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Share our successes, panellists tell province
Now that Prince Edward Island is tied for the third-fastest-growing economy in Canada, Premier Wade MacLauchlan had a message for those attending the province’s 2017 Economic Forum this week. “Let’s get used to traveling in the company of the high performers in the country,” he...
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English Settlement - 1700s to Confederation
In 1762, Samuel Holland arrived to do a survey of PEI. He divided the Island into 67 townships or lots, which were then awarded to British petitioners in a lottery. These petitioners were supposed to settle their lots with 100 Protestant, non-British persons within 10 years, but...