Bedeque Area Historical Society
Hello everyone! We are excited to be getting ready for the 2019 season here at the museum! For the first week the museum will be open from 10-5 Monday June 17th until Friday the 21st. We will begin our regular hours the following week. Tuesday through Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5 for the rest of the summer.
Bedeque Area Historical Society
Hello everyone! We are excited to be getting ready for the 2019 season here at the museum! For the first week the museum will be open from 10-5 Monday June 17th until Friday the 21st. We will begin our regular hours the following week. Tuesday through Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5 for the rest of the summer.
The AGM of the Bedeque Area Historical Society will take place on Monday July 22 in the Community Room, William Callbeck Centre. Before the AGM Doug Sobey, President of the Bedeque Area Museum will give a talk on ‘The Natural World of Lucy Maud Montgomery’. The talk will start at 7 pm.
Based on a detailed examination of the many references to trees and woods in Montgomery’s non-fictional writings, Doug Sobey of the Bedeque Area Museum will assess the well-known Island author as an ‘historical recorder’ of the Island’s landscape. He will describe the places and natural habitats important to Montgomery and will assess what her writings tell us about her, and especially about her relationships with trees and plants. He will also talk briefly about Maud Montgomery’s time teaching at Lower Bedeque. The AGM of the BAHS will follow the talk.
Based on a detailed examination of the many references to trees and woods in Montgomery’s non-fictional writings, Doug Sobey of the Bedeque Area Museum will assess the well-known Island author as an ‘historical recorder’ of the Island’s landscape. He will describe the places and natural habitats important to Montgomery and will assess what her writings tell us about her, and especially about her relationships with trees and plants. He will also talk briefly about Maud Montgomery’s time teaching at Lower Bedeque. The AGM of the BAHS will follow the talk.
On Monday July 15 Dr. Lisa Chilton of the History Department of UPEI gave a talk titled "Loyalists, Immigration and British North America" to an interested audience. In her talk, she presented an overview of the Loyalist movement into what is now Canada after the American Revolution and their important influence on the culture and politics of Canada.
In the picture Dr. Lisa Chilton (on left) speaks with a member of the audience.
In the picture Dr. Lisa Chilton (on left) speaks with a member of the audience.
THE STRAWBERRY and ICE-CREAM SOCIAL – SUNDAY JULY 14, 2 - 4 pm
On Sunday afternoon July 14 the thunderstorms that were threatening held off and we were able to hold the strawberry social outdoors in the Central Bedeque Park. Over 100 people came out to enjoy the strawberries and ice-cream. The event was sponsored by numerous local businesses and individuals with donations of $100 or more (see the photo for the list of sponsors). Musical entertainment was provided by Tim Menez. Visitors who came into the museum to see the exhibits were able to observe a demonstration of quilting by Norma Hanlyn. See the photographs of the event.
On Sunday afternoon July 14 the thunderstorms that were threatening held off and we were able to hold the strawberry social outdoors in the Central Bedeque Park. Over 100 people came out to enjoy the strawberries and ice-cream. The event was sponsored by numerous local businesses and individuals with donations of $100 or more (see the photo for the list of sponsors). Musical entertainment was provided by Tim Menez. Visitors who came into the museum to see the exhibits were able to observe a demonstration of quilting by Norma Hanlyn. See the photographs of the event.
A TALK on: Loyalists, Immigration, and the Formation of British North America’
Monday July 15 at 7 pm, at the Museum – Dr. Lisa Chilton, an associate professor in the History Department at the University of Prince Edward Island will give a talk related to the Museum’s remit on the Loyalist settlement of Prince Edward Island. Under the title ‘Loyalists, Immigration, and the Formation of British North America’, she will describe how the Loyalists who came north as refugees to the remaining loyal colonies after the American Revolution played an unusually important role in how subsequent immigration would be managed by the British and colonial governments. She will also explore the ways in which Loyalists put their stamp on immigration policies and practices in the decades after their own settlement. |
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FOUR NEW EXHIBITS ARE OFFICIALLY OPENED AT THE BEDEQUE MUSEUM
The official opening of this summer’s new exhibits at the Bedeque Area Historical Museum, took place on Saturday July 6 at 10.30 a.m.
