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YouTube2016-08-05T13:51:10+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/08/02/bricks-to-bullets/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/rb111.jpgrb11https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/rb11.jpgrb112016-08-02T14:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/07/29/film-friday-queen-visits-charlottetown-1964/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/queen-visits-charlottetown-1964-youtube.jpegQueen Visits Charlottetown 1964 YouTube2016-07-29T14:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/07/26/the-best-of-times/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/6938714627_268d714c55_o.jpg6938714627_268d714c55_o2016-07-26T14:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/07/22/film-friday-queen-and-duke-visit-province-house-1964/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/queen-and-duke-visit-province-house-1964-youtube.jpegQueen And Duke Visit Province House 1964 YouTube2016-07-22T12:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/07/15/lights-camera-action-prince-edward-island-in-colour-1964/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/prince-edward-island-in-colour-1964-youtube.jpegPrince Edward Island In Colour 1964 YouTube2016-07-15T12:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/07/08/the-albany-twister/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/albany.jpegalbany2016-07-08T20:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/07/01/charlottetown-1965/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/6795381802_e0deec3836_o1.jpg6795381802_e0deec3836_ohttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/6795381802_e0deec3836_o.jpg6795381802_e0deec3836_o2016-07-01T12:19:05+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/06/17/getting-their-man/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2545.jpgimg_25452016-06-18T01:04:17+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/06/10/from-the-island-with-love/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/6887865551_b9ea5e363d_o.jpg6887865551_b9ea5e363d_o2016-06-10T22:57:19+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/06/03/lights-camera-action-the-flying-farmer/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/flying-farmer-1952-youtube.jpegFlying Farmer 1952 YouTube2016-06-10T23:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/05/20/of-peddlers-and-photographs/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2399.jpgIMG_2399https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_24011.jpgIMG_2401https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2401.jpgIMG_24012016-05-21T21:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/05/13/fare-thee-well-flounders-hall/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/foundershall.jpegfoundershall2016-05-16T20:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/04/01/on-the-road-again/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0948-1.jpgSheep in Culnacnoc, Skye.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1056.jpgIMG_1056https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1050.jpgIMG_1050https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0989.jpgIMG_0989https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1010.jpgIMG_10102016-05-11T08:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/05/06/lights-camera-action-oyster-fishing-1949/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/oyster-fishing-1949-youtube.jpegOyster Fishing 1949 YouTube2016-05-06T21:42:02+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/04/29/heirloom-from-holland/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flag_of_the_netherlands-svg.pngFlag_of_the_Netherlands.svghttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2186.jpgIMG_21862016-04-29T17:45:02+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/04/22/saving-glenaladale/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/glenaladaletweet.jpegGlenaladaleTweethttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/glenaladale1.jpegGlenaladale1https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/glenaladale.jpegGlenaladale2018-07-01T13:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/04/15/all-in-the-family-file/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1919.jpgIMG_1919Glasgow Road Pioneer Cemetery. Taken March 2016. https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2110.jpgIMG_2110The Hon. George Coles Building, located adjacent to Province House on Charlottetown's historic Queens Square. The Public Archives and Records Office can be found on the fourth floor.2016-04-18T00:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/04/08/a-date-with-history/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_6896.jpgThe Glenfinnan Viaduct, as photographed by my girlfriend.2016-04-11T20:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/03/25/total-eclipse-of-the-sun/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/v-1-1785-memoirs-of-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences-biodiversity-heritage-library.jpegv.1 1785 Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Biodiversity Heritage Library2016-03-25T14:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/03/18/oil-on-canvas-the-artistic-adventures-of-george-g-thresher/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/royalgazette5october1830.jpgRoyalGazette5October1830Advertisement from the October 5, 1830 edition of the 'Royal Gazette' regarding the exhibition of Thresher's his 80-square foot painting of the Battle of Algiers.