What is the history of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada / Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia?

Name: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada / Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia
Address: Charlottetown, PE, Canada

People, Pictures, Old Postcards and Stories From the Past

Explore Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada / Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures and genealogy.

"Charlottetown, the capital of Prince Edward Island, and of Queens co, is on the Hillsborough River, near the southern coast. Lat. 46° 15' N.; lon. 63° 7' W. It is well built, and contains the government buildings, post office, court-house, market, public hall, athenaeum, ex change, drill-shed, Prince of Wales, St. Dunstan's and Methodist colleges, normal school, convent, lunatic asylum, jail, and 9 churches. A semi-weekly and 5 weekly newspapers are here published. The town also contains 3 banks, savings-bank, a woollen-factory, iron-foundry, ship building yards, &c. The streets, which are lighted with gas, are wide and well laid out. It is on a railway which connects it with the principal towns and villages on the island. It is a Catholic bishop's see. Pop. (1891) 11,374."

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott

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Map of Acadia - www.acadian-cajun.com/ acadmap.htm
1719 - Port La Joie established
Three hundred settlers from France, sponsored by the commercial company of the Count de St-Pierre, established the first colony on the island, Port...Read MORE...
1758 - Deportation
The Deportation of Acadians from Ile St-Jean (Prince Edward Island) took place. These Acadians were deported to France. It is however interesting to ...Read MORE...
1768 - October 25 - Port La Joie, the major town in Prince Edward Island, founded by the French, is renamed Charlottetown in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III. Charlottetown, PEI

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1816 - Cathedral Basilica of St. Dunstan established at Charlottetown

www.gcatholic.org
1873 - June 22 - Prince Edward Island Assembly agrees to petition Britain to allow the province to join Confederation; date later set as July 1, 1873. - Charlottetown, PEI

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1873
CHARLOTTETOWN, the capital of Prince Edward Island, and of Queens co., is well situated on the Hillsborough River, near the southern coast. Lat. 46°...Read MORE...
A pretty view, Victoria Park, Charlottetown, P. E. Island.
Miltons Old Spain, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
St. Dunstan's Basilica. Charlottetown. P. E. Island. Canada
1912 - Falling Window Hangs Boy.
Charlottestown, P. E. I. - Harry Arbing, and 11 year old boy, was killed here by a strange accident.

He went to his school to light the fire, and, ...Read MORE...
1916
Charlotte town, a city, port of entry, and the capital of Prince Edward Island and of Queens co., is on the Hills borough River, near the southern...Read MORE...
1929 - Church of the Holy Redeemer established in Charlottetown

www.gcatholic.org
Cathedral Basilica of St. Dunstan
45 Great George St., Charlottetown, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
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1931 - FIRE AT HOSPITAL FOR INSANE KILLS THREE, 300 PATIENTS DRIVEN INTO COLD OF NIGHT.
Charlottetown, P.E.I., Dec. 15 - With two known dead and three missing persons believed also to have lost their lives in the flames, the Falconwood...Read MORE...