The four new exhibits are:
Two Island Nurses of the Great War: A major exhibition tells the stories of two First World War nurses, both with Bedeque connections: Georgina Pope whose father William Henry Pope (the Father of Confederation) was born in Bedeque, and Beatrice MacDonald of North Bedeque. There are extensive poster displays, with additional items relating to the Great War from the P.E.I. Military Museum.
Five early-twentieth-century Signature Quilts from the Bedeque, Chelton, and Freetown Areas: From the 1890s onward, ‘signature’ quilts were made by local church and other groups to raise money for good causes. Every person who donated a fixed amount (sometimes only ten cents) had their name sewn into the quilt. The Museum is showing five signature quilts from the 1920s and ’30s from Bedeque, North Bedeque, Chelton, and Freetown. The quilts serve as a roll call of the area's past residents, with almost a thousand names on them. Visitors can search for the names of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and past neighbours from an alphabetical listing.
Lucy Maud Montgomery and Bedeque: Two posters tell the story of Montgomery’s six-months of teaching in the Lower Bedeque School in 1897-98 and her passion for a young local farmer named Herman Leard.
Three long-case clocks: Loaned by a local collector, Wendell Feener, the clocks are on display in running order. One is a ‘grandfather’ clock, another is a ‘grandmother’ clock, and the third is a ‘granddaughter’ clock.
THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBIT ON 'THE BEDEQUE HARBOUR LOYALISTS'.
Saturday July 7, 10:30 am - Bedeque Area Museum, Callbeck Center, Centaral Bedeque.
The official opening of the exhibit will take place with invited dignitaries present. Three will be free admission to the Museum and it's exhibits , and refreshments will be provided. All are welcome to attend.
A STRAWBERRY and ICE-CREAM SOCIAL – SUNDAY JULY 15, 2 - 4 pm
As a major fund-raising event the Bedeque Area Historical Historical Society will be holding a Strawberry and Ice-cream Social on Sunday July 15 from 2 to 4 pm in the Central Bedeque Park, opposite the Museum. Strawberries, cake and ice-cream will be served. In the event of rain, the event will be held in the Community Room of the William Callbeck Centre.
Tickets are $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for children aged twelve and under (this includes free access to the Museum). There will be a chance to make and taste home-made ice-cream made in the traditional way from cream by hand-cranking an ice-cream maker. Entertainment will be provided and there will be raffles and draws for prizes. All proceeds are in support of the Museum’s work.
Talk : “They Came on Ships – Ancestral Migrations to Prince Edward Island”
Lisa Chilton of the History Department of UPEI who was to give a talk on 19th century emigration from the British Isles to Canada on Monday August 6 at 7 pm at the Bedeque Area Museum is not available. We are thus grateful for David Walker, an historian and genealogist, and a member of the Bedeque Museum, who lives in Ontario but spends his summers on the Island, for stepping into the breach by offering to reprise a talk on the subject of emigration in his own family which he gave at the Malpeque Museum earlier this summer.
The title of his presentation is “They Came on Ships – Ancestral Migrations to Prince Edward Island”. His presentation will begin with a description of a project to create a wall hanging quilt that depicts migration of 25 of his ancestors, from the British Isles to New England and Prince Edward Island, and from New England to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The talk will then describe ten of those ancestors, the common element being that they all migrated to various parts of Prince Edward Island.
The talk will take place on Monday August 6 at 7 pm in the Community Room of the William Callbeck Centre, Central Bedeque. Refreshments will be served. There is no admission charge but donations are welcome.
Lisa Chilton of the History Department of UPEI who was to give a talk on 19th century emigration from the British Isles to Canada on Monday August 6 at 7 pm at the Bedeque Area Museum is not available. We are thus grateful for David Walker, an historian and genealogist, and a member of the Bedeque Museum, who lives in Ontario but spends his summers on the Island, for stepping into the breach by offering to reprise a talk on the subject of emigration in his own family which he gave at the Malpeque Museum earlier this summer.
The title of his presentation is “They Came on Ships – Ancestral Migrations to Prince Edward Island”. His presentation will begin with a description of a project to create a wall hanging quilt that depicts migration of 25 of his ancestors, from the British Isles to New England and Prince Edward Island, and from New England to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The talk will then describe ten of those ancestors, the common element being that they all migrated to various parts of Prince Edward Island.
The talk will take place on Monday August 6 at 7 pm in the Community Room of the William Callbeck Centre, Central Bedeque. Refreshments will be served. There is no admission charge but donations are welcome.
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