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	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charlottetown is situated on its namesake harbour which is formed by the confluence of three rivers in the central part of the island along its south shore.
		The Charlottetown airfield in the nearby rural community of Sherwood was upgraded as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and operated for the duration of World War II as RCAF Station Charlottetown, in conjunction with RCAF Station Mount Pleasant and RCAF Station Summerside.
		The Charlottetown census agglomeration area (CA) is comprised of Charlottetown and the neighbouring towns of Stratford and Cornwall, as well as adjoining rural areas of central-eastern Queens County, namely Lots 31, 34, 35, 36, 48, 49 and 65.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charlottetown,_Prince_Edward_Island (2726 words)

	Charlottetown Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Charlottetown Conference was a conference in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island for representatives from the colonies of British North America to discuss Canadian Confederation.
		The conference was originally planned as a meeting between representatives from the Maritime colonies only: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island although Newfoundland was also invited.
		The conference began on Thursday, September 1 with a banquet for all of the delegates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charlottetown_Conference (488 words)

	Prince Edward Island - Canadian Confederation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At the time of the Charlottetown Conference, the Conservative Colonel John Hamilton Gray was premier of Prince Edward Island.
		George Coles, a former premier and veteran of the fight for responsible government, was leader of the opposition in the Legislative Council.
		The Charlottetown Conference is remembered for its parties, elegant dinners and excursions on the island, all held for the visitors from the mainland.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2200-e.html (1782 words)

	Quebec Conference, 1864 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island had agreed at the close of the Charlottetown Conference to meet again at Quebec City in October of 1864.
		In the month between the conferences, the ideas presented at Charlottetown were drafted in the Seventy-Two Resolutions, specific goals to be achieved in the creation of a new country.
		The major source of conflict at the conference was between those who favoured a strong central government, such as John A. Macdonald, and those who favoured stronger provincial rights.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1864_Quebec_conference (405 words)

	Charlottetown 1864 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At two o'clock the Conference was organized by the appointment of Col. Gray, Prime Minister of Prince Edward Island, as President of the Convention.
		You are aware that the Conference was originally summoned merely to consider the question of a union of the Maritime Provinces and that Canada was no party to that Arrangement and had no interest in it.
		We came their [sic], not as recognized members of the Conference, but unofficially to discuss with them the propriety of extending their scheme and seeing whether the whole of British America could not be included in one government.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/documents/doccharlottetownnotes.htm (460 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Charlottetown
		Charlottetown, city, capital of Prince Edward Island, Canada, and seat of Queens County, on Hillsborough Bay, where the Hillsborough, Yorke, and...
		Charlottetown Accord, agreement between the federal government of Canada, the provincial and territorial governments, and representatives of Canada’s...
		Charlottetown Conference (September 1-9, 1864), meeting of the various British colonies of North America (which at that time were all governed...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Charlottetown.html (93 words)

	Quebec Conference - Canadian History
		At Charlottetown a Canadian deputation so persuasively presented a plan for a general federal union that all three Maritime delegations agreed to postpone any further consideration of their local union until an attempt should be made to concert a plan for the larger union.
		The conference at Quebec was notable for its brevity.
		Even in the conference, however, New Brunswick was successful in securing "better terms", and attempted raids on the federal treasury were to be a feature of subsequent Dominion history.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/QuebecConference-CanadianHistory.htm (1049 words)

	Charlottetown Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Charlottetown Conference was held in Province House, Charlottetown, P.E.I., between September 1 and 9, 1864.
		It was the first of the three conferences at which the plan for Confederation was set in motion.
		The conference ended with an agreement to meet again in October at Quebec City.
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	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		An elder of Charlottetown’s kirk of St James since 1853, he believed strongly that the Bible ought to be a regular part of the school curriculum, a practice vigorously opposed by the large Roman Catholic minority.
		The conference was dominated by the persuasive delegates from Canada, and Gray, along with the rest of the Maritime delegates, appears to have been satisfied for the most part merely to listen to the arguments for a general British North American union.
		Indeed, his chairmanship of the Charlottetown conference and role as a father of confederation were something of a happenstance, and it is interesting that his obituaries almost completely pass over this aspect of his life.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39677 (2274 words)

