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VICTORIA PARK, CHARLOTTETOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS VICTORIA PARK ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited Project No: 13-004.1 Principal Investigator: Stephen A. Davis Report Compiled by: Courtney L. Glen & Stephen A. Davis March 2013 Submitted to: Ekistics Planning and Design 1 Starr Lane, Dartmouth Nova Scotia Cover: Fort Edward c. 1900 showing canons and stone magazine. DAVIS MACINTYRE & ASSOCIATES LIMITED 109 John Stewart Drive, Dartmouth, NS B2W 4J7
TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES!..........................................................................................................................!II! 1.0! INTRODUCTION!..............................................................................................................!5! 2.0! STUDY AREA!.....................................................................................................................!5! 3.0! METHODOLOGY!.............................................................................................................!5! 4.0! CULTURAL BACKGROUND!........................................................................................!5! 4.1! MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCE INVENTORY!....................................................!5! 4.2! HISTORICAL BACKGROUND!........................................................................................................!6! 4.3! GIS OVERLAY!................................................................................................................................!23! 5.0! RESULTS AND DISCUSSION!.....................................................................................!27! 7.0! CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS!.....................................................!28! 8.0! REFERENCES CITED!...................................................................................................!29! ! LIST OF FIGURES Figure!4.2.!1:!Excerpt!of!1760!map!of!Ile!Saint.Jean!by!W.L.!Hebert!showing!the!Port! la!Joye!harbour,!including!the!settlement!and!the!location!of!the!Fort.!......................!8! Figure!4.2.!2:!Excerpt!of!1775!Holland!map!of!Prince!Edward!Island.!Victoria!Park!is! noted!in!red.!..........................................................................................................................................!8! Figure!4.2.!3:!Excerpt!of!1771!map!of!the!layout!of!Charlottetown!with!the! approximate!study!area!shown!in!red.!......................................................................................!9! Figure!4.2.!4:!Undated!photograph!showing!the!entrance!to!the!Government!House.! Note!the!guard!house!located!to!the!right!and!the!bridge!in!the!centre!of!the! photograph.!........................................................................................................................................!10! Figure!4.2.!5:!Architectural!drawing!of!the!floor!plan!of!the!Government!House,! dated!to!1856.!....................................................................................................................................!11! Figure!4.2.!6:!An!1842!nautical!map!of!Hillsborough!Bay.!Note!the!location!of!the! Hospital.!Also!depicted!are!the!Government!House!(G)!and!Fort!Edward!(Old! Battery).!...............................................................................................................................................!12! Figure!4.2.!7:!Delegates!at!the!Charlottetown!Conference!photographed!on!the!steps! of!Government!House.!...................................................................................................................!13! Figure!4.2.!8:!Plan!of!the!Government!Farm!and!City!Park.!..........................................!14! Figure!4.2.!9:!1878!bird’s!eye!view!of!the!Government!Farm!and!City!Park.!Note!the! guard!house!and!outbuildings!on!the!Government!Farm!and!the!Fort!Edward!and! stone!magazine!(red!arrow)!in!the!city!Park.!......................................................................!15! Figure!4.2.!10:!1880!map!showing!Victoria!Park!and!Government!Farm.!Note!the! Cricket!Ground!and!building,!the!Parade!Ground,!and!Proposed!Lake.!Also!note!the! Victoria!Barracks!(red!arrow).!...................................................................................................!16! Figure!4.2.!11:!Excerpt!of!1903!Insurance!Map!of!Charlottetown.!Note!the!newly! constructed!Park!Drive,!the!shape!of!the!western!pond!and!the!Old!Barracks!(red! arrow).!..................................................................................................................................................!17! Figure!4.2.!12:!Excerpt!of!map!17!of!the!1903!Insurance!map!of!Charlottetown.!Note! the!guard!house!and!three!other!buildings!on!the!Government!Farm.!....................!18! Figure!4.2.!13:!Photograph!of!Fort!Edward!circa!1900.!Note!the!wooden!platform! and!stone!magazine.!.......................................................................................................................!19! Figure!4.2.!14:!Photograph!of!Tennis!Club!members!in!1884.!....................................!19! Figure!4.2.!15:!Undated!postcard!showing!the!Rena!McLean!Memorial!Hospital!in! relation!to!the!Government!House.!..........................................................................................!20! Figure!4.2.!16:!1935!aerial!photograph!showing!Victoria!Park!(North!to!the!left).! Note!the!pond!(red)!and!the!buildings!north!of!Government!House!(blue)!..........!21! Figure!4.2.!17:!1958!aerial!photograph!of!Victoria!Park,!Charlottetown!(North!at! right).!Note!the!increased!amount!of!recreational!facilities!and!the!apparent!infilling! of!the!pond!noted!in!the!1935!photograph!(red).!..............................................................!22! Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited VICTORIA PARK Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited VICTORIA PARK i ii
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