Victoria_Park_Re port Final.pdf - City of Charlottetown
Victoria_Park_Re port Final.pdf - City of Charlottetown
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south!shore!to!Saint!Pierre!on!the!north!shore. 8 !Port!la!Joye’s!population!had!<br />
decreased!to!83!by!1734. 9 !!In!1740!it!was!recommended!to!the!King!that!the!<br />
greatest!expenses!be!directed!into!Saint!Pierre!rather!than!Port!la!Joye,!as!the!<br />
population!was!denser!at!Saint!Pierre.!Port!la!Joye!was!suffering!from!losses!<strong>of</strong>!<br />
settlers!and!a!crumbling!infrastructure. 10 !<br />
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In!1745,!the!British!raided!Louisbourg,!resulting!in!the!British!seizure!<strong>of</strong>!the!fort!and!<br />
their!attack!on!Ile!Saint!Jean.!Many!settlers!relocated!to!Quebec!due!to!rumors!<strong>of</strong>!<br />
expulsion!but!in!1748,!the!island!was!once!again!under!French!control!through!the!<br />
Treat!<strong>of</strong>!Aix.la.Chappelle. 11 !!In!1751,!Colonel!Franquet,!Officer!<strong>of</strong>!Engineers,!visited!<br />
Ile!Saint!Jean!and!left!a!description!<strong>of</strong>!principle!settlements.!He!describes!Port!la!<br />
Joye!as!surrounded!by!forest,!with!houses!located!along!the!sides!<strong>of</strong>!the!valley. 12 !!<br />
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In!1755,!the!fall!<strong>of</strong>!Fort!Beausejour!and!the!Acadian!de<strong>port</strong>ation!prompted!the!<br />
arrival!<strong>of</strong>!approximately!2000!Acadians!to!the!island.!In!July!1758,!Louisbourg!<br />
capitulated!and!the!French!and!Acadians!living!on!Ile!Saint!Jean!were!also!de<strong>port</strong>ed.!!<br />
A!map!dated!to!1760!depicts!Port!la!Joye,!identifying!the!location!<strong>of</strong>!the!fort!with!<br />
settled!land!along!the!shores!<strong>of</strong>!the!harbour!and!rivers!(Figure!4.2.1).!!However!this!<br />
postdates!the!de<strong>port</strong>ation!in!1758.!It!is!unclear!whether!the!map!was!begun!prior!to!<br />
the!de<strong>port</strong>ation!or!is!a!depiction!<strong>of</strong>!what!Port!la!Joye!would!have!looked!like!before!<br />
1758.!The!map!does!not!depict!any!settlement!in!the!specific!area!<strong>of</strong>!<strong>Charlottetown</strong>!<br />
and!<strong>Victoria</strong>!<strong>Park</strong>,!although!settlement!is!depicted!all!around!the!area.!<br />
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After!the!de<strong>port</strong>ation,!Port!la!Joye!was!named!Fort!Amherst!and!a!British!<br />
fortification!was!constructed.!!Ile!Saint!Jean!was!renamed!St.!John!Island!and!it!<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficially!became!a!colony!<strong>of</strong>!Britain!in!1763. 13 !In!1764,!Captain!Holland!conducted!a!<br />
survey!<strong>of</strong>!the!island!and!recommended!that!the!capital,!<strong>Charlottetown</strong>,!be!built!in!<br />
Port!la!Joye!harbour,!on!a!point!<strong>of</strong>!land!between!the!York!River!and!Hillsborough!<br />
River.!A!“fine!rivulet”!was!described!as!running!through!the!town 14 !and!this!was!<br />
probably!referring!to!the!body!<strong>of</strong>!water!that!would!later!become!the!Government!<br />
Pond.!His!map!<strong>of</strong>!the!island!depicts!the!future!site!<strong>of</strong>!<strong>Charlottetown</strong>,!showing!no!<br />
structures!or!buildings!in!the!area!<strong>of</strong>!the!park!(Figure!4.2.2).!<br />
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Figure!4.2;!1:!Excerpt!<strong>of</strong>!1760!map!<strong>of</strong>!Ile!Saint;Jean!by!W.L.!Hebert!showing!the!Port!la!Joye!harbour,!<br />
including!the!settlement!and!the!location!<strong>of</strong>!the!Fort. 15 !!<br />
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8!Harvey,!1926:66.67.!<br />
9!Island!<strong>Re</strong>gister!Website,!French!census!1734!<br />
10!Harvey!1926:106.!<br />
11!Harvey!1926:109.120.!<br />
12!Harvey!1926:148.149!<br />
13!Office!<strong>of</strong>!Lieutenant!Governor!2011.!<br />
14!Campbell!1875:7.!<br />
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!Figure!4.2;!2:!Excerpt!<strong>of</strong>!1775!Holland!map!<strong>of</strong>!Prince!Edward!Island.!<strong>Victoria</strong>!<strong>Park</strong>!is!noted!in!red.!<br />
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<strong>Charlottetown</strong>!was!<strong>of</strong>ficially!designated!the!island’s!capital!in!1768,!at!which!point,!<br />
the!garrison!was!moved!from!Fort!Amherst!to!Fort!Edward. 16 !!At!this!time,!Fort!<br />
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15!Hebert!1760.!<br />
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