In 1799, the name of the Island was changed from Isle St . Jean x> Prince Edward Island , in honor of Prince Edward , Duke of Kent, ather of Queen Victoria. In 1873, it became a province of the Dominion of Canada . In 1875, the Land Purchase Act was passed for the compulsory ,le of lands held by large proprietors, and the productive red soil rf P.E.I , passed into the ownership of those who tilled it. The system of land tenures was the cause of much bitterness for over i hundred years. A colony is not the place for tenantry. When a nan begins life in a new country, he wants to own his home and Ind; he will be content with nothing less. When first settled, the only means of communication with the urrounding area was by water. Then a foot path was carried hrough the woods along the shore. As settlement began, this path was widened to admit a cart nd finally, it became the main road. Strenuous efforts were made 0 have them improved and, in a few years, this was realized and nany new roads opened up. Overseers were appointed by the Gov¬ ernment to look after roads in the community in both summer and linter. Residents were obliged to see that the roads were made tassable after a storm, espcially for the mail, keep the pitches llled and, where main roads were closed in the winter and detoured hrough fields, such roads would have to be broken out in early spring. Later in the spring, government road machines went hrough each district and four teams of horses would work on his machine, cleaning out the ditches, filling in wash-outs, etc. According to the Road Act of 1912, the tax on horses was 40 cents nd, a few years later, 75 cents each. This could be paid by /orkmg on the road. Personal tax was $1.50. Bushes had to be ut along the roads and stones picked, and this labor could be also pen as taxes. 1 Roads over the years began to be made wider and wider and, fhen cars were allowed to travel on all roads in 1919, roads were ery dusty and gravel was put on some of the main roads, which e*lped to keep down the dust as, at that time, cars did not travel ery fast. Some of the Island roads were paved about 1935 and, t that time, due to the high cost of pavement, we never dreamed t getting pavement through Clinton, or at least some did not. lowever, in 1956, pavement which had started in Margate the revious year, extended down the New London Road some distance ast Corner. In was partly aved, and the next year was finished and joined the 1 Jep's Corner. When roads were widened, many trees that lined the sides of &e road had to be cut down, and this gave the community a —5—