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«he history of Cardigan , during the lart few deeadca, han consisted In a reries of significant changes in business and culture laat has changed the complexion of fMa little coarsttnity. the transition that Hae taJcon place haa effected paseaga froa the state of a once popular hi rebuilding and comaercial center to on* of decadence and insignificanoe. Consequently, one wonders, a3 ho enters Cardigan by way of the , how this Tillage a*u« have appeared to the poinoore who inherited it during the last half of the nineteenth century. Although one reallees that the green fertile countryside that now surrounds it ie smoh ■ore beautiful than the thickly wooded area, which exi ted hare during the nineteenth century, ho concludes, never¬ theless, that the activity and nptrit seventy-five year* ago was aueh sore intense and realistic than it ie at the present tlae,

tte town Itself contributes greatly to the beauty of the area. In its peaceful and indifferent way, it la content to erve as a small basines» cantor for the surrounding difctrictu. However, it reveal3 little of the history of it people. Pew monuments remain to tell the Jtory of ths=e industrious end siaple folk. Gone are the fishing fiesta, harbors, shipyard , and factories all of which foraed o large n part of the daily lives of the pioneers, ihr Catho¬ lic Church, public cbool, and railway de-ot alone roaain

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!o that we can acre fully appreciate the history of Cardigan, we aiuet first consider, in auamary form, the gene¬ ral hivtory of the Island,

3he people living on Prince Edward Island at the earliest period of which anything U known wore ouri-quolo Indiann, Any rights of occupancy they poo e* «d are now limited to tfce Ie*enre» at Lennox Island and , their descendant* mattering two-hundred and fifty-four Micaae: ,x

■the firat white sen, who landed on the choree of the future 'Garden of the «wlf* and loft a record of what he saw, was Jacques Cartier , in his voyage of 15M*"2

for aero tfean a century following the visit of cartier, the French aade little effort to proaote the colonisation of Prince Bdward Island* Henee, the early history of the Island naalfesta groat neglect ta the pert of the Bother Country*

In the Island of St. John, prior to X7*0» there were only two French familios, one at #&. !?*•*• H«****» the other at III}*}* *»*& living by fiohing. > the end

SLUr**!15* f4?°* nAmp of ooloaiaation was rorned. it consisted of nineteen families, asking in all one hundred souls. Aon ttere 9 I?* la two currents of immigration, on direc¬

tly from France, the other from Acadia*.

1. MaeZinnon,r.A..Hlstorjr of Prince M ,^ IAand.. pa,

2. Harvey , P.C. . ftp Freneh Pjgjmj fe Pw^noj jBward Maa.^ i .

3. wartumton, A*B*t h Bl*ttrr of Prince jjwjaj Ti«*. p#?5.

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*Sueceedlng years saw flourishing ^ettleaento spring up at tracadioj Itaafrage, , 3hrec MLvern, and Mel pec me,•*

The f ir t eettleaeat la Cardigan was found ad during

the flr^t dacada of the nineteenth century* "In the early

pert of the preeeat century, the country now coapri :ed in

Ifce pariah of All Selatn, was settled by nine Cntholic fa-

alliae, chiefly froa Ulat In tha Weotera Highlands of

eotland."' The first eettlera of tba Minion of All "«*intnt

Bridge, weret ronald SeAulay, r«nsld loTlnnen,

WilliPa Wilson, Kenneth BcXenaie , Ponald Caapbell , Hugh

KcCoraick, Alexander KeHonald (Lord), and Angus -MeToneld

(Carpenter),

Aaong the early settlers ware two heads of fsallies naaad McPonald , who as that patro¬ nymic was net imnoaaoiH ware given "nick- naaao" far distinction* One of the^-e aaa was oalled Alexander ■ePoaald -lord- the other Angus McDonald -Carpantar- he being a carpenter by trade, walla the former, a aaa of singular personal beauty and good address, was dabbed An Mar Mhaor . the word dude being than unknown...

Cardigan was naaad after Ooorga Brudnell, fourth Earl of Cardigan , In 1765t "ho was later created Puke of Montague (1766)• The Indian aaa* given to Cardlgaa was

4. WncMillan. J.C ., ffia«|rlr j&BjftfT ftf ^ £flftg»fi CTpmn

In Trtncft BBnrt XrlnnO* voia., p»3«

5. 1 "Ion «* All ^alafa. a aanuscript at the %X>. U . library,

6. Ibid.

7. Ibid.

rmkoolc, meaning e imdjr shore.8

In subsequent year.3 after it: birth, Cardigan grew

rapidly a colonists settled in outlying districts.

