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Archives: The Ovens Natural Park
It may not come as a surprise that the Archives does not have many landscape photographs in the vault. However, I did stumble across these wonderful photographs of The Ovens Natural Park in Nova Scotia, most likely taken in the winter of 1955. Funnily enough, the...
Archives: It’s Exam Time!
Exams are coming up for university students all across the country and it was no exception for students at the Presbyterian College in Halifax (Pine Hill) in 1904. Interestingly enough, the exam questions from the previous year were posted in the back of the College...
Archives: Thoughts of summer days
After this week of beautiful weather, summer seems tantalizingly close. As an ode to the upcoming summer, here is a photograph from Berwick Camp. The photograph did not have a date written on it but it's possibly from the 1890s. Three of the people in the photograph...
Archives Recipe of the Month-The Candy Edition
It’s probably rather cruel to post recipes of candy during Lent but how can one pass by the mention of ice cream candy without giving it some sort of recognition? The following recipes were taken from The Helping Hands Cookbook compiled by the ladies of St. Paul’s...
Archives: “We Know We’ll Miss You Very Much”
Less than 20 days until the official first day of spring! It's been a long winter so I thought it might be nice to showcase these beautiful spring-themed cards. The homemade cards were given to Mrs. Nicholson on the occasion of her and her husband Rev. Nicholson...
The life of a student minister in 1832 and a PEI update
The Archives has some really interesting personal records of individuals and families who served the churches in the region over the years. One such record is this letter from William Fraser to Rev. James Dobson. Fraser, who was 2 years away from being ordained, was...
The Archives Needs Your Help PEI!
Can anyone identify the four churches below? They are all located on Prince Edward Island. If so, please reply in the comments or send Sarah an email. Thanks! Church #1 Church #2 ...
Fireside Club’s Annual Dinner, April 1913
Instead of a recipe this month but continuing on with the food theme, I thought I would share this lovely menu card for the annual dinner of the Fireside Club of St. David's Presbyterian Church (became part of the Church of Saint Andrew and Saint David in Saint John,...
Answers to Archival PEI Word Challenge
For those of you who took on the word challenge from last week, here are the answers as promised: Santa Claus -St-Nicholas What babies do - a girl's name-Howlan A garment-to wander-Cape Traverse A jacket-Cardigan A point of the compass-part of the verb to "be"-Northam...
An Archival PEI Word Challenge
I came across this word challenge while processing the records of a retired minister. He and his wife were actively involved in various youth groups in the Maritime Conference so this was probably used at a youth meeting. In most cases, there are two answers you need...







