My Time with the Old Farmer’s Almanac

Editor’s Introduction: We are pleased to feature an article from guest writer Peter Rukavina. Many will know Peter from his very popular blog www.ruk.ca. He was also recently our guest along…

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Playing Hockey at North River Rink

Read the history, hear the stories and see the photos… The following story is the history of North River Rink which Ronnie MacKinley presented to an audience of almost 100…

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The Hickox Family of Clyde River

  Here is a story submitted by Rowena Hickox Stinson, great granddaughter of Robert and Mary Jane Hickox (Spurgeon, grandfather; Lester, father). John and Sara Hickox emigrated from Portsea, England…

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Clow’s Store

What struck me most by Verna Clow’s presentation is the great fondness that the audience of almost 100 had for Verna and her family’s country store, many of whom were…

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Off to the Great War

In the Murray Diaries it mentions that there was a recruiting meeting at the community hall at the end of December 1915 and then the boys were off to Charlottetown…

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Clan MacMillan – History of Settlement in PEI

Reaching out to our audience to determine where descendants of Spencer 1806 passengers settled connected me to Margaret Bell, President of Clan MacMillan of PEI and Joyce Kennedy, described as “the keeper of all things genealogical.”…

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