In 1862, a bridge was built over the Cardigan River , about two mileo below the one which inee the meaofty of the oldest inhabi- tantw had spanned the « Head of Cardigan *. Road leading to the bridge were opened tho name rear, thus affording eacy coamanicatior. between all points of the urro nding country. Houses began to rring up along the road; ide" i the ^hipping trade found a centre here, Worm

cotch and frinh fanil ice arrived to f^ell the population, and everything pointed to the new

ettlement at Cardigan bridge as s good location for a miseion Church,.

During the eighteen hundreds, eolonieation spread rapidly to include the diatrioto of Bo -eneath, 5aal River, Clenfenring, and the t, ,

Faraing and fishing were the most important occupation; engaged in y the early settlers at Cardigan . So thie point traver ed the farmere and fiaheraen with their pro¬ duce to oell or to barter in exchange for their winter necex' lties. With an abundance of lumber awS labor avai¬ lable, Cardigan ooon developed into a large hip-buildine center, According to authentic rhip regi tor that h?ve been pre erved, the Alfred was the first vee el built nJ Cardigan . It waa built in 1842 with a tonnage of 249

8. Information given by J,H , Blanchord, retired profe or at Charlottetown ,

9. gj^iion of All ain^s. a manuscript at the ,I). U . library.

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and wro re^ i tered by Richard Pearce .10 Foliowirg 1850,

avertd hip-yrrd were locnted at Cardigan . Owen'^ yard wr the no t productive having turned out nearly forty ve el ell of which were regi tered in the name of the ©■wen frjaily. The large t ve- el "built and launched «t Cardigan we the Willie Mclagep with a tonnage capacity of 560 and regicuered in 1874 by William McLaren ,

The Jnaoe^ E , MdonalC yard built -ome fifteen ve 3«1g between the yeerc 1875 and 18f7f ■any of which were con truc¬ ked under the supervision of Dmcan f, Keelpren, a pro¬ minent chip-builder at Cardigan for many year , Bse la«*t vec:ale built at Cardigan , and perhaps the oo^t famous to modern memory, wera the Victory Chlnaa. Serbara Kcrp- nj&d, am: the fjy^ BBEBMam* All thraa veo air were owned end regi tered by the lata enetor John A, Mocl^onald.11 She Victory Chlaas war built in lfl8 by limball Coffin and launched by Captain Charles Fitzgerald | the Barbera acrona^d was built in 1 J 18 bv James gcPonald and Puncan McLareni and, finally, the Anna Moronald wa built by McLaren in 1920.12 In the appendix at the end of thi thai , there appears a eomplete listing of all the wooden

io. nu^, Ere .torn ah^^ i ^t)buAldlng te sa&Lgaa.

11. Ibid.

12. Information given by Sari KaeXfenald, merchant at Cardigan , in conversation with the author.

• ailing hlt> that were built et Cardigan ,

Ifcere exiot. in Cardigan today little evidence re¬ nin! cent of the huge ohip-building and commercial indu - try th t wni once .^o prominent here. In the yenr prior to 1920, five wharves were neeecaary in order to handle the large flow of imports and exports. Only one of the; e wher- veo ha been maintained to the present day, r^ it har -»een inactive for everal yeer». Gone ere the wharve; formerly onied end oneratod by Lemuel C. Owen , J amor e. Kcfonnld, Owen Connelly , and Captain Joseph Heronald , Prior to 1900, two wooden bridge' we e built over th Cardigan River , and in 1513, a teel bridge waa construc¬ ted which served the need, of the people until it was* replaced in 1959 by a causeway,

She early commercial life in Cardigan wao mainly one of general merchendiae and eraftman hip. In the la t half of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth century,

tore were owned and operated by the following peoplei Jome^ E. Mctonald , Hugh (lord) Kcronald, Morrison and Tferg n, Jexae Norton, BSra, Captain "haw, Captain Jo epfe Mcroreld, pne Br,, Jaiaen E. McDonald . J !any of the pv>ove mentioned men, p.port from being managers of tore-, were al^o actively engaged in the fishing end import and export trrde.

