Visible minorities account for Many 19th-century industries, including shipbuilding, have disappeared. In their stead are plants processing fish and seafood, beverages, dairy and meat products, and manufacturing a variety of metal products. The city is also home to new biotechnology and information technology industries. Other major industries include health care and social assistance, retail, accommodation and food services, and education.
A special air mail service set up for the winter of —30 demonstrated the potential of air travel as an alternative to the existing connections between Charlottetown and the mainland by steamer, railway and car ferry.
After regular air service to Moncton , New Brunswick flew out of Upton Field to the northwest of the city. Limited capacity at this site and the need for unemployment relief prompted the city in to begin the construction of a larger municipal airport on a acre parcel of land to the north of Charlottetown.
By the early s it had become the centre of a network of routes served by locally-based Maritime Central Airways. After the war improvements were made at various times by the federal department of transport until when management of the airport was turned over to the Charlottetown Airport Authority Inc.
Better roads on the Island encouraged automobile and bus travel, and undercut the economic viability of passenger rail service, which was ended in Trucks had the same damaging effect on railway freight, and 20 years later the railway on the Island was abandoned completely. This, the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water, substantially mitigated Charlottetown's remoteness from other Canadian centres. Within the city, the car was also king, and public transport was largely absent until when an innovative public-private partnership succeeded in establishing a viable bus service.
In recent decades the city has increased its sway over the province's communications. Peter Publications issue works of literature, poetry, theology and history.
Before incorporation of the city in , government consisted of the colonial administration, volunteer organizations and individual citizens. Incorporation was prompted by the need to improve the physical services and by two external events: the achievement of responsible government on the Island in and the end of the Crimean War in , which led to the departure of the garrison of British regular soldiers who preserved law and order.
The city was divided into five wards, each of which elected two members to a Common Council that was headed by a mayor. In the years since incorporation the term of office and the number of councillors were altered but the essential structure of government remained stable until the annexation of Spring Park in The growth of suburban communities, such as Sherwood and Parkdale, presented administrative challenges that were addressed by the amalgamation. Council now consists of a mayor and 10 councillors, each representing one of the city's 10 wards, with elections held every four years.
Several mayors left their marks on the community. Thomas H. Haviland —67 held office for an exceptionally long period and set the tone for modest civic budgets. Lieutenant-Colonel J. David Stewart —58 seized the opportunities of post- Second World War expansion to encourage development. Dorothy Corrigan —71 was Charlottetown's first female mayor and the first to make the position a full-time job. The cultural life of the city continues to draw inspiration from the surrounding rural areas, creating a blend of urban taste and traditional values.
The former Legislative Council Chamber served as the meeting place for the Charlottetown Conference in The facility occupies a city block, the former Market Square, and is the home of the notable Charlottetown Festival.
Anne of Green Gables—The Musical , Canada's longest running musical, has attracted millions of theatregoers to the Centre since Besides the theatre, the facility includes a library and an art gallery that is one of the largest such facilities in Atlantic Canada and boasts an exceptional collection of artwork by Robert Harris.
Charlottetown's annual social calendar is filled with outdoor festivals and concerts. For example, Old Home Week is a mid-summer celebration of the Island way of life. Charlottetown has been well represented in the elite of international sporting competition. William Halpenny aka Happenny won a bronze medal in pole-vaulting at the Olympics and David "Eli" MacEachern took the gold medal in bobsled at Nagano in In addition, Lorie Kane is one of Canada's most decorated female professional golfers.
Although steeped in history, Charlottetown features thoroughly modern accommodations and convention facilities, and technically superior venues. Request a Proposal. Special Features: In , Charlottetown hosted a conference of political delegates from around the region and out of that historic event, Canada was born.
They were charged with the gruesome murder of Peter J. Trainor, an elderly shopkeeper, said Charlottetown historian Natalie Munn, although both denied it. More details on the province's website here.
The double hanging took place in an enclosure on the grounds of the jail on Aug. The last public hanging, however, was long before that, in — George Dowie was hanged in Connaught Square where the first jail, known as "Harvey's Brig," was located.
He had been convicted of murdering a man during an argument. The oldest graveyard in the city on official record is the Old Protestant Burying Ground on University Avenue, which opened in It is rumoured there was an older graveyard in the City associated with the military, city officials say, but its whereabouts are unknown. Like any heritage place, Charlottetown has several sites that are rumoured to be haunted.
The ghost stories include the Kirk of St. James with its phantom bell ringers of , Euston Street built before and haunted by an unhappy female ghost, and a large home on the Heartz Road built in called Binstead , haunted by a screaming woman and infant. The Great Fire of was the most destructive fire in the city's history, razing homes and businesses in the section from Water to Dorchester streets and Pownal to Great George.
Only a few brick buildings were spared as the fire raged for eight hours. A description from the July 18, edition of the Herald newspaper reads: "The house, as well as some outbuildings in the rear of it, were in full blaze before any of the fire engines arrived on the spot, and, even when they did arrive, they were paralyzed for the want of water.
In fact, the utter inefficiency of the fire department was as conspicuous as ever, and augers badly for the safety of the city in future. Harris and C. Chappell were hired to rebuild in 'fireproof' stone and brick and we still have those lovely buildings," Munn said. Charlottetown's stone and brick city hall was built in on the site of Love's Tannery and contained the police station, fire station, civic offices and jail cells.
Some people claim that it is haunted, said Munn. But for years, the market was right downtown. The first market was built in at the centre of Queen Square where Province House is now — it quickly outgrew the building and a new, circular one was built 10 years later.
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