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_19821.jpgIMG_1982Macro shot of a "Make Our Hometown Beautiful" award winner plaque bestowed by the City of Charlottetown. At its center can be found a likeness of the city's official seal.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1982.jpgIMG_19822016-03-18T20:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/03/11/a-damned-queer-parliament/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_19741.jpgIMG_1974Bronze plaque affixed to the front of 73 Queen Street in Charlottetown, purported to have once been the site of the Crossed Keys Tavern.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1974.jpgIMG_1974Bronze plaque affixed to the front of 73 Queen Street, purported to have once been the site of the Crossed Keys Tavernhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1973.jpgIMG_1973https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1686.jpgIMG_16862016-03-11T16:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/03/04/indiana-gordon-the-life-and-times-of-dr-george-byron-gordon/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/meacham1880gordon.jpegDetail of New Perth and surrounding areas culled from Meacham's 1880 Illustrated Historical Atlas of Prince Edward Island. The home occupied by the Gordon family is circled in red.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/seattledailytimes31january1927p4-pdf.jpegThe 'Seattle Daily Times' ran this headline on Gordon's death.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/washingtondceveningstar31january1927p27-pdf.jpegHeadline in the Washington, D.C. 'Evening Star' of 31 January 1927 highlighting the death of Gordon.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/191341-1-e1456955867191.jpgPortrait of George Byron Gordon (date unknown).2016-03-04T12:45:06+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/02/26/welcome-to-the-bog/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/boggooglemaps1.jpegPresent-day satellite imagery of Charlottetown. The Bog falls within the encircled area.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/boggooglemaps.jpegPresent-day satellite imagery of Charlottetown. The Bog is the region defined by the red lines.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fireinsurancebog.jpegDated 1903 (with revisions made between 1910 and 1917), this fire insurance map depicts a large portion of the Bog. Note 'Black Sam's Bridge' at the top, as well as West Kent School. The old Bog School sat on the corner to the right, where Rochford and Kent Streets intersect.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/6797520514_921023f770_o.jpgPostcard of depicting Government Pond as it looked in the early 20th century. 'Black Sam's Bridge' is visible to the left.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_1941.jpgDetail of the Bog, as it appeared in Meacham's 1880 Illustrated Historical Atlas of Prince Edward Island.2020-06-12T16:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/02/19/a-harsh-sentence-african-islanders-slavery-and-criminal-justice/2016-02-20T17:37:52+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/02/12/enacted-repealed-the-institution-of-slavery-on-prince-edward-island/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_19131.jpgGen. Edmund Fanning. The Island's second governor, he came here a slave owner, but was also among the first to liberate his slaves.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_19141-e1455283871471.jpgWalter Patterson, the Island's first governor.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_19151.jpgCol. John Ready, under whose tenure as Governor slavery was abolished on the Island.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_1915.jpgIMG_1915https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_1914.jpgIMG_1914https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_1913.jpgIMG_19132016-02-12T21:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/02/05/the-origins-of-african-islanders/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_1907.jpghttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_1908.jpgThe front cover of Jim Hornby's 'Black Islanders'. You'd do well to get your hands on a copy.2020-06-12T14:20:30+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/01/29/lights-camera-action-the-cradle-of-confederation-1925/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screenshot-2016-01-28-at-15-53-18.pnghttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/page-4-9.jpg2016-02-01T03:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/01/22/an-englishwoman-in-america/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/isabella_bird.jpgEngraving of a portrait of Lady Isabella Lucy Bird. Date unknown.2016-01-26T13:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/01/15/what-goes-up/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1869-edited-e1452797989302.jpghttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1870.jpgIMG_1870https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1869.jpgAdvertisement in the Examiner promoting Spencer's balloon ascensions.