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T urine this period, iaon MncWeil, Jraaee ait?-, Angit Living tone, and Robert MacIaHn were the ^lack-TBith . In 1885, Alleys, at the Bead of the River, built a carding mill, gri t-aill, and saw-nlll, all of which remained very pepulpr to the local farmers until they were destroyed b fire in 1900, Another mill, adjacent to Alleyr, wa owned by 3eetona. A co-operative cheese and butter factory we.; e tablished by the farmers in 1900 at the Heed of the River, Unfortunately, a low milk supply forced it to clo ~e ita door< In 19H.13

William P. lewis, who immigrated to Cardigan from

Edinburgh, eotland, founded tfc Lewis Itenumental Iiuainer>-o

in Cardigan , ffcis bu®in«3» was cucce afully continued

by the elder KT . lewin'H two aone William a. and rsvid A.

The monument, which was erected In 1903

to the cottiah pioneers on "fcudnell I aland,

was. designed by the late William A, I-ered ,

culptor of Cardigan who carried on the monu¬ mental buoineo; with his late brother Pavid a. Lewi . One of the wonderful workn of art testifying to thio eetf* i t'lent i ; the main alter in the All ^aintn Roman Catholic Church, Cardigan , which wtus de igned and carved by the senior &r» lewio,-.

In the firs t decade of the present century, Cerdigar, developed into an important center for ?~ team hip pa- en^er

13. Information given by Prank Togarty, retired farmer of Cardigan , in conversation with the author,

14. "Gifted cot Made Monument at arudnell", Guardian.

and Alight erviee. The trait hipping Company provided -ten* hip erviee for produce, end operated between the ports of card lean, Georgetown , and Montague, to "ydney, Tiovn coti*. The Shree-Slvere teamship Company established, sbout the year 1915, passenger and freight - erviee from Cardigan , Hbntague, ant Georgetown , to pictou, Fova cotia. She chief exports? from the e Inland port- were ©ate, timber, and potetoeo, while the inports were mainly a winter' -upply of oolai e , ugar, and run.15

At thin time, there was operating in Cardigan several carriage factories, a line kiln mill, a canning factory, as well m tailor ehopc, drug-atoreo, hwtala, and taverns. In the yccre 1904-09, disaster struck the farmerc of the Cardigan district in the form of a hay famine, when all effortn to purchase feed for tfeeir livestock felled, the faraerr were compelled to sell their cattle to Ifcugald ?*»rriron, who operated a ^laughter home at Cardigan . Because of the low prlcer, which they were forced to accept, thlr did little to relieve the eacpenoeo and dictreBw incurred by the farmere*1*

In 1385, Cardigan received its fir t perHanant medi¬ cal practitioner in the person of rr. tephen Jenkins.

15. Earl KacJDonald of Cardigan *

16. Prank Fogarty of

However, Ir, Jenkins gave up hit? practice two year? Inter -hen, In 1887, Tr. Archibald A. Alien , a young nan of twen¬ ty-five, took over the responsibility of providing medi¬ cal cnre tc the people of Cardigan district. Tt, Allen wn >orn at Covehead in 1862, and, with hin graduation from McGill University, proceeded to Cardigan where he ministered faithfully for fifty-nine ye«r^t until hi?? death in 1946, to the phyaicol ailments of theoe people,17 fhroughout its history, all generations in the Cardigan district have expreaeed great fervor and sentiment with re pect to the Christian faith, Wo^t of these inhabitants are member-, of the Catholic Churchy but there ia alno a large number who rre members of the lire te<" tent Church,

Provioue to the building of a Catholic Church at Cardigan , Roman Catholics attended religious service ft Georgetown , The hose of Captain Joseph McPonald al^o served a • a house of worohip for «hoee people in times of large christening- , Occasionally, the Holy r acrifice of the Macs was offered in thi ease ho una.

