PEIR Souris Subdivision

Mussel Mud on the Railway

By Chris Mears on August 28, 2011 • ( 0 )

I’m reading “Gone to the Bay” by Juanita Rossiter. The book is a well written and fascinating history of the St Peters Bay area and I’d recommend it. Starting on page 95 the book starts to get into some interesting… Read More ›

St. Peters Insurance Map 1910 with coal shed

By Chris Mears on August 22, 2011 • ( 0 )

First jackpot in my “wonder if some towns had coal sheds” question. The Island Imagined Website Delivers Again could have been another great title for this post. The site had this plan (click the link to view the plan) revised… Read More ›

Coal on the railway

By Chris Mears on August 22, 2011 • ( 3 )

I was driving back from op’s night on the Bayside and Tidewater and to pass the time I started thinking about operations on my next model railway and in particular the types of goods and car movements to plan for…. Read More ›

Harvesting Mussel Mud in PEI

By Chris Mears on August 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

Okay, so I never expected I’d get as interested in this industry as I think I am getting but here I go again. All of this started with a photograph of a narrow gauge train on a wharf in Midgell,… Read More ›

Community of Morell website

By Chris Mears on August 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

I’m always pleasantly excited to see how many of the Island’s towns have put together websites for themselves and this morning I came across Morell’s. It’s a neat little community website and it has a great history section. Complimentary to… Read More ›