And here's the and the Canadian History & Environment Summer School (CHESS) event on "Climate & History" via NiCHE (apply by 30 November!) niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...

Yes, the ACS falls right after the Canadian Historical Association (CHA~SHC), the Canadian Catholic History Association, and the Canadian History & Environment Summer School (CHESS) events, all held at UPEI the week prior. Look them up and join us for all 4, if possible! cha-shc.ca/announcement...

The call is hosted (and translated) thanks to Acadiensis, and the lovely poster is courtesy of ActiveHistory (the photo courtesy of PEI Govt -- it's sunrise on Opening Day of the PEI lobster fishery). Abstracts are due by 19 December.

Later sessions are open and some may be joined virtually so feel free to reach out by email if you’d like to join. Our hybrid sessions will begin tomorrow with our first keynote by Natasha Simon and Lyle Vicare “Where Tides Meet: The Signitog Isthmus as a Nokumi zone and Mi’kmaq place of belonging.”

It’s a beautiful day to kick it off with walking tours (including at Fort Folly First Nation) and a welcome session this evening.
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The knave.

For more on the Charlottetown site’s significance see historicplaces.ca and for this station’s role in the history of mobility see my Story Map with Barbara Rousseau, “By Muscle, Mast, and Motor: A Transportation History of Charlottetown, PEI.”
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The Sackville station was moved to Acadian Heritage Village in Caraquet where it has been beautifully restored. tantramarheritage.ca/archive/hist...

These chateauesque stations were designed for Irving in the early 1930s by Acadian architect (and another son of Bouctouche) Samuel Roy. Here's the Souris station in 1942. (Source: Earle's PEI History, Facebook)

But with DQ and Starbucks waiting for him it would have been worth the trek, amirite? Explains the bowel pain anyway.

Also, the train was to Pictou, yes?

Join us this summer at Mount Allison University in Sackville NB for the next meeting! See the CFP here (due 30 May) niche-canada.org/2025/05/02/c...

Interesting. As I’m sure you’ve noticed there aren’t many potatoes in yet, here in 2025 times.

Lands and Fields was the greatest book.

This workshop would be amazing.

Potatoes are in! Any idea why he had JM plant them? As opposed to “the boy” or himself?

That rises to nearly a third if you include Quebec City and the Saguenay Fjord, and nearly half if you include the rest of Atlantic Canada (Bonavista NL and the Bay of Fundy). Nine out of 20 is a pretty good showing, considering less than 10% of Canadians live in or east of Quebec City.