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This list of museums in Prince Edward Island contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Blockhouse Point Light is a lighthouse at Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on the western shore of Charlottetown Harbour. The present lighthouse, constructed in 1876, replaced older lighthouses at the site which are believed to have been constructed as early as 1846 [ 2 ] to serve as a light for the harbour.
Shipwreck Point Light: Souris East Breakwater Light: No longer standing St. Peter's Island Light: St. Peters Harbour Light: Summerside Outer Range Lights: Summerside Range Lights: Tracadie Range Lights: No longer standing Warren Cove Range Lights: West Point Light: Wood Islands Lighthouse: Northumberland Strait: Southeast Queens County Wood ...
A map of the Thirteen Colonies (in red) and nearby colonial areas (1763–1775) just before the Revolutionary War. In response, the colonies formed bodies of elected representatives known as Provincial Congresses, and colonists began to boycott imported British merchandise. [62]
Peggys Point Lighthouse, also known as Peggys Cove Lighthouse, is an active lighthouse and an iconic Canadian image. Located within Peggy's Cove , Nova Scotia , it is one of the busiest tourist attractions in the province and is a prime attraction on the Lighthouse Trail scenic drive.
Another early lighthouse in the Maritime provinces, at Cape Roseway [2] dates from 1788 when Shelburne was booming as the largest settlement of United Empire Loyalists on the continent. The 92-foot (28 m) octagonal masonry tower on McNutts Island, Nova Scotia, was braced with wooden timbers and had a clapboard exterior. It was damaged beyond ...
Rhode Island, under the leadership of Roger Williams allowed freedom of religion for all faiths upon its founding. Maryland was an example of religious toleration in a fairly intolerant age. The Act of Toleration, issued in 1649, was one of the first laws that explicitly defined tolerance of varieties of religion. [3]
The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 gave Britain control of part of Acadia (peninsular Nova Scotia) and Newfoundland; however, France maintained control of its colonies at Île Royale, Île Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island), Canada and Louisiana, with Île Royale being France's only territory directly on the Atlantic seaboard (which was ...