	Charlottetown Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Charlottetown Conference, 1-9 September 1864 in Charlottetown, PEI, set CONFEDERATION in motion.
		At the conference Maritime union was virtually dropped, and the delegates agreed on the outline of a scheme for more general union.
		External circumstances, such as the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Britain's desire to divest itself of financial and administrative colonial obligations, and the political condition of the Province of Canada, combined to create an ambience at Charlottetown which produced the momentum that was so obvious at the QUÉBEC CONFERENCE and that was so necessary to carry Confederation.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0001530 (196 words)

	Prince Edward Island: News Release (PEI to Host Aliant 911 Atlantic Conference)
		The conference is open to representatives of all emergency service associations within the Atlantic provinces.
		In addition to the conference, a special "911 Wireless" forum will be held at the Best Western Hotel on the morning of October 18th.
		Aliant Telecom has been named title sponsor for the 2nd Annual 911 Atlantic Conference and is pleased to play a key role in hosting the conference in Charlottetown.
	www.gov.pe.ca /news/getrelease.php3?number=2754 (328 words)

	TransCanadaHighway.com Charlottetown PEI
		The City of Charlottetown, incorporated in 1855, is located at the centre of Prince Edward Island, and is nationally recognized as the "Birthplace of Confederation".
		Charlottetown's commercial district includes 65,000 resident and the Charlottetown city has 39,000 people.
		Charlottetown has all the trappings of a modern urban centre, including some of the best educational facilities, cultural venues and economic opportunities in Canada.
	www.transcanadahighway.com /PEI/Charlottetown.htm (287 words)

	cric.ca - Canada's Portal - FOCUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Charlottetown conference is the beginning of what new provincial Liberal government sees as work in progress.
		Charlottetown: les propositions du Québec reçoivent un accueil partagé.
		The ministers, during the news conference, painted a verbal picture of a distant and tight-fisted federal government; one that is reluctant to share the wealth and is oblivious to their needs.
	www.cric.ca /en_html/focus/focus_archives/focus_v1n28_44conf_pm.html (2568 words)

	Canadian Ground Water Association
		At that conference, the Fathers of Confederation proposed the union of the colonies of British North America which was later to be known as Canada.
		Named after Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of England, Charlottetown is now the largest community (approximately 30,000 people) in the province, and serves as a busy commercial, government, university and cultural centre.
		Charlottetown has dozens of excellent hotels, motels, and guest homes to accommodate the more than half a million holiday and business travelers who visit the city each year.
	www.cgwa.org /canwell_2006.htm (907 words)

	Charlottetown on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charlottetown was laid out by the British in 1768 and named for Queen Charlotte, consort of George III.
		Its growth was slow until the middle of the 19th cent., when it became noted for the sailing vessels it built for fishing and lumber transport.
		An inverted logroll: the Charlottetown Accord and the referendum.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Charlottwn.asp (509 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Prince Edward Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charlottetown Conference, assembly in 1864 that marked the first steps toward Canadian confederation.
		Charlottetown, city, capital of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
		Charlottetown is the province’s largest city, and Canada’s smallest provincial capital....
	encarta.msn.com /Prince_Edward_Island.html (128 words)

	Search Results for "charlottetown"
		Charlottetown, P.E.I. While a member of the provincial legislature (1872-79), he also served...
		Led by Preston Manning, the party campaigned strongly against the Charlottetown Accord (see Canada) in 1992, and in the 1993 elections it...
		When the Maritime Provinces, which sought union among themselves, met at the Charlottetown Conference of 1864, delegates from the other provinces of...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=charlottetown (212 words)

	The Prime Ministers of Canada - John A. Macdonald Biography
		Originally intended as a meeting to discuss Maritime union, the Charlottetown Conference of September 1864 became the beginning of the road towards Confederation, the union of all of the colonies of British North America.
		Following the Charlottetown Conference of September 1864, the Québec Conference was held in October, at which a plan for the union of British North America was agreed upon.
		He worked hard at the Charlottetown and Québec conferences to ensure that Canada under confederation had a powerful federal government.
	www.primeministers.ca /macdonald/bio_3.php (306 words)

	Charlottetown Conference -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In 1864 a conference was planned to discuss the possibility of a union of the Maritime Provinces.
		Charlottetown, the capital of the province, is the only major city.
		A conference was convened in Charlottetown, P.E.I., in 1864 to discuss the question.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9022630?tocId=9022630 (612 words)

	CHHA Conference 2006: Travel and Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The City of Charlottetown was named in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife and consort of King George III of England.
		Charlottetown was designated the Provincial capital of Prince Edward Island in 1764.
		As a result of the Charlottetown Conference, the birth of a nation took place when Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario united to form the Dominion of Canada.
	www.chha.ca /conference/travel.php (335 words)

