Edward Parry*’s third northwest passage expedition, which sailed by way of Lancaster Sound and wintered in Prince Regent Inlet. In August

1850, after having declined previous offers of posts in the West Indies for fear of her health. He was knighted in February 1851 prior to his departure for Prince Edward Island. The colonial secretary

 years more. However, his interests in England seem to have turned from social or political questions towards a concentration upon his business, as typified by the joint speculation in Prince Edward Island

and deprived even of necessities, the missionary found solace in visits to his confrères on Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton Island, and the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. They wrote to

, P.E.I. Virtually nothing is known about William Cooper’s life before his arrival on Prince Edward Island about 1819. According to an account

. Cormack left Scotland about 1818 to lead a group of Scottish immigrants to Prince Edward Island where they settled on the Hunter River near Charlottetown and where Cormack was land agent for David Rennie, a

at St Catharines, and in 1840 was employed as a clerk on the Welland Canal. In December 1846 Coventry became editor of the Prince Edward Gazette at Picton, which he co-owned with J

 October a travelling party from McClure’s ship, held fast off Banks Land, discovered that Prince of Wales Strait connected to Viscount Melville Sound. Melville Island, first discovered 34

purchased ships constructed in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Before 1827 Samuel sold some ships locally. Beginning in that year, however, he sold a few ships abroad from Halifax each year; three

Daly was transferred to Prince Edward Island as lieutenant governor. He arrived on 12 June 1854 and received a warm welcome; for the next five years he proceeded to justify it by the firmness

to tie us by our feet to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland! How enviable is this plan for us Lower Canadians! What influence we would have in parliament: one Canadian

children; d. 5 Feb. 1864 in Charlottetown, P.E.I. After immigrating to Prince Edward Island from Devizes, Wiltshire, in the early 1820s

. Until 1855 Forrester also served the Free Church by travelling widely in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Bermuda to raise funds for its college and home mission scheme

Malabar which had foundered off Prince Edward Island in 1838. He afterward complained bitterly about the settlement he received from the naval

to compete with New Brunswick for a share of the trade between the United States and Prince Edward Island. Thus, Fulton supported the railway enough to be compelled in 1851 to vote against Conservative

. In 1846 the government of Prince Edward Island invited Gesner to make a geological survey of that province. He accepted, and in addition to his field work undertook a series of public lectures in

. In 1786 George Nicol Gordon’s father had come to Prince Edward Island with his parents from Scotland via Shelburne, N.S. In 1813 John Gordon and his family became tenants on the estate of Samuel

minor position in the Naval Victualling Office in Chatham, England, Thomas Heath Haviland immigrated in 1816 to Prince Edward Island. There he became provost marshal, a post he later described as “a

one daughter; for about ten years they lived near Bideford, Devon. At age 34, Holl immigrated to Prince Edward Island with his wife and family

governorship of Newfoundland. However, the Colonial Office withdrew the offer in favour of Sir John Harvey*, and sent Huntley to Prince Edward Island