We have reached the fifth premier of the Prince Edward Island and the last in the first section of our premier series for the island province. Today, I am looking at the life of Neil McLeod. Born on Prince Edward Island on Dec. 15, 1842 to Roderick...
Prince Edward Island was only three years old but in that time he had gone through two premiers, and was ready to welcome a third, Sir Louis Henry Davies. Born in Charlottetown to Benjamin Davies and Kezia Atwood on May 4, 1845, Davies had a...
In 1849, a 23-year-old man ventured out to find his fortune. Joining 40 other men from Prince Edward Island, he put his money in on the purchase of the Fanny, a small brig that would make the journey to California. It was the era of the California...