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1867.jpgThe Ferry Wharf in Southport (now Stratford) as it appeared c. 1910.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/balloonascension1891meachams1.jpeghttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/balloonascension1891today.jpeghttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/balloonascension18912.jpeg2016-01-26T21:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/01/01/a-celestial-turn-of-the-century/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6852808719_5dc42669b3_o.jpgPostcard depicting the Town of Souris c.1910, around the time of its incorporation.2016-01-08T18:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/11/27/a-hard-knock-life/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/imag1688-1.jpg"Harvey's Brig", where Sarah Ballard, aged 10-13, served a two-month prison sentence in 1840.2016-01-08T18:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/10/27/historical-hustings-and-erstwhile-elections/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/imag1542.jpgIMAG1542A whole new world awaits in the Prince Edward Island Microfilm section at Robertson Library's Special Collections!https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/imag1541.jpgIMAG1541https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/imag1536.jpgIMAG1536https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/imag1535.jpgIMAG1535The microfilm reader where I spent an exorbitant amount of time. We became fast friends.2016-01-08T17:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/11/20/marblehead-marauders-the-unauthorized-invasion-of-1775-part-three/2016-01-08T17:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/12/04/one-map-to-rule-them-all/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1719.jpgThe Holland Map in all its 250-year-old glory.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1097.jpgThe exhibit also features a variety of other artefacts, including Holland's 'Book of Common Prayer' which contains his signature!https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1098.jpgThe exhibit includes this laminated facsimile of Holland's map that allows you to get up close and personal.2016-01-08T17:51:36+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/12/18/for-whom-the-wrecking-ball-swings/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/scan11865.jpgDepiction of the Holman Homestead and Gardens by George Ackermann c.1875. Acquired by the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, although it has undergone extensive restoration damage is still visible. Kind thanks to Reg Porter for providing this scan.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/page-13-2.jpgUndated photograph of R.T. Holman culled from a 1957 edition of the Guardian.2016-01-08T17:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/12/25/a-very-pei-history-guy-christmas-2015-edition/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/getty_121713_santahat.jpg2016-01-08T17:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2016/01/08/portree-pilgrimage/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0798.jpgIMG_0798https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0796.jpgView of the harbour mouth at Portree, Skye.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0948.jpgCulnacnoc: Where the sheep far outnumber the human population.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0947.jpgThe landscape of Culnacnoc, Skye, looking east to the coast.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ptdc0057.jpgMy 2x great-grandparents, John Hamilton Stewart and Christina Nicholson. I believe this portrait was taken on our around their wedding day in July 1900.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/5ttuvrdyyozdzgpnj94qbo63w1ph43kquzqvqubbhile9fw1pw7ihhnx_qsxqun.jpgJohn Hamilton Stewart and Christina Nicholson, c.1950s.2020-09-15T16:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/12/11/islanders-and-the-shattered-city/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/page-1-14-edited.jpgHeadline in the December 7, 1917 edition of the Guardian.2015-12-12T04:29:26+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/11/13/a-long-useful-and-prosperous-career-commemorating-summersides-home-town-paper/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bookbindingdisplay1882photograph12oct1965centennialissue.jpgBookBindingDisplay1882Photograph12Oct1965CentennialIssuehttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/journaloffice20jun1923sjpeicentennialissue.jpgPhotograph of the third incarnation of the Journal Printing Office, built in 1895/6 following a devastating fire. Located at the corner of Water and Queen Streets, it looks much the same today.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/journalstaffphotograph1882sjpei.jpgPhotograph of the Summerside Journal staff c.1882. Seated in the middle row, second from the right is William Arthur Brennan, who took the Journal to new heights and established a three-generation family dynasty.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/journaloffice1877sjpei20jun1923centennialissue.jpgPhotograph of the Summerside Journal's Printing Office (built c.1865) taken around 1877. The two individuals standing in the doorway are unidentified.