Victoria_Park_Re port Final.pdf - City of Charlottetown
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Edward!was!located!on!Great!George!Street. 17 !In!1769,!the!island!was!separated!<br />
from!Nova!Scotia!and!given!its!own!government,!including!a!Governor.!The!first!<br />
Governor!was!appointed!in!1769,!named!Walter!Patterson. 18 !A!map!tentatively!<br />
dated!to!1771!shows!the!layout!<strong>of</strong>!the!city!as!designed!by!surveyor!Thomas!Wright!<br />
for!Governor!Patterson,!with!a!standard!grid!<strong>of</strong>!town!plots!surrounded!by!common!<br />
lands.!!The!study!area!is!clearly!included!in!the!land!set!aside!for!common!land!and!<br />
the!watercourse!described!by!Captain!Holland!in!1764!can!also!been!seen!(Figure!<br />
4.2.3).!!<br />
!<br />
designed!by!Isaac!Smith!and!was!not!constructed!and!inhabited!until!1834. 22 !In!<br />
addition!to!the!residence!itself,!a!coach!house,!stables,!farmer’s!cottage!and!military!<br />
guard!house!were!also!construction!on!the!property.!Although!an!1835!estimate!for!<br />
the!coach!house!and!stables!originally!suggested!brick!material,!the!Lieutenant!<br />
Governor!lobbied!for!wooden!material,!citing!the!lesser!expense!and!already!<br />
wooden!composition!<strong>of</strong>!the!Government!House.!Fencing!was!also!erected!around!<br />
the!garden!area!<strong>of</strong>!the!property. !23 !The!entrance!to!the!property!was!a!bridge!which!<br />
crossed!the!Government!Pond,!passing!a!guard!house,!seen!here!in!this!undated!<br />
photograph!(Figure!4.2.4).!The!photograph!pre.dates!the!construction!<strong>of</strong>!the!road!<br />
from!Kent!Street!to!Fort!Edward,!putting!its!date!as!pre.1897.!The!bridge!was!later!<br />
replaced!by!a!paved!causeway!and!the!original!guard!house!was!removed. 24 !<br />
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Figure!4.2;!3:!Excerpt!<strong>of</strong>!1771!map!<strong>of</strong>!the!layout!<strong>of</strong>!<strong>Charlottetown</strong> 19 !with!the!approximate!study!area!<br />
shown!in!red.!!<br />
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In!the!1780s,!Governor!Patterson!was!involved!in!controversy!over!the!seizure!and!<br />
sale!<strong>of</strong>!lands!which!had!been!granted!but!deemed!unimproved!by!the!grantees. 20 !<br />
This!culminated!in!his!removal!<strong>of</strong>!<strong>of</strong>fice!and!Colonel!Edmond!Fanning!was!instated!<br />
as!the!new!Governor!in!1786.!Colonel!Fanning!was!responsible!for!the!<br />
appropriation!<strong>of</strong>!approximately!100!acres!<strong>of</strong>!the!commons!for!use!as!an!estate!and!<br />
residence!for!the!Lt.!Governor.!He!also!allowed!the!rest!<strong>of</strong>!the!commons!to!be!<br />
divided!into!private!plots. 21 !!<br />
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The!land!which!he!set!aside!for!use!by!the!Governor!became!known!as!Fanning!Bank!<br />
or!Fanning’s!Bank!and!also!as!the!Government!Farm.!The!actual!residence!was!<br />
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16!<strong>Park</strong>s!Canada!Port.la.Joye!–!Fort!Amherst!2012.!!<br />
17!Rogers!1983:29.!<br />
18!Office!<strong>of</strong>!Lieutenant!Governor!2011.!<br />
19!Wright!1771.!<br />
20!Campbell!1875:26.31.!<br />
21!Pollard!1898:48!<br />
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Figure!4.2;!4:!Undated!photograph!showing!the!entrance!to!the!Government!House. !25 !Note!the!guard!<br />
house!located!to!the!right!and!the!bridge!in!the!centre!<strong>of</strong>!the!photograph.!!<br />
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An!architectural!drawing!dated!1856!shows!the!interior!<strong>of</strong>!the!Government!House!<br />
(Figure!4.2.5).!Although!it!is!not!specified,!it!is!probably!the!second!floor!that!is!<br />
depicted!as!rooms!are!labeled!as!bedrooms.!This!drawing!also!shows!the!back!wings!<br />
<strong>of</strong>!the!house!as!symmetrical!and!<strong>of</strong>!equal!length.!Later!maps!show!the!northwest!<br />
wing!longer!than!the!northeast!wing.!However!the!present!day!house!has!north!<br />
wings!<strong>of</strong>!equal!length,!indicating!the!house!has!undergone!change!over!time.!<br />
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22!Office!<strong>of</strong>!Lieutenant!Governor!2011.!<br />
23!Royal(Gazette!March!3,!1835.!<br />
24!Public!Archives!and!<strong>Re</strong>cord!Office!Acc.!2301/166!<br />
25!Public!Archives!and!<strong>Re</strong>cord!Office!Acc.!2301/166!<br />
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