	Charlottetown PEI Charlottetown History - The Post-War Years
		By 1921 Charlottetown's population had grown to 10,814, and in 1957 the neighboring municipality of Spring Park became part of Charlottetown.
		In 1983 the federal Department of Veteran's Affairs was relocated to Charlottetown, as part of the Trudeau government's efforts to decentralize the federal government to be moved out of the Canadian national capital of Ottawa.
		Charlottetown was chosen for the signing because of its significance as the Birthplace of Confederation.
	www.foundlocally.com /Charlottetown/Local/Info-CityHistoryRecent.htm (579 words)

	Credit Institute of Canada - 2003 National Credit Conference
		Charlottetown is rumoured to be 2nd only to Ottawa for Canada Day celebrations, which just so happens to fall on the last day (half day) of the conference.
		Conference educational sessions, breakfast and lunches will be held at the Delta Prince Edward (dinners may be held at the Delta Prince Edward or off-site depending on our sponsor’s arrangements).
		Mont Tremblant — A Recap of the 2003 Conference in Mont Tremblant Quebec
	www.creditedu.org /memb_conference_05.html (738 words)

	Welcome to Founders' Hall -- History of Confederation
		The Charlottetown Conference was the first time that representatives from Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada had ever met together to discuss common interests.
		The Charlottetown Conference brought together 4 colonies, 23 enterprising men for 7 days for 1 meeting in Charlottetown in September 1864.
		The photo was taken at Government House, the residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.
	www.foundershall.ca /confed (770 words)

	Visit Charlottetown, PEI, Canada \| Information for Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charlottetown is the ideal location for your group travellers.
		Charlottetown is very safe and ideal for walking and easily lends itself to self-exploration.
		In 1864, the Fathers of Confederation, attending the Charlottetown Conference, landed at the wharf at the bottom of this street (now Confederation Landing Park) and some Fathers were accommodated at the Pavilion Hotel, formally located on this famous street.
	www.visitezcharlottetown.com /groups.cfm (1865 words)

	Charlottetown Summer Festival
		The Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, built in 1964 to commemorate the centenary of the CHARLOTTETOWN CONFERENCE (1864), was the inspiration behind the founding of the Charlottetown Summer Festival.
		A summer festival of Canadian performers organized by Mavor Moore to celebrate the opening of the Centre was so successful that Moore was retained as the first artistic director of an annual event dedicated to the encouragement of Canadian writers and performers.
		The popularity of the Charlottetown Festival among locals waned under the artistic directorship of Walter LEARNING, hired in 1987 to replace Lund.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0001531 (570 words)

	Atlantic Association of Historians - Association des historiens de l'Atlantique
		Charlottetown is a particularly appropriate location for a conference on public history.
		The 1999 conference will draw on the collaborative efforts of a number of organizations with an interest in public history - Parks Canada, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Confederation Centre of the Arts, and the P.E.I Museum and Heritage Foundation.
		Please note that there are numerous conferences taking place in Charlottetown at the same time as the Atlantic Association of Historians 1999 Conference.
	www.umoncton.ca /aah-aha/an_bull0361002.html (339 words)

	Le Carefour des langues - Truly a Successful Meeting Place! - by Nicole Thibault
		The enormous amount of planning on the part of the local committee certainly paid off as the 441 participants who arrived on the Island were treated to a weekend of thought-provoking speakers, practical and handy workshops, delectable meals and a fabulous line-up of cultural activities.
		The conference experience began at the airport when we were greeted by a smiling face who explained that a shuttle service was provided to the hotels.
		The usual conference banquet was transformed into a 'Kitchen Party' for this occasion and the music of Lennie Gallant (East Coast Music Award Winner) and two members of his band delighted us as he shared his pride in having completed his first album en français.
	www.caslt.org /research/pei2002.htm (683 words)

	MA's Stamp Album - Canada - 1964
		This stamp commemorates the historic meeting at Charlottetown, P.E.I., which lasted from September 1 to September 9, 1864, and which was the first of a number of steps which led to the creation of the Canadian nation in 1867.
		From the Charlottetown Conference, and from the later Conference at Quebec, emerged the points of agreement on which the British North America Act was based.
		The conference followed by a month an earlier gathering at Charlottetown P.E.I., where some agreement had been reached on the principle of a federal union of British colonies in North America.
	victorian.fortunecity.com /verona/643/1964.htm (3149 words)

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