Uhe contract for the construction of the Catholic Church was let in the spring of 1874* the Construction of thi: holy edifice was described in a book written by

17« SMBS&SaV <l>cceatoer 5»1946),

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teo Bev. John C. tfacMillan , Pastor of All eint' i

She new sis i ©n formed eompri ed portions of the aiaalone of St, Georges. t. Peters,

t. cuteberte, and "t, James, Georgetown , Work on the new Chore* had been coaBaenced ir the early prlng. and durine the following aonthe it wa.-; pu- hod forward with vigor, ao that by

L of ^ovw"35"* *h« acred edifice wa

ready for occupancy, and on that day It war opened for divine worshiu and olemnly dedi¬ cated under the title of* All .'.into. »e cere¬ mony of dedication war; perfonaed by nie Lord hip liahop Kaclnlyre and the enaon for tee occasion preached by Rev, Pr, 0,r*ien of t. Dunrten's College, Ose new minaion wis pieced for the time being In charge of Bev, Angup Mcc^onald, Parish Priest ef Port Amgustui;, awaiting a more permanent arrangement at the hand3 of She Biuhop,l8

She parish of All aints extends on tee launching, Grand River , and t, Peters Roads as far as the dlvi ion line between Lots 53 and 54| on tee an far a Ron Cambell »o inclusive| it includes the and extends on the Vernon River Read as far aa Patrick anphy'u inclusivej and on tee as far as the Royalty, including tee portion north of teii road.19

On the first of October, 1076, Hie Lordship 3ishop Maclntyre, no ieted by Rev, Tr, 0,rri8a and Rev. J.C , Hcroneld, noleartly blessed tee cemetery at Cardigan ^ All -aints Church,20

16. MrcKiUant P*o Early History at

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19, Pari h regieter of All "Bints* Church.

20. Perish reriiter.

She alter in All aints« Church, whioh i : unique of its kind, io of Italian marble, relieved by Rova cotia freestone richly carved. There arc two temporary side altar , one dedicated to ov lady and the other to t. Jo? er*. The tetionn of the Cross, which are of carton pierre in ba relief, cor-t four hundred and fifty dollars end were given aa manorial a by fourteen members of the congregation. The late pastor of the Church, the very Rev. D. Mcfonald , added to the Church a very fine toe try, of which the demem- tione are thirty-five feet by twenty-five.21

The sacrament of Bapti m wae finest administered in All ainte' Church on Hov. 29, 1874, by Rev. Angus McDonald i the first marriage ceremony took place on Oot. 28, 1875, and was performed by Rev. J.C. McDonald » the fir^t Confirma¬ tion was administered on July 19, 1878, when Rt. Rev. Peter Mclntyre , Bishop of Chariot to town, confirmed eighty- four children and adults | the first burial took place on the eventeenth of January, 18791 the first native of the Pari h ordained was? Rev, James Donah ©e on June 1 J, 19041 and, finally, the fir t ordination in the pariah took place on July 3, 1927, when Rev, Leo W, Sullivan wan ele¬ vated to the holy priesthood by Rt, Rev. Lcwla j. O'Leary ,

21. Mission of All ainte. a manuseript at the . P.U . library.

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ni hop of Charlottetown .22

The Parish of All -ainta, which et one tiae eabrrced •a many as one hundred and sis** faailie* , is now composed of eighty-two. Ten priests have been bote In the pari h.of which even were ordained for dioceses of Western Canada and the ! taten, one for the Je«nit Order, and two for the Charlottetown diocese. In addition to its prie te the parish claiae over twenty ladies in the religious life.

Many deeply religious and distinguished prie ta have erved as par tor. at All ^ainta* Church. Rev. Angus Macl *- nald war perish priect from 1874 to 188l; Rev. J.C. Macro- wild in 1881, Rev. r. MacPonald froa 1882 to 188 6| Rev. w. H. Grant froa 1886 to 188?! Rev. -tephen J. Phalen froa 1087 to 18941 Rev. J.C. McMillan from 1894 to l»6j Rev. J. H. Johnstone froa 1916 to 10181 Rev, Bernard Oillio froa 1918 to 1926| Rev, Michael Eooney froa 1926 to lf40f Rev. Joseph Rooney froa 1940 to 1*4*1 Rev. Patrick MacWahan froa 1942 to 1946j Rev. Hareld Creken froa 1946 to 195 31 Rev. J.P.R. O'Hanley froa 1953 to 1958. Rev. Prancia Cor ¬ coran, the pre-ant pastor, wao apr^inted to the parish in 1958.2*

