History
Dr. Katherine (Livingstone) Bick to receive Honorary Degree
Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Prince Edward Island, has announced that Dr. Katherine Bick will be one of three leaders in their respective health-related fields…
Read MoreSpecial Song Service, May 7th, 7:00 p.m.
Please reserve Saturday, May 7th at 7:00 pm for a Spring Song Service at the Clyde River United Baptist Church, Clyde River Road. Special music for the evening will be…
Read MoreWest River Watershed – Public Meeting, Apr. 6th, 7:00 p.m.
For the past several years the West River Watershed Group has been doing work during the summer months to improve the health of the Clyde River. This Wednesday evening, the…
Read MoreMy 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…
Read MorePlaying 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…
Read MoreFrom the Old Schoolhouse Library: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In Riverview Community Centre, the old schoolhouse in Clyde River, there are books tucked away in the library whose glory is now in the past. The odd assortment ranges from the early 1900s to the last days…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreClow’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…
Read MoreOff 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…
Read MoreClan 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.”…
Read More