Cape Bear Lighthouse
Cape Bear lighthouse was built in1881
The tower is12.4 meters high. On April 14 1912 the
radio operator received the first Canadian S.O.S
from the Titanic
We moved over to the East end of PEI for a few weeks
Georgetown History
Georgetown, being the shiretown for Kings County, has the county's only provincial court house. It was erected in 1887.
This area of eastern Prince Edward Island traces its history of human settlement to the Mi'kmaq Nation, which long inhabited the area. These people were referred to as Epegoitnag and for them, the region was an Acadian forest. It had wild game, as well as fruit, berries and wild nuts for gathering, and plentiful marine resources in the nearby rivers and Northumberland Strait. The land in this area was called Samkook, which translates to 'the land of the sandy shore'.
Georgetown lies opposite Brudenell Point, which divides the Brudenell River to the north from the Montague River to the south. Brudenell Point was the location of the first permanent Acadian settlement; French colonists called the island Ile-Saint-Jean. Here, entrepreneur Jean Pierre Roma landed in 1732 with approximately 100 settlers, to begin a commercial settlement to grow food and catch fish for provisioning the French military garrison at Fortress of Louisbourg on Ile-Royale (now Cape Breton Island). French settlers called the area Trois-Rivieres (Three Rivers). In conflict over control of the region, British colonists burned the village in 1745, at the same time that they took control of Port-la-Joye.
Following the transfer of control of Acadia to Britain after it defeated France in the Seven Years' War in 1763, Captain Samuel Holland selected the entirety of Cardigan Point for the capital of Kings County, in a survey conducted for the Crown. He designated it as the township of Kings Royalty.
The county capital was to be named Georgetown in honour of King George III. The settlement was oriented on magnetic north, and a broad street network was designed.
Present-day Georgetown's collection of heritage buildings mostly dates to the late Victorian Era, when the community was at the height of its importance in the wooden shipbuilding industry. As one of the most important ports in the colony of Prince Edward Island, the port was selected in 1870 to be the eastern terminus of the Prince Edward Island Railway (PEIR). It also became a steamship terminal, with connections to the Intercolonial Railway on the mainland at Pictou, Nova Scotia. Georgetown's harbour was frequently the only port on the island that was usable during the winter months, because of prevailing wind and tide directions. (This was before the construction of the Canso Causeway altered sea ice patterns in the Northumberland Strait).
On September 28, 2018, the Town of Georgetown amalgamated with the Town of Montague, five nearby rural municipalities – Brudenell, Cardigan, Lorne Valley, Lower Montague, and Valleyfield – and portions of three adjacent unincorporated areas.[2]
Georgetown, being the shiretown for Kings County, has the county's only provincial court house. It was erected in 1887.
Kings Playhouse is a community based, arts and culture centre located in picturesque Georgetown Prince Edward Island.
Rooted in rich history, the Playhouse has become the most vibrant and inclusive arts and culture centre in eastern PEI.
Featuring live music, theatre, contemporary dance, educational programs and community celebrations, the Playhouse also houses an art gallery with a rotating schedule of unique and inspiring exhibitions.
Andrew Archibald Macdonald, politician, businessman (born 14 February 1829 in Brudenell Point, PEI; died 21 March 1912 in Ottawa, ON). Andrew Archibald Macdonald was one of the Prince Edward Island delegates to the Charlottetown and Québec Conferences that preceded Confederation. Though initially opposed to a federal union, Macdonald changed his mind after the Island faced bankruptcy from its railway debt. He thereafter supported Prince Edward Island’s entry into Confederation as Canada’s seventh province in 1873.
