Table of Contents

Map of Prince Edward Island

Introduction

Chapter 1:

Chapter 2:

Chapter 3:

Chapter 4:

Chapter 5:

Chapter 6:

Chapter 7:

The Immigrants

Table 1:1, First Settlers at Kinkora/ Shamrock
Map of Townships in P.E.I.

Map of Townships 26 and 27

Table 1:2, First Settlers at Middleton

Table 1:3, Comparison of Early Settlements
Table 1:4, Early Settlers in Newton Area
Map of Ireland

Building Community
Table 2:1, Economic Profile of Township 27, 1833—48

Owning the Farm
Map of Townships 26 and 27, about 1863

Railroads and Racetracks

Table 4:1, Number of Households in the Five
Communities, 1863 and 1880

Map of the south-east section of Township 26, 1880

Map of eastern section of Township 27, 1880

Table 4:2, Non—farming Occupations, 1881

Table 4:3, Young Adult Employment, 1881

Going Away
Table 5:1, Young Adult Employment, 1881 & 1891
Table 5:2, League of the Cross Lectures, 1892—95

Entering the 20th. Century
Table 6:1, Kinkora Cheese Factory, 1902—09

An Experience With War

Table 7:1, Fund—raising Campaigns, 1914—18

Table 7:2, World War I Veterans from the Five
Communities

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Chapter 8:

Chapter 9:

Table 7:3, P.E.I. Education Enrollment &
Achievement, 1914—18

Table 7:4, Education Achievement in the Five
Communities, 1900-19

The Potato King
Table 8:1, Education levels, 1910-29
Table 8:2, Population, 1891—1931

Map of south-eastern part of Township 26, c. 1928
Table 8:3, Vital Statistics for St. Malachy’s Parish,

1900, 1900—39
Map of eastern part of Township 27, c. 1928

Table 8:4, Voting Patterns at Kinkora & Newton,
1908-27
Table 8:5, Results of Prohibition Plebiscite, 1929

The Lean, Mean Years
Table 9:1, Education Levels, 19205 and 19303

Chapter 10: Losses and Gains

Table 10:1, World War II Veterans from the Five
Communities

Table 10:2, P.E.I. Net Farm Income for Selected
Years

Table 10:3, P.E.I. Farming, 1931-51

Table 10:4, Graduates of First Grade XI Class,
Kinkora High School, 1942

Table 10:5, Education Levels for Students in the
Five Communities, 1930-49

Table 10:6, Kinkora Cheese Factory, 19405

Chapter 11: Holding On

Table 11:1, Kinkora Business Estimates, 1953

Table 11:2, Trends in Farming, 1941—71

Table 11:3, Farm Production in Townships 26 & 27,
1941-71

Table 11:4, Kinkora-Miscouche Regional High School
District

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