term visitors, workers, or over-night travellers.

Three established Bed & Breakfast homes in the late nineteen-fifties were: MacLeod’s Tourist Home and Cottages, operated by Mrs. DJ. MacLeod, Fyfe’s Tourist Home, (former Wedlock home) operated by Mrs. Anna Fyfe, and Linden Cove Farms, operated by Helen and AS. MacEwen. The latter is still in operation.

As there was no established Tourist Bureau at this time, the number of overnight visitors often depended on the local storekeepers, Audrey and Ken MacKay. They used to telephone the vari- ous homes where extra ‘beds’ might be found and direct the travellers to that place. Travellers

might also see a small sign posted at a driveway.

In 1965, Irene and Blois MacEwen joined the Farm Vacation Association, opening their home, Creekside, to visitors. In 1981, the Bed & Breakfast Association was included in this operation. This continued for twenty-five years, when the MacEwens retired to Kensington.

Other established havens for the traveller include: The Highlands, begun in 1960, by Mary Jean and Don MacKay, which were sold to Dorothy and David Simpson, in 1975 and presently operating under Gulf Breeze Cottages and Tourist Home. The Stanley View Motel — previ— ously owned by Esther and Earl Carr — has been expanded by the present owners, the Christensen families, to include cottages. This continues under the name of Stanley Bridge

Country Resort.

The following tourist accommodations that have operated or are operating businesses:

Abby’s Tourist Home Balnakiel

Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast Stevenson’s Cottages

Cladach Breagh Cottages on the Bay King Cross Resort

Honeysuckle Cottages Stanley Bridge Bed and Breakfast Three Rivers Cottage Sandhill View Motel and Cottages Seawood Estates Stanley View House

Stone Gate Cottage Stanley Riverside Chalet

Attractions in the community include:

Carr’s Lobster Pound Cottagewood Crafts

Carmody Gift Emporium Delaney’s Convenience Store

Granny’s Trunk Great Island Adventure Park

