History
Letters from The Great War – “We are all for the Dardanelles”
This series “Letters from the Great War” was featured in a CBC Radio Mainstreet Interview with Vivian Beer earlier this week. To listen to the interview, click here. August 24th,…
Read MoreLetters from The Great War – “Here I am now for keeps”
Salford, England, July 25, 1915 (Letter #2) Dear Brother; Just a few lines to let you know I am well at present. Hoping this will find you all the same. I…
Read MoreLetters from The Great War – “Worth a man’s life to see this place”
Leading up to Remembrance Day 2018 and marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the war, we will feature a series of transcribed letters written by former Clyde River…
Read MoreMemorial Service – Burnside Presbyterian Church, Sunday, July 29th, 7:00 p.m.
Burnside Presbyterian Church in Clyde River is pleased to invite you to their annual cemetery service on Sunday, July 29th, 7:00 p.m. Burnside is caretaker of the cemetery that has…
Read MoreLines from a Mother’s Letters
In my great grandmother Mary (MacDougall) Darrach’s letters between 1904-1907 to one of her sons and his wife in Boston, I enjoyed her warm sense of humour and the poetic…
Read MoreYouth Summer Employment Opportunity
The Clyde River Council has once again applied for funding to hire a summer student under the provincial Jobs for Youth program. Young people living in Clyde River and 16…
Read MorePotter’s Cove History Inspires Clyde River Artist
Reprinted with permission from The Guardian: Thirty year passion for pottery turns into side business for PEI Artist Marilyn MacLean’s successful pottery business appears to be fate. MacLean, who has…
Read MoreClyde River Lecture with Dr. Lewis Newman, Saturday, Feb. 24th, 1:30 p.m.
Our third and final lecture is this coming Saturday. See you there. Saturday, February 24th – 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Dr. Lewis Newman – “Changes and Improvements in Medicine…
Read MoreNext Clyde River Lecture this Saturday, Feb. 10th, 1:30 pm
Saturday, February 10th – 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. – JoDee Samuelson – “Watermills in PEI, especially those in Clyde River” –For her Master of Arts in Island Studies from UPEI, JoDee…
Read MoreEarly 20th Century Education in Clyde River: The Practical Speller
Our research continues into our collection of Clyde River School textbooks (1880s-1920s). We came across a spelling book used at the beginning of the 1900s – Gage & Co’s Educational…
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