July 16, 2019
Day 83 Charlottetown, PEI
We had a very relaxing day today. After a leisurely breakfast talking with couples from Germany and the UK, we went out and explored downtown Charlottetown.
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We walked along the Charlotte Harbour waterfront
On the waterfront were some informational signs about the history of the Confederation and Charlottetown's role. The Charlottetown Conference in 1864 led to the agreement among the Maritime Provinces and Upper and Lower Canada to join to form the country of Canada. This is a sculpture of William Henry Pope, PEI lawyer and politician who was a leader in the pro confederation movement. Here he is supposed to be welcoming people from Quebec to the conference. A companion sculpture in Quebec depicts one of their leaders welcoming Pope's group to the Quebec Conference a month later. Charlottetown is known as the Birthplace of Confederation, even though PEI did not actually join the confederation until 1873.
After lunch, Kerry decided to adjust the tension of the timing chain. While trying to adjust the idler pulley, he discovered that he needed an extra spacer to make the adjustment, but he did not have one in his box of bike parts. We got online and found a bike shop that was within walking distance. When we got there, they had exactly the part he needed which made him very happy.
The bike is now all tuned up and ready to ride again on Thursday. We're going to be here again tomorrow for more off the bike time.
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Your informing this Canadian of details of his history ..I'm sure I've just forgotten eh! RIGHT
4 years ago
What surprises me is how much I'm learning about Canadian/U.S. history (especially conflicts) that I've never heard about before.
4 years ago