over from Historic PEI on Facebook as there are no sources given, however, here's one with a...
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City trying to protect home of former PEI premier, federal MP
Photo cf. www.city.charlottetown.pe.caPublished June 29, 2013Guardian Newspaper website: www.theguardian.pe.caby Dave Stewart dstewart@theguardian.pe.ca Charlottetown's planning board is looking...
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New Museum preserves Bedeque History
cf. CBC P.E.I. website:http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/07/02/pei-bedeque-museum-history-584.htmlCBC News Posted: Jul 2, 2013 2:12 PM AT The Bedeque Area Historical Museum...
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Reid Farm, Hope River
The first three photos here are of the Reid Farm, taken on April 21, 2003. The property is located on a ninety-degree turn at 257 Reid Road in Hope River. The house was sold around 2005 - a...
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Barn, Fort Augustus
Here's a very old barn with some unique interior construction techniques. Often you'd find hewn beams and posts - this barn has mostly logs and half logs. I visited here on May 22, 1997 to...
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Shipbuilding in the Bedeque Bay Area - an illustrated talk
Historical Talk on ‘Shipbuilding in the BedequeBay area 1800-1880’The barque Josephine 577 tonsBuilt at Summerside by John LeFurgey in 1875.Owned by John LeFurgey and Joseph Read of...
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Bloomfield Presbyterian-United Church 1883-1969
I dropped in to the Windmill Craft's Cooperative on Saturday afternoon in Woodstock on the Western Road (Rte. 2) just north of O'Leary corner. They have a used books section where I found a few...
View ArticleCavendish Homesteads
I saw this quote on a tourism board recently - written by world-famous Prince Edward Island author of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery. "Cavendish is a narrow farming...
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Wilkinson's Store for Sale, Springfield West
I see the old Wilkinson's General Store is still for sale. It's located in rural Prince Edward Island on the west end of the O'Leary Road in the community of Springfield West. The following...
View ArticleUnited Empire Loyalists in Bedeque
Two sides of my family's history have United Empire Loyalists (UEL) who came up from the New England states of America to find refuge in British North American, who eventually came to Prince...
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Bonshaw Community Hall must move for highway - CBC PEI
This item was on the local CBC radio news this morning. The hall was originally a church, built in 1865 - it became a United Church in 1925; then closed in the 1990's and used as an antique shop...
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Glen Road, Eastern Prince Edward Island
PEI Tourism website: http://www.tourismpei.com/scenic-heritage-roads/glen-roadGlen Road - Location: Glencorradale This rich, red clay passage wanders through a bright green "glen" where wonderful...
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