The Bog Tour

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The Bog Tour is back!

Explore the hidden history of a lost Charlottetown neighbourhood!

This FREE 45-minute walking tour is offered out of Beaconsfield Historic House. In the Fall season, the tour is offered as weather permits.

In September and October, the Bog Tour will be offered:

  • Thursdays at 1:30 PM 
  • Fridays & Saturdays at 11 AM and 2 PM. 

We recommend calling Beaconsfield Historic House at 902-368-6603 ahead of arrival to ensure tour availability. Fall weather can quickly cancel a walking tour in Charlottetown!

Bog Tour References

*This reference list is actively being added to and refined!*

Books

  • Allen, C. R. Illustrated Historical Atlas of the Province of Prince Edward Island: From Surveys Made under the Direction of C.R. Allen, C.E. Philadelphia: J.H. Meacham & Co., 1880. 

  • Campey, Lucille H. A Very Fine Class of Immigrants: Prince Edward Island's Scottish Pioneers, 1770–1830. Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2001.

  • Cundall, Henry. Personal Diaries.

  • Hornby, Jim. Black Islanders: Prince Edward Island's Historical Black Community. Charlottetown, PEI: Island Studies Press, 1991.

  • Whitfield, Harvey Amani. Biographical Dictionary of Enslaved Black People in the Maritimes. Foreword by Donald A. Wright. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022. 

  • Whitfield, Harvey Amani, ed. Black Slavery in the Maritimes: A History in Documents. Broadview Sources Series. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2018. 

  • Whitfield, Harvey Amani. North to Bondage: Loyalist Slavery in the Maritimes. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016. 

Journal & Magazine Articles

  • Holman, Harry. “Unintended Consequence: A Bermudian Deserter and the Repeal of Prince Edward Island's Slave Law” The Island Magazine, no. 93 (2024): 18-27.
  • Whitfield, Harvey Amani, and Barry Cahill. “Slave Life and Slave Law in Colonial Prince Edward Island, 1769–1825.” Acadiensis 38, no. 2 (Summer/Autumn 2009): 29–51. 

Additional Sources (Misc.)

  • The Island Magazine (George Kelly) and the 2017 festival of the Bog map. (Locations of family homes in the Bog
  • Newspaper clippings about the sports figures/teams, and Sam Martin
  • Black Women's History Project

Rack Card Image Sources

1.    PARO PEI, Acc2301/89 “Pump in Rochford Square, Charlottetown, [ca. 1888]”
2.    PARO PEI, Acc2353/496/pg404/P-1 “West End Rangers hockey team, [ca. 1900]”
3.    PARO PEI, Acc3466/HF74.27.3.68 “View of Colonel Swabey's residence, Charlottetown, [ca. 1860]”
4.    PARO PEI, Acc2320/35-8 “West End Bog School, Charlottetown, [ca. 1880s?]”
5.    PARO PEI, Acc3466/HF72.66.20.25 “House on Kent Street?, Charlottetown, [ca. 1890-1906]”
6.    “Keswick House” painted by George Ackerman;  HF.73.304.2, PEI Museum & Heritage Foundation.
7.    Aerial Photograph, ca.1950s: cour. family of Eric Paul Sharpe; UPEI GeoREACH Lab GeoPEI viewer.
8.    Aerial Photograph, ca. 2020s: Google Maps. (2020s).
9.    George “Budge” Byers, cour. PEI Sports Hall of Fame
 

Additional Image Sources

  • Courtesy of Confederation Centre of the Arts, Art Gallery Collection.
  • PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation Collection.
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