Table of Contents
| Chapter |
Page |
| INTRODUCTION |
3 |
| THE LAND OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND |
7 |
TIMELINE
First French Settlement . . . 67 Parcels of Land . . . Prince of Wales
College . . . Catherine Callbeck's Five Most Important Events in Island
Politics . . . Passing of Lucy Maud Montgomery . . . Confederation
Bridge . . . Cows' Top Five Ice Cream Flavours |
9 |
PEI ESSENTIALS
From the Provincial Flower to Population Trends . . . Bio: Prince Edward
Augustus . . . Country Living . . . You Know You Are an Islander When .
. . Godfrey Baldacchino's Top 5 Pros and Cons of the “Fixed Link” . . .
Education |
17 |
PLACE NAMES
Those Unusual Place Names, from Bacon Cove to Johnny Belinda Pond,
from Mermaid to Seacow Head . . . Charlottetown . . . Summerside |
35 |
SLANG
From Boggie to Spudhead, Your Guide to English, PEI Style |
43 |
NATURAL WORLD
From the Abundance of Water to the Red Dirt . . . Charlie
VanKampen's Five Favourite PEI Plants . . . Dana Gallant's Top Five
Must See Places . . . Beautiful Beaches . . . Jellyfish . . . Great Blue
Heron . . . Lobster, Lobster, Lobster |
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WEATHER
From the Record Highs and Lows, Winds and Snow to the Lowdown
on Fog . . . Juan's Wrath . . . Yankee Gale . . . Linda Libby's Five
Extreme Island Weather Events . . . Spud Mud . . . Top Five Shipwrecks
off PEI . . . The Great Ice Storm of 1956 . . . White Juan |
65 |
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
From Crime Statistics to Rum Running . . . Early Law and Order . . .
The Last Death Sentence . . . Minnie McGee: Murderous Mother . . .
Impaired Driving . . . Policing PEI . . . Fines for Crimes . . .
Charlottetown Bombings |
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CULTURE
From TV to Film to Cultural Festivals . . . Five Phenomena That Have
Turned Charlottetown into a “Cosmopolitan” City . . . Actress Toby
Tarnow's Five Best Things About Playing Anne . . . Milton Acorn . . .
Richard Lemm's List of the Top Five Most Established PEI Poets . . .
Broad Strokes . . . The Gold Cup and Saucer . . . Golf PEI |
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ECONOMY
From the GDP and Debt to Wages and Taxes . . . Anne of
Green(back) Gables . . . Spud Island . . . Flexing Some Mussel . . .
Employment Sectors . . . Top Five Things Paderno Enjoys about Doing
Business on PEI . . . Top Five Livestock Raised . . . Top Five Ways
Tourists Spend Their Money . . . PEI's Got Milk . . . A Fish Story |
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POLITICS
From Colony to Confederation and Beyond . . . The Belfast Riot . . .
Jack MacAndrew's Five Most Interesting PEI Politicians . . . George
Coles . . . Premiers and Their Former Occupations . . . Women in
Politics . . . Political Left |
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THEN AND NOW
From the First European Settlement to the Completion of the
Confederation Bridge . . . Legacy of Slavery . . . Georges Arsenault's Top
Five Influential Acadians . . . Irish Moss . . . Fox Farming . . . Island
Connections . . . Party Lines to Cell Phones . . . Basket Case |
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FIRST PEOPLE
From the “Paleo-Indians” to the Lennox Island Band . . . Spiritual
Traditions . . . Mi'kmaq Place Names . . . Wabanaki Confederacy . . .
Chief Darlene Bernard's Top Five Mi'kmaq Rights Issues . . . Birch Bark
Canoes . . . Bio: John Joe Sark . . . Population |
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GO AHEAD, TAKE FIVE MORE
Five More of What You Want . . . Steve Knechel's Top Five Best Things
About the Charlottetown Farmer's Market . . . Kathleen Eaton's Five
PEI Must Reads . . . Chef Andrew Morrison's Top Five Things to Eat -
Besides Lobster! . . . Chuck and Albert's Top Five Acadian Events . . .
Clifford Lee's Top Five Things About Charlottetown . . . Andrew
Sprague's Top Five Island Restaurants . . . Jackie Waddell's Top Five
Reasons to Protect more Natural Areas in Prince Edward Island . . .
Jerry McCabe's Top Five Harness Racing Drivers from PEI . . . Corey
Slumkoski's Top Five Go-Kart Tracks |
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