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unusual facts about Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island



1822 in Canada

November 1 - Lemuel Owen, shipbuilder, banker, merchant, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1912)

2008–09 Florida Panthers season

The trip included the first ever NHL game played on Prince Edward Island, against the New York Islanders.

Ambrose D. Richard

Richard was educated at St. Joseph's College there, at St. Dunstan's College in Prince Edward Island and at Boston University.

Aretas William Young

In 1826, Young was made protector of slaves in Demerara and in 1831 was nominated to become Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island off Canada following the sudden death of Sir Murray Maxwell, who briefly held the role.

After extensive military service in the Peninsular War and elsewhere, Young held a range of colonial government roles in the West Indies and Prince Edward Island, of which he was Lieutenant Governor.

Bob MacMillan

MacMillan served in the Prince Edward Island legislature from 2000–2003, as part of Pat Binns's Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island government.

Cavendish Farms

Cavendish Farms was established in 1980 when J.D. Irving Ltd. purchased C.M. MacLean Ltd., a company that was operating a small frozen vegetable and french fry processing plant in New Annan, Prince Edward Island.

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.

CODCO

Another of the show's most famous sketches parodied Canadian literary icon Anne of Green Gables; instead of Prince Edward Island, Anne lived in a dreary Newfoundland fishing outport called Green Gut.

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.

European Honey Buzzard

Its most well-known summer population is in the New Forest (Hampshire) but it is also found in the Tyne Valley (Northumberland), Wareham Forest (Dorset), Swanton Novers Great Wood (Norfolk), the Neath Valleys (South Wales), the Clumber Park area (Nottinghamshire), near Wykeham Forest (North Yorkshire), Haldon Forest Park (Devon) and elsewhere.

George Owen Johnson

There was a school named in his honour at the The Royal Canadian Air Force base and training school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

In re Ross

Although Ross accepted the commutation, he later sought a writ of habeas corpus for his release on the grounds that having been born on Prince Edward Island he was a British subject and so not subject to the consular tribunal.

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.

Kris Lemche

Abandoning plans to study biochemistry in University, Lemche instead moved to Prince Edward Island to work on the CBC series Emily of New Moon.

Laura Smith

She continued to work through the 2000s including two seasons on stage in Prince Edward Island in the role of Marilla in the musical Anne & Gilbert at the Victoria Playhouse in Victoria-by-the-Sea and the Jubilee Theatre in Summerside respectively.

Midgeholme Coalfield

It is the largest of a series of small coalfields along the south side of the Tyne Valley and which are intermediate between the Northumberland and Durham Coalfields to the east and the Cumberland Coalfield to the west.

Phillips Callbeck

Phillips Callbeck (c. 1744 – January 28, 1790) was a merchant, lawyer and political figure in St. John's Island (later Prince Edward Island).

Positron Lifetime Spectroscopy

Recently a program named SimPL has been produced at the University of Prince Edward Island, PEI, Canada, which attempts to simulate the positron interaction and model the output spectra.

RCAF Station Mount Pleasant

RCAF Station Mount Pleasant was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) station in Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Redheaded slut

On Prince Edward Island, a redheaded slut is a mix of Vodka, Sour Puss, and Raspberry Cordial, a carbonated raspberry soda named for the drink from Anne of Green Gables.

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.

Sooty Albatross

This albatross nests on islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean (Gough Island and the Tristan da Cunha group) and Indian Ocean (Prince Edward Island, Marion Island, the Crozet Islands, Amsterdam Island, and Kerguelen Islands).

St. John's Island

Prince Edward Island, which was known as St. John's Island before November 29, 1798

Sydney Sturgess

She carried a distinguished Canadian ancestry - her great-grandfather was Edward Palmer, Q.C., of Prince Edward Island, who was also one of the Fathers of Confederation.

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.

Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island

Some famous Islanders hailing from, or who have hailed from, the community include 'Dambuster' F/O Vincent Sanford MacCausland, former Premier Keith Milligan, former Dean of McGill Law, Percy Ellwood Corbett, Member of Parliament Joseph McGuire, Island visual artist Charlene Williams, historic shipbuilder James Yeo, and deceased folk artist Larry Gorman.

Vehicle inspection

The provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island require annual safety inspections, in Nova Scotia, a safety inspection is required every two years.

Wayne Easter

Born in North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island, the son of A. Leith Easter and Hope MacLeod, he was educated at the Charlottetown Rural High School and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.


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