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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAC_the-gainsford-house_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
This double tenement, built by John and Elizabeth Gainsford, became a landmark in a city largely built of wood. It is Charlottetown's oldest surviving brick building. For many years the east side was the home of John Iags, editor of "The Isla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IV5_province-house_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
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Completed in 1847, this neo-classical building was designed and built by local architect Isaac Smith to accommodate the provincial legislature and administrative offices. It also housed the Island's Supreme Court until 1872. Province H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ITF_paardeberg_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
Side A:
Roland Taylor · Alfred Riggs
Feb. 18th · Feb. 27th
1900
Side B:
To the men of the
Royal Canadian Regiment
who by their valour and efficiency
have made manifest to the world
Canada's ability a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ITE_prince-edward-island-war-memorial_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
Side A
Erected by the Citizens of Charlottetown in memory of those
from Prince Edward Island who gloriously laid down their
lives in the Great War in honour forevermore
of all who served therein
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
Korea 1950 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ITD_apothecaries-hall_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
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On December 24, 1810, Thomas Desbrisay Jr. opened an apothecary shop on this site to supply drugs and medicine to the people of Prince Edward Island. Until then, many Islanders relied more on home remedies or obtained medicines directl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IT1_andrew-archibald-macdonald_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
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Born at Three Rivers, Brudenell Point, Macdonald, a merchant and shipbuilder, served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (1853-58) and of the Legislative Council (1867-72). He attended the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences of 186…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IT0_george-coles_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
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A native Prince Edward Islander, Coles, first elected in 1842, represented the constituency of Queen's in the House of Assembly of the Island until his retirement because of ill health in 1868. Co-founder, with Edward Whelan, of the Lib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ISO_edward-whelan_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
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Born in Ireland, Whelan immigrated to Halifax c. 1836 and became a protégé of Joseph Howe. As a journalist in Charlottetown be published the short- lived Palladium in 1845, became editor of the Morning News in 1846, and fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ISN_thomas-heath-haviland_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
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Born in Charlottetown, Haviland was called to the Prince Edward Island bar in 1846. He represented Georgetown in the legislature (1847-70), serving successively as Colonial Secretary, as Speaker, and as Solicitor-Genera1. As a Legislati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ISM_confederation-centre-of-the-arts_Charlottetown-Prince-Edward-Island.html
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Opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 1964 as Canada's National Memorial to the Fathers of Confederation, the Centre is an outstanding example of an institution dedicated to the arts. The extensive cultural complex includes a theatre, an a…