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1880summersidecentralstdetail.jpegDetail of Central Street in Summerside taken from Meacham's 1880 Historical Atlas of Prince Edward Island. The red ellipses illustrate the proximity of the Summerside Journal and the Summerside Progress, intense rivals for newspaper supremacy in the town.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/jlmckinnon.jpgEngraving of John L. McKinnon, taken from Meacham's Atlas of 1880. A former schoolteacher, McKinnon founded the Alberton Pioneer in 1878, a paper that would, through many twists and turns, eventually amalgamate with the Summerside Journal in 1951 to from the Journal-Pioneer.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/arthurrolandbrennan1.jpgPhotograph of Arthur Roland Brennan, taken around the time he assumed the presidential mantle of the Journal Publishing Company following the death of his father, William Arthur Brennan, in 1916.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/williamarthurbrennan1.jpgWilliamArthurBrennan1https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/williamrolandbrennan1.jpegA son of Arthur Roland Brennan, William Roland Brennan would be the last of the family to be involved with the Journal-Pioneer, from 1951 until 1972.2015-11-24T15:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/11/06/life-in-the-fast-lane-the-f-k-lane-story/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/555px-franklin_knight_lane_cph-3a02985_cropped.jpg555px-Franklin_Knight_Lane_cph.3a02985_(cropped)Franklin Knight Lane in 1913 after his appointment as Secretary of the Interior. (Library of Congress photograph)https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1241.jpgIMG_1241Clearing at the end of Monument Road, with the monument dedicated to Franklin Knight Lane in the background.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1239.jpgIMG_1239Monument to Franklin Knight Lane in DeSable.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1243.jpgIMG_1243Monument Road looking back.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1237.jpgIMG_1237Sign for Monument Road. Green on green can make it difficult to see.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1236.jpgIMG_1236Sign directing the curious and historically-minded to the Hon. F.K. Lane National Historic Site. 2015-11-06T19:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/07/24/point-prim-lights-the-way/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1148.jpgIMG_1148Point Prim Lighthouse. The Island's oldest lighthouse, and one of only a very few round, brick lighthouses in Canada, it was built 170 years ago in 1845! Personal photograph taken July 2015.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1146.jpgIMG_1146https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1145.jpgIMG_1145https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1144.jpgIMG_1144https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1143.jpgIMG_1143https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1142.jpgIMG_11422015-07-24T12:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2015/07/17/no-history-like-island-history/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0009.jpgIMG_0009https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0612.jpgIMG_0612https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0082.jpgIMG_0082https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0080.jpgIMG_0080https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0177-1.jpgIMG_0177 (1)https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0073.jpgIMG_0073https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pei_flag.pngPEI_FlagProvincial flag of Prince Edward Island. The large oak tree represents Great Britain, which shelter a trio of oak saplings that symbolize the Island's three counties: Prince, Queens, and Kings, all surmounted by a heraldic lion. Although the flag was adopted in 1964, it was derived from the provincial coat of arms, granted in 1905. The Island's motto, Parva Sub Ingenti ("the small under the protection of the great") has been in use since the granting of colony status in 1769.2015-07-17T13:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2013/12/21/under-construction/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hh.jpghhhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/coming_soon.pngcoming_soon2015-07-16T19:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2014/01/03/whos-yer-father-the-obligatory-introduction/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/charlottetown_conference_delegates_september_1864.jpgCharlottetown_Conference_Delegates,_September_1864Canada's Fathers of Confederation posing on the steps of Fanningbank, the Lt. Governor's digs on the waterfront down by Victoria Park. Taken during the Charlottetown Conference in September, 1864. https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/fathers-of-confederation.jpg????2015-07-16T19:22:03+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2014/01/16/x-marks-the-spot-a-2-d-history-of-prince-edward-island/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1757-antique-map-bellin-canada-new-england-acadia-quebec.jpgIsle Saint Jean reflects the France's ownership of the Island in 1757, which they lost just one year later.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mascan48-bunberry-detail.jpgLot 48 from Meacham's Atlas, cropped to show my home community of Bunbury, now a part of the Town of Stratford. All markings are mine.