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Swathed in mist, surrounded by the secretive sea, wind wailing like the lost souls of sailors around its shores, Prince Edward Island is the ideal setting for the strange and incredible, even the supernatural. Islanders have handed down, from one generation to the next, legends and ghost stories; tales of phantom ships and shipwrecks, Indian curses, buried pirate treasure, sea serpents, and ghostly apparitions.
On the flip side, “The Island,” along with its neighbours, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick offers up a multitude of fascinating facts and fascinating anecdotes. Canada’s earliest history is here, in the region of Atlantic Canada known as ‘The Maritimes’. Dinosaurs roamed this land before the first Europeans stepped foot on our shores. Fascinating facts and unforgettable anecdotes provide a window to this unique land and its exceptional people.
With a perceptive eye and generous wit, Julie V. Watson revels in the region’s diversity of customs and traditions, history and folklore, tales of daring do and cowardly flight, ships that wrecked and ghosts that roamed, not to mention achievers, heroes and heroines.
HISTORIC
CHARLOTTETOWN
by Julie V. Watson
“We can only offer glimpses into the past, but strived to showcase the essence
of the heart of what is my home town.”
Proudly known as the “Birthplace of Canada,” Charlottetown
has been a provincial capital since 1765.
The town owes its distinguished history not only to the well-known role it
played in Canadian Confederation, but also for its development as the commercial
centre and chief port of Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island.
Historic Charlottetown brings history to life through historical black-and-white
images and descriptions of the town’s steady development up to the end of the
Second World War. Award- winning
author Julie V. Watson describes the careful town plan that resulted in
Charlottetown’s grand public squares; the continual struggle to maintain crucial
transportation links to the mainland; the rich cultural life that led to the
town’s connection with two of the nation’s best-loved artistic figures, L.M.
Montgomery and Robert Harris; the impact of military and sporting endeavors, and
of course, Charlottetown’s role as host of the first discussions on Canadian
union in 1864. Charlottetown is
truly one of the nation’s historic provincial capitals.
Historic Charlottetown
Published by Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, N.S.
ISBN: 978-1-55109-599-8
6 ½ x 9 1/4 inches, 170 pages
To order you need to send your cheque or money order in the amount of $28.05 ($21.95 + $1.10 gst + $5.00 shipping and handling) to: Seacroft, P.O. Box 1204, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, C1A 7M8 or click "Add to Cart" button below to purchase using PayPal
Please include full mailing address for shipping book plus special autographing requests.
Allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. (approx.)
CALLING
THE MARITIMES HOME
Origins, Attitudes, Quirks and Curiosities.
by Julie V. Watson
"There are two kinds of people. Those who just pass through life and those who take time to stop, to savour, to create memories. The latter are by far the richer." - Julie Watson
Canada’s Maritimes are a very special part of the world, fostering such affection in the people that live there that they refer to the rest of the world as “Away.” From Anne of Green Gables to Ashley MacIsaac, from the Annapolis Valley to Peggy’s Cove, the Maritimes offer a rich variety of culture and history disproportionate to their small size and population. And Maritimers, wherever they may roam, still think fondly of the Maritimes as home. Filled with fascinating facts and unforgettable anecdotes, Calling the Maritimes Home is a tribute to this unique part of Canada. The author revels in the region’s diversity of customs and traditions, its creative arts and cuisine, its many languages and lifestyles, in a manner that will delight both Maritimes and those from “Away”.
Calling The Maritimes Home: Origins, Attitudes, Quirks and Curiosities
by Julie V. Watson
ISBN 1-55192-149-9, Raincoast Books,
184 pages, 6x9 inches, perfect bound. $16.95
To order you need to send your cheque or money order in the amount of $22.80 ($16.95 + $.85 gst + $5.00 shipping and handling) to: Seacroft, P.O. Box 1204, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, C1A 7M8
or click "Add to Cart" button below to purchase using PayPal
Please include full mailing address for shipping book plus special autographing requests.
Allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. (approx.)
Shipwrecks
& Seafaring Tales
of
Prince Edward
Island
by Julie V. Watson
Over the years thousands of seafaring people and their ships have come and gone - many lost to the relentless sea, their stories, however survive.
In the 450 years since the European's discovered Prince Edward Island history has been tied to the sea and to ships. From the first explorers, through immigrants, traders, sailors, and fishermen thousands of seafaring people and their ships have come and gone ---- many lost to the relentless sea.
Julie Watson has dug through the archives and unearthed accounts of many harrowing tales: some stories became popular legends on the Island; others were nearly lost until included in this collection.
The expulsion of the Acadians in the 1750s led to a disastrous voyage for 1,500. Twenty years later, sixty Scottish families emigrating to the new world on the Annabella experienced a trip only a seafarer can image. Read the amazing adventure of Tommy Tuplin, the tale of the Yankee Gale, of the sad fate of the Marco Polo, or the amazing truth of ice boats used to cross Northumberland Strait in the worst of winter.
Shipwrecks and Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island includes fascinating stories of buried treasure, legends of ghost ships, accounts of visits by privateers, buried treasure, seal hunts, water spouts, U-boats, airmen rescued from an ice floe, storms and much more.
Shipwrecks & Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island
by Julie V. Watson
ISBN 1-55109-368-5, Nimbus Publishing Ltd.,
187 pages, 6x9 inches, perfect bound. $16.95
To order you need to send your cheque or money order in the amount of $22.80 ($16.95 + $.85 gst + $5.00 shipping and handling) to: Seacroft, P.O. Box 1204, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
C1A 7M8
or click "Add to Cart" button below to purchase using PayPal
Please include full mailing address for shipping book plus special autographing requests.
Allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. (approx)
GHOST
STORIES
& LEGENDS
OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
by Julie Watson
"Having the imagination to sense a shiver of delight from unusual tales of other-worldly experiences is a gift to savour." - Julie Watson
Author Julie V. Watson, has collected a wealth of ‘true tales’; many told to her by those who experienced them, or knew someone who did. Others are culled from old newspapers and book; to add to their charm, the author sometimes copied these stories of ghosts and legends exactly as written, including the sometimes quaint spelling and punctuation. Strange as most of these tales are, who dares to doubt the veracity of the sailors who met a phantom schooner, the fishermen who fled a sea monster, or the countless Islanders who have dug for pirate gold, only to be terrified by something uncanny into abandoning their search. Referred to as a “good read” Ghost Stories and Legends of Prince Edward Island is sure to please readers of all ages.
Ghost Stories & Legends of Prince Edward Island
by Julie Watson
ISBN 0-88882-102-6, Hounslow Press,
178 pages, 6x9 inches, perfect bound. $16.99
To order you need to send your cheque or money order in the amount of $22.84 ($16.99 + $.85 gst + $5.00 shipping and handling) to: Seacroft, P.O. Box 1204, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, C1A 7M8
or click "Add to Cart" button below to purchase using PayPal
Please include full mailing address for shipping book plus special autographing requests.
Allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. (approx.)
