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uilding"is"located"to"the"north"of"Government"House"in"close"proximity."A"complex" of"buildings"and"possibly"paddock"or"fields"is"located"just"to"the"northeast"of"Victoria" Park,"in"the"approximate"location"of"the"hospital"parking"lot." " Figure'4.2+18:'A'1974'aerial'photograph'of'Victoria'Park,'Charlottetown. 53 'Note'the'changes'made'to' Government'Pond'and'the'increased'landscaping.' " 4.3 GIS Overlay " Three"historic"maps"of"the"Victoria"Park"were"overlaid"on"modern"GIS"data"accessed" online"from"Government"of"Prince"Edward"Island"as"well"as"a"satellite"image"of"the" park."The"three"maps"used"were"the"1873"Plan"of"the"Victoria"Park,"the"1880"Map"of" the"City"of"Charlottetown,"and"a"1903"Fire"Insurance"map."The"buildings"and" structures"depicted"on"these"historic"maps"within"the"Victoria"Park"boundaries"were" identified"and"labeled"on"the"modern"mapping"to"demonstrate"the"approximate" location"of"these"structures."Due"to"the"potential"inaccuracies"of"the"historic"maps," there"was"likely"some"variation"in"the"exact"location"of"buildings." " The"oldest"map,"dated"to"1873,"showed"Fort"Edward,"the"Government"House,"an" area"of"outbuildings,"the"guard"house,"and"a"small"building"very"close"to"the"rear"of" the"Government"House"(Figure"4.3B1)."The"location"of"Government"House"appears"to" be"accurate,"although"one"of"the"wings"is"depicted"much"longer"in"1873"than"in"the" present"GIS"data."A"small"building,"possibly"a"garden"shed"is"depicted"to"the" southwest"of"the"Government"House"beside"an"ornamental"garden."Another"small" """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 53"Government"of"PEI"1974" Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited 23 " Victoria Park Figure'4.3+1:'Modern'map'of'Victoria'Park'with'existing'buildings'and'1873'buildings'noted.'' The"1880"map"of"Charlottetown"from"Meacham’s"Atlas"did"not"appear"to"be"as" accurate"as"the"1873"map"(Figure"4.3B2)."The"Government"House"did"not"completely" align,"indicating"that"the"other"buildings"may"be"slightly"off"of"their"real"location." Fort"Edward"is"also"indicated,"as"is"a"small"building"depicted"on"the"1880"map" within"the"cricket"ground."The"guard"house"is"indicated"as"well."Three"buildings" labeled"as"barns"are"located"in"approximately"the"same"area"as"the"outbuildings" located"on"the"1873"map."However,"on"the"1880"map,"the"barns"are"more"distinctly" depicted." " Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited 24 Victoria Park "
Figure'4.3+'2:'Modern'map'of'Victoria'Park'showing'existing'buildings'and'buildings'from'1880'map.'' " Figure'4.3+3:'Buildings'located'on'the'Government'Farm'according'to'a'1903'fire'insurance'map.' " " " The"1903"Fire"Insurance"map"for"Charlottetown"only"shows"a"small"portion"of"the" Government"Farm"(Figure"4.3B3)."However"the"guard"house"is"depicted,"as"are"three" buildings,"probably"barns"or"outbuildings,"one"of"which"is"only"incompletely"shown." As"the"map"did"not"show"the"location"of"the"Government"House,"it"is"difficult"to" judge"the"accuracy"of"the"map." " " When"the"building"information"from"all"three"maps"is"shown"together,"it"is"clear"that" some"inaccuracy"exists"in"one"or"all"of"the"maps"(Figure"4.3B4)."However,"it"is"also" clear"that"specific"areas"of"high"potential"for"historic"remains"are"similar"on"all"maps" and"can"be"determined."There"is"a"high"potential"area"on"the"northeast"edge"of"the" park,"where"all"three"maps"depicted"outbuildings."Although"the"buildings" themselves"are"shown"outside"the"study"area,"mainly"under"the"Prince"Edward" Home"parking"lot,"inaccuracies"of"the"map"or"buildings"not"shown"on"any"map"are" possible"within"the"park"boundaries." " In"addition,"the"original"guard"house"is"shown"on"two"different"maps"in"two"slightly" different"locations"within"the"same"general"vicinity."This"area"should"also"be" considered"one"of"high"potential.""Fort"Edward"is"also"depicted"in"a"slightly"different" configuration"but"in"the"same"general"area"and"should"also"be"considered"an"area"of" high"potential"for"historic"remains." " Although"not"depicted"on"any"map"this"assessment"reviewed,"it"is"known"that"a" hospital"was"located"on"the"Government"House"grounds,"and"from"the"postcard" shown"earlier"in"this"report"(Figure"4.2B15),"it"was"located"in"very"close"proximity"to" the"house.""Furthermore,"a"small"outbuilding"is"noted"to"the"north"of"the" Government"House"on"the"1873"map"and"the"1878"bird’s"eye"view"of"the"park"also" Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited Victoria Park Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited Victoria Park 25 26
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