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mascan48.jpgLot 48 from Meacham's Atlas, cropped to show my home community of Bunbury, now a part of the Town of Stratford. All markings are mine.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/obj.jpgBeautiful engraving by Thomas Jeffreys. Dates to 1775.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/champlain-1631.jpgIs it a bird? A plane? No, it's just Champlain adding PEI to his map.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/no-pei1.jpgNot a bad map for all. Except for the fact that Prince Edward Island appears to have been invisible at this time.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vinland_map_hires.jpgThe Vinland Map, with "Vinlanda Insula" highlighted in the red circle.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ge-pei.jpgGoogle Earth snapshot of Prince Edward Islandhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ge-atlantic-canada.jpgGE - Atlantic CanadaGoogle Earth snapshot of Atlantic Canadahttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ge-north-america.jpgGoogle Earth snapshot of the North American continent.2015-07-16T19:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2014/01/24/whats-in-a-name-from-abegweit-to-prince-edward-island/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mikmaq.jpgPrint of a popular painting depicting a Mi'kmaq encampment. Although it is a post-European contact view, it give a fairly good idea of their lifestyle, and although the scene is set in Nova Scotia, it would have been the same in PEI.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/duke.jpgPrince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Commander of British Forces in North America, and owner some magnificent mutton chops, apparentlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/patterson.jpgWalter Patterson, the Island's first Governor. He was also a beneficiary in the 1767 land lottery that saw all of PEI granted to a select few individuals over the course of a single day.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/back-to-the-future-delorean.jpgI'm going to own this car some day.2015-10-01T14:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2014/01/31/structures-of-yesteryear-beaconsfield-historic-house/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/21b227efjamespeake.jpgPortrait of James Peake, Jr., from Meacham's 1880 Atlas of Prince Edward Island.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/benjamin-disraeli.jpgBenjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_4589.jpgOriginal brass hardware. Photo credit: M.W. Ferris Photographyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_4564.jpgThe center of the triple arch which bisects the 1st-floor drawing rooms. Note the moulding, and the portrait of Henry Cundall hanging at the far end. Photo credit: M.W. Ferris Photographyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_4558.jpgBrass and Chinese porcelain chandelier. Photo credit: M.W. Ferris Photographyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_4513.jpgDetail of the wallpaper in the 1st floor drawing rooms. Photo credit: M.W. Ferris Photographyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_4489.jpgDetail of the wallpaper in the 2nd-floor drawing room. Photo credit: M.W. Ferris Photographyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_4451.jpg2nd-floor bedroom furnished with period pieces. Photo credit: M.W. Ferris Photographyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_4448.jpgJames Peake's famous stained glass window on the 2nd floor. Photo credit: M.W. Ferris Photographyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_4445.jpgDetail of the woodwork in the 1st-floor drawing rooms. Photo credit: M.W. Ferris Photography2015-07-16T19:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2014/02/07/marblehead-marauders-the-unauthorized-invasion-of-1775-part-one/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gw_stuart-ct-6437.jpgGeorge Washington, Commander of the Continental Army, and future President of the United States of America.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/regina_maris.jpghttps://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/526px-appletons_glover_john.jpgColonel John Glover of the Marblehead regiment (militia).https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/427px-john_hancock_1770-crop-john-singleton-copley.jpgPortrait of John Hancock, by John Singleton Copley. If you've ever seen the Declaration of Independence, Hancock's is the gargantuan signature, the inspiration for the American euphemism "signing your John Hancock [signature]".2015-07-16T19:18:44+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.com/2014/02/14/marblehead-marauders-the-unauthorized-invasion-of-1775-part-two/https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/c000277k.jpgPainting of Charlottetown as it supposedly looked in the late 1770s.https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/capture2.jpgCapture2https://peihistoryguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/capture.jpgSatellite imagery showing the location of Charlottetown relative to the Gut of Canso.2023-08-27T13:34:46+00:00monthlyhttps://peihistoryguy.comdaily1.02024-01-30T19:09:07+00:00