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3 unusual facts about Charlottetown


John Albert Messervy

In 1870, Messervy moved to Prince Edward Island and was educated in Charlottetown.

Lucy Gertrude Clarkin

Lucy Gertrude Clarkin (1876-1947) (née Kelley) was a Canadian poet from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

The April Storm

The April Storm, initially a demo recording, is the 2003 debut EP by Two Hours Traffic, a Canadian indie rock, power pop band from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.


Angus Bernard MacEachern

In 1816, while serving as priest in Charlottetown, MacEachern was advised by a visiting Bishop from Quebec to build a church in the city and dedicate it to St. Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

CBCT

CBCT-DT, a television station (channel 13) licensed to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

CBCT-FM, a radio station (96.1 FM) licensed to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

CFCY

CFCY-FM, a radio station (95.1 FM) licensed to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Charlottetown Accord

On August 28, 1992, the agreement known as the "Charlottetown Accord" was reached after intensive negotiations between federal, provincial and territorial governments, and representatives from the Assembly of First Nations, the Native Council of Canada, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada and the Métis National Council in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

David Laliberté

After just two years with the Rocket, who relocated to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island during his time with the club, he was drafted in the fourth round, 124th overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Frederick de St Croix Brecken

He was educated in Charlottetown and then articled in law with Robert Hodgson, continuing his studied at Lincoln's Inn and the Inner Temple in London.

Hillsborough River Bridge

The provincial government was outraged and Premier J. Walter Jones staged a publicity stunt at the Charlottetown abutment of the bridge, boarding a bulldozer and demanding in front of local media, that the bridge be reopened.

History of Prince Edward Island

During the American Revolutionary War, Charlottetown was raided in 1775 by a pair of American-employed privateers.

Jane Bee

Jane is a young woman from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, whose father Steve is a retired Mountie; her mother Ann is a journalist, and she has two older sisters (all back in Canada) and a great-aunt Grace who lives near London.

John Angus Weir

Weir died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

John Frederick Holland

He was removed from the council in 1819 following allegations by Governor Charles Douglass Smith related to Holland's membership in the Masonic lodge in Charlottetown.

John Theophilus Jenkins

He was educated at the Central Academy in Charlottetown and at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, England.

Lemuel E. Prowse

His brother Benjamin Charles served as mayor of Charlottetown and in the Canadian Senate.

Music of Prince Edward Island

By the end of the century, Charlottetown had its own opera house, performing comic operas by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Player One

Each of the book's five chapters was delivered as a one hour lecture in a different Canadian city: Vancouver on October 12, Regina on October 14, Charlottetown on October 19, Ottawa on October 25 and ending in Toronto on October 29.

Politics of Prince Edward Island

Politicians expressing worry about these developments included MP Shawn Murphy(Liberal-Charlottetown) and P.E.I. Finance Minister Wes Sheridan (also a Liberal).

Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst

Charlottetown was named the capital of St. John's Island by King George III in 1768, it being named after his Consort, Queen Charlotte.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Sherbrooke Castors moved to Maine, becoming the Lewiston Maineiacs; Montreal Rocket moved to Charlottetown and took the Prince Edward Island name, Hull Olympiques become Gatineau Olympiques.

Ryan Anstey

In 2010 Anstey was a member of the Churchill Arms team that captured the Canadian National Challenge Cup at the BMO National Championships hosted in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Urban Carmichael

Carmichael's final performance was on the stage of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, for the CBC Radio production Madly Off in All Directions with host Lorne Elliott, just weeks before his death.


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