Question: What does smuggling booze into a dry Canada have in common with a revolution in Brazil? Answer: The Margaret. The Canadian Customs Preventive Service was established in 1892 but it was not until 1914 that it received its first vessel built specifically for customs patrol purposes. That vessel. the Margaret, was built by the English firm, Thornycroft at […]
Not Launched from Prince Edward’s Isle The photo is a dramatic one. Against the background of the early 1860s Great George Street and the Charlottetown waterfront a ship, completely rigged, stands ready to be launched. But the picture is not what it seems… The trim little vessel was not built in a Charlottetown ship yard, nor […]
It was not a pretty sight and the correspondent for the New York Tribune made it the centrepiece of his reporting of the event. And what an event it was. The biggest thing to hit Charlottetown in its history. The first visit ever of a member of the Royal Family. Today it has become commonplace […]
