July 9, 2016
The Caravan had arranged a tour of Charlottetown, the capital of PEI. We started with a stop for Cow’s Ice Cream. This probably had more to do with the fact that Cow’s is a PEI institution and makes excellent ice cream than with the wagonmaster’s obsession with ice cream in general. For those not interested in the edibles, Cows prints hilarious t-shirts, imposing cow themes on popular cultural icons. “Anne of Green Stables” features a cow with red pigtails and “Cownton Abbey” shows a well-dressed Edwardian woman and the Downtown Abbey estate. Here’s another example borrowed from Google images.
The tour also included a walking tour of Charlottetown with costumed guides. Representatives of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were scheduled to meet at Province House in Charlottetown in Septemer 1864. John A. Macdonald invited himself as a representative of what would become Ontario and Quebec. These initial conversations led to the establishment in 1867 of the Dominion of Canada.
Guides in front of Province House.
Province House
We walked around Charlottetown on our own, discovering art and glorious churches.
A statue of John Hamilton Gray from PEI and John Hamilton Gray from New Brunswick, delegates to the Charlottetown Conference.
St. Dunstan’s Basilica.
Jane started to take a picture of Dave in front of St. Paul’s Anglican Church when a gentleman getting in his car across the street offered to take a shot of both of us. This was typical of the friendliness of Canadians everywhere we went. This gentleman had moved from Newfoundland. He promised we’d love it there.
Jane and Dave at St. Paul’s Anglican Church.
We saw the production Anne of Green Gables–the Musical at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. The show has run every summer since 1965.
We enjoyed drives around Prince Edward Island–but had to give up the idea of photos of farmland and country churches in sunshine.
PEI road through the windshield
Canola field, from the car
Southwest River United Church, Margate, PEI. The pastor (we did not make this up) is Pix Butt.
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