Victoria_Park_Re port Final.pdf - City of Charlottetown
Victoria_Park_Re port Final.pdf - City of Charlottetown
Victoria_Park_Re port Final.pdf - City of Charlottetown
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hospital!for!the!mentally!ill!and!a!poor!house!existing!on!“Brighton!Shore”!within!an!<br />
archival!reference!to!the!Hillsborough!Hospital!Photograph!Collection. 27 !!<br />
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Figure!4.2;!5:!Architectural!drawing!<strong>of</strong>!the!floor!plan!<strong>of</strong>!the!Government!House,!dated!to!1856. 26 !<br />
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An!1842!nautical!navigation!map!<strong>of</strong>!Hillsborough!Bay!shows!the!recently!<br />
constructed!Government!House!within!the!Government!Farm!(Figure!4.2.6).!This!<br />
map!also!shows!the!location!<strong>of</strong>!the!Prince!Edward!Battery!(later!known!as!Fort!<br />
Edward).!Curiously,!this!map!also!shows!a!hospital!located!within!the!government!<br />
farm.!!No!other!maps!or!documents!describe!a!hospital!in!this!location.!!It!is!possible!<br />
this!is!an!error!by!the!mapmaker!and!no!building!existed!there,!or!perhaps!a!<br />
building!existed!but!it!was!not!a!hospital.!However,!a!reference!was!found!to!a!<br />
!<br />
Figure!4.2;!6:!An!1842!nautical!map!<strong>of</strong>!Hillsborough!Bay.!Note!the!location!<strong>of</strong>!the!Hospital.!Also!depicted!<br />
are!the!Government!House!(G)!and!Fort!Edward!(Old!Battery). 28 !<br />
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Government!House!and!its!property!was!a!focus!<strong>of</strong>!upper!class!social!gatherings.!!<br />
Many!social!events!were!hosted!here!by!the!various!Governors!and!visiting!<br />
delegates!and!<strong>of</strong>ficials!<strong>of</strong>ten!stayed!here. 29 !In!addition,!the!well!known!picture!<strong>of</strong>!the!<br />
<strong>Charlottetown</strong>!Conference!in!1864!was!taken!on!the!steps!<strong>of</strong>!Government!House!<br />
(Figure!4.2.7).!<br />
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26!Public!Archives!and!<strong>Re</strong>cords!Office!Acc.!3466/HF72.41.3 !<br />
Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />
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27!Public!Archives!and!<strong>Re</strong>cord!Office!Acc.!4276.!<br />
28!Bayfield!1842.!!<br />
29!Pollard!1898:73,!75!<br />
Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />
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