St. Eleanors: The Veneered Village
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Description
Thanks to Canadian Forces
Base, Summerside, no place
in Prince Edward Island has a larger
proportion of non-Islanders, and a
more transient population, than the
Prince County capital and its sur-
rounding communities. To the great
majority of these Canadians from
"away", St. Eleanors is simply a
Summerside suburb lying between
the Base and the Town where neat
subdivisions of modern bungalows of-
fer comfortable and convenient hous-
ing for Armed Forces personnel who
choose to live "on the economy"
rather than in PMQs (Personnel Mar-
ried Quarters).
In collections
- Title
- St. Eleanors: The Veneered Village
- Creator
- Prince Edward Island Museum
- Subject
- Island Magazine, Prince Edward Island Museum
- Description
- Thanks to Canadian Forces Base, Summerside, no place in Prince Edward Island has a larger proportion of non-Islanders, and a more transient population, than the Prince County capital and its sur- rounding communities. To the great majority of these Canadians from "away", St. Eleanors is simply a Summerside suburb lying between the Base and the Town where neat subdivisions of modern bungalows of- fer comfortable and convenient hous- ing for Armed Forces personnel who choose to live "on the economy" rather than in PMQs (Personnel Mar- ried Quarters).
- Publisher
- Prince Edward Island Museum
- Contributor
- Date
- 1985
- Type
- Document
- Format
- application/pdf
- Identifier
- vre:islemag-batch2-235
- Source
- 18
- Language
- en_US
- Relation
- Coverage
- Rights
- Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.