22. Peri h register of All aints' Church,

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ruring the present century, and particularly during the pa~t decade, many improvements have been made in the property of All aints* Church, tte mo^t striking testi¬ mony to the initiative, energy and generosity of the Catho¬ lic people of Cardigan war, the erection of the Marion Year nrchway and ctatuea of the Blea ed Virgin Wary and t, Joocph in 1954. Biia worthy end enduring monument to the Mother of God wao the only tangible souvenir of the Marion Year in the diooe e of Charlotte town, and perhaP3 the f ine. t of it- kind in Canada . On rec.8,, 1954, the Feaat of the Immaculate Conception, the eereaony of the -losing of the Marion Year archway and statue ■> waa carried out by Bev. Owen Kigginn , parish priest at Georgetown , a« i =ted by Hev. J .f. McCardle as deacon, and Rev. Naaaire Gallant as :>ub-descon.24 Another out tending contribution by the pari hioners of All eints* Church was the Pari h HaT that was erected on the Church grounds. »is j^dem and well-equipped hall waa completed on March 4, 1956.

Among the many Etagli-h and cottlah familie that ettled at Cardigan in the early part of the nineteenth century were everal Protectant families. 5h« main element of there families prof eased belief in Preeby teriani-m, and

4. the guardian. (December 9t 1954)•

to thi dry, aany descendant,: of the e pioneer till live at ardigan.

For avernl years before a Church wa--; '-.wilt, Cerdigen wn vi ited by Protestant ministers several time each ye-r-. late in the nineteenth century, the Pre byterian. built their fir t church at Cardigan , ttis church was ,0on followed by another one large enough for the rapidly growing con¬ gregation. 5*e miniaters in charge very often lived in tfce Manse located near the Church,

Early in the present centuryt th? Presbyterian Church at Cardig-n was destroyed by fire. Church recordo, all of which were kept in the Church, were also destroyed. As a result, it 1, very difficult to obtain any details regar¬ ding tfco early history of the Preobyterian religion nt Cardigan, fhe new Church, built following the fire, -till remains today. ?fce Presbyterian Manse was occupied until recent yerre by the ministers in charge. Howwver, the vr9 ent mini^ter, Rev. Currle , resides at , but till make weekly vi. its to his congregation at Cardigrn. Education facilities at Cardigan during it early dny: of colonisation were limited mainly to private tutoring. Mr , Allen, ?t "the Head of the River", conducted ela. e~ in private tutoring for everel years, The fir it school

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la 18?«, /tMi 1* aiTaaaU mm t&*% alatfta* -to taa ^•••l TWllaaamt as a lajjaBtai «f tba enHmtlvi Xa police. a« aata aa ataatlaat nwI fa* vaMaf i yaftiaai fa* at* aaaatltaaatH la is?7f aa ■■■■lit aa»« tceflftaa strnm, • aatftft af OanwOl, Mnfta ,

****** Jaaa A* faalfceaU aaa, la all praaaaliltr, tha aaat aaaaaaafa* and pt—mwvm ***** and palitaelea ta llYa at Cardigan * Saaator aaoSaaait aaa born at *aaadia •a April 12, UN, fea aaa at Jaaa e« aat KUaabafe Mar/ (aaaffeaald) a^ftaaaU, After raaaMa* aia aarl? ataoatloa at traoatfla Nblla *fca*l, be aaaa ta Cardigan aat aatarad lata a faaaral aareaaadlaa ant ehlyataf baalnass, fir«* aa a olark, aafl latar ta paitaaiaalp aMa faaaa 1, anx*» aald, Xa lfQf, Sanatw atoaTawald aataallaaad a aaalaasa at aia aaat la aaiea ka aaa ■aaaMafwIlj tagaaat antil aaa

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death in 1948,

Aa president of *.A« BeeXfeaald And Company Halted, *«hn A. eacaged in goner*! aercheadi » mi chipping, handling Urastoek and fan predaee. Xa this capacity ha hald Jg"f»* l»©itioae In aaay Island aeaaaiattea*. ^aae\er Baclfcaald «m first Amim to fee prevlaelal lagfelatare la XfOt a* «» nlHMd m ifu aha** ha e< ea Mftaiatar aUtoa*. j*rtf*Xia ** ^ Caaaerratita jonnw ■ant af freaiar Bnthneea tmttt 1*15. After eafferlag tea defeat- in 1*13 eaft l» i , ha an. reelected la 1ft] and aorrat la the capacity af Klalatar af mile *erke and High- any* for fee province frca l*2 J antll *§«. Ha ana fir»t elected to the Brace af C«* ca* in the general election of October 2$, 1525, and «aa aeera late ttta Privy- Coeaea and appoiatad Sinister aitheat JertfWll© in Premier Balkan 's cabinet aa July 1 J, IfH . Be aae raaleatad la lf2« ana 1930 at ahich time fee »»» appelated Sinister without Partfollo la Framler BanaetVa Cabinet* "cantor BaeBenald ama elected to me senate aa Jaly JO * Iftf, chare ha raaainad antu hie death la 1$48,

