James A. MacDonald was a driver for R.R.#2 for more than 50 years. Cardigan Post Office. Telephone The first Island telephone company was formed in 1885. It was called the P.E.I. Telephone Directory with assets of $10,000 compared with the Island Telephone Company 's assets of approximately 50 million today. At a board of directors meeting on May 5,1888, a resolution was passed accepting the offer of the Government of Canada to construct a telephone Winifred Scrimgeour at switchboard. Inset: Delli Scrimgeour at retirement. 43