Jeha *, Dealea eaa bora la 18?i at Sleafeaniiig, a chart dietaaee fro* tiUnae, the earn af WlntiaaT Bee&ea and Bary Ceaey, ha aae dastiaad to banana ana of the vaalthiect aad aaat eaeoeeafel rcaclioi 11 la the Beat, a aaajeai af the

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Alberta Leglr-iature fey toarbooa jt««, nd Lieutenant - Governor of Alberta for eight yeare.

After spending a few years in Cardigan Public rchool, John jr. went to Beaton where to worked as a conductor on an electric street-oar. Bo joined the f* Battalion froa

Beaton at the outbreak of too "nantnTi toail...... tar, and

fought in Cuba Aero he developed Beiavia, Allowing toe «ar9 he returned to toe Island wit* hie yankee wife to fcoaeatead, bat aeoa aeved to fitotoolt, Saskatchewan , Eventually, he developed a hoano-aalslng basineas la Alberta* and, la 1*27, aae able to buy toe feaeus f*ay ray ranch, south of Medicine let* Be later tenaao toe owner of toe biggest horse ranch la Westera Canada *

Za 1930 Bewlen waa eleeted Liberal ■aatiii for Calgary ia toe provincial Aaiaatly, end aae one of the toe toat survived toe Aberhart seeial Credit landslide la 1*35, etoletly ea toe baele of hie personal popularity, which politically speaking, aade hte practically aadereatable. the following year he became leader of toe liberal Party in Alberto and retained hie seat ia tola capacity until 11*4*

la lf47» Bewlen aae appointed to toe Beard of Sever- ners of the Canadian Bra ad a et ting Corporation, Be also served as Honorary President of the Western stock Prowers»

Association. Aa Honorary doctor's degree was conferred upon hia by too Ohiversitr «f Alberta, and,In 195J, ho rooolrod toe almost honor of toe Order of toe Hospital of ?■%. John of Jeruaale*, Enlchta of ereec. In 1*50, ho Weeae mo sepento liotttenent.gotoiaaw of hi* adopted province of , and filled this ht& office alto friendly dignity until feia dooth in 1959.2*

In recent roars Cardigan ho* continued to aphold its eaeellent rosea* of ooatHhvtlMo to tho baaino.. oai pell* tiool fields on both toe frewlnclal and notional levels. In mm person of too let* LV*0»1« Jean A* VaeXaaald, a* find en excellent oxoaplo of a soldier, politician sad business- ■ M, A son of too lata senator fehe A* MaeDonsld, John A. was bora 1 ebroery 4* 1* U » at Cardigan , whore ho received hie prisery education. Ho coaplotod his formal odaoation at St. Dime tan* a University froa shore ha graduated in lfJ8 alto a Bachelor of Arte team.

it too outbreak of World War n« John a. aae in ooaaaad of a dofonoo garrison at Halifax* Be was prawted to Captain in 1940, and later aae assigned to Bnglaad shore ho was appointed to too Worth leva Seatla Highlanders os regi- aantal off ieer. See* aamtos boforo Bt Bar ha aae eelled up to toe f* Infantry Brigade leedeanrterc afcare ho sorrod

W. •Lieatenant-darornor Booften Honored', the fjja^jan, (1993).

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■safe-*. It—Col. BaoEenald aae wounded while lesdin*

hie oaapanj fereafk heavy fl^atta* at Cmb, #aiy 25, 1944.**

Jfeaa A. SeaSonald ns firet elected to fee Previnciel

lafialatare «s • Conservative aaaaoa la tea 1945 hy-elec-

tioa. At fee tine ef hi* election, fohn a., at fee a«e of

«***-ta*t heeea* fee yaaaaaot aeabcr in fee Hevee. Ba

•a* defeated la 194T, reelected ia lffj^ m defeated afala

In 1955. Ba el* art defeat in hla hid for election t»

fee B»«*a ef Ceaaeac la 1949 and a$9J, hat aaa eaaoaa ful

la the central elections ©f 195Taat 199*, Re leaalnoil

a aaalai ef fee Btase ef Ceaoeas antil ale antie*!? *«afe

ea January 4* 19*, *« fee e#a ef t*+m*%

tits ale release frea aesamtal la 1944. Jaaa A- Mt»w

&ed to Cardigan and teak over aa fvaeideat of fee J.A.

Barffcaald Compaq, e feailj Mraaaaaiaa aad produce aaalaaec,

Alaaya a efeaaeiea ef fee cease of veterans, aa aaa aa aoUre

Tedaaelre aad, ia 1954* aae preaeted to fee tea* of ilea*

tenant-Colonel la fee Jrlaee ailitia. Br.

MRcHoaeld aaa vary active ia Biaaanlty affaire, ncvlaa

said aaay prealnent aeeitUne ia ptfblie service, Ba aaa

also a foraar aaaher ef fee ?*»vlnee*e industrial ceanlt-

tea ef fee Afeeatle mviaaae fanaeajo Gaaacil,

la 1941, John A. aaa aarriad to fee foraar Beraarct

aife of Balif ax, ffeve beetle, Oa May 19, 15*1, *% Baet^aaid

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s^rawr *** *• "»**' ■*••

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was awowaftl In h«r M4 ft» tfct daf* Couato aoot loft *a*azit by too dMft of har husband, and sha b«e«n th» first «m mmv to bo OlootSi M to* Bsaao *f Oomom froa tha Heritlao prertnooa, tat, ladood, too firet im1

of Ottawa* Xa her etpei^ as Coaaorratlvo aoaaor for

«a«B co«to. a*., mrntmm u perforata* m ****&*

job in upholding too pablle laoa* areata* by too ■eoSonold family from C&riif aa*

***** eonelu&ia* tola hietory •* Cardigan, it U naeasaary to devote eoaaldaratioa to too reee&t atoatoea aroutat about ia too nnaaai lal» industrial aad aoeial eafeoree •f tola Tillae*. iMvteat to if|0 ewUcm 00* known *o*»*bared oa a tovivia* end popular laaaainlal end trial seaport, Bevew, a aaava doellao fee* tokoa nleee ia recent jroara ia too busiaoaa aetlvlto of tola ooouaaStot result toot, at aroaoat* it eon lay claia to no

about

ia eeeureace, too ova of «Ma-owrmin<» fisaemn, factories, ■tea—hip service, aetata, oaf toveraa ia goao to stay,

iltoeujfa redueed ia also, yepulatten aad a*ootl«e, Car- digaa at present ia sufficiently esjulyiied to serve too aoelneaa and social aooto of ite residents aad tooao of too eunrouadiag dlatrleto* ftUooiaf a atooiaolto mold ia July, lf54t too roafdoato af Cardigan voted too atatoa of aa lanrpOrfctod village.

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granted by the GoYemaent during the sane year and three cojeaisaloners ware appointed to the goremlng body.

lhare exists in Cardigan during the present tiao a general xerehandlae business eonaletlng of the firae of H. J. WacTonald , J ,a. Vae!»nald, tad Sayaond Levandler. Hodern and well-equipaed serrteo stations era owned and operated by Alvin %<othera, Bferaan Kaerenale, and Daedal Acorn. Cuatea fcod and grain service Is provided by Rabrwura Feed and Groin berviee, Finally, eaple oppertunitiee for social enjoyment and relaxation are provided for in ttxo publicaHy- owned Legion Roll and In the reeently-eullt pariah noil at All aints* Church,

Xn recent years Cardigan has boon an attractive ham for trout fishermen, particularly alnco the eon truetion of the new oauseway over the Cardigan River . Is rooont years Cardl«aa has become a popular tourist resort* Ifcere appoar from day to day encouraging eigne of em expending business econony In Mrohaadlao and industry. With the advent of this expansion and pregree 9 Cardigan any wall boeat a history of 1hle generation that will equal, if not surpass, that written of the pioneers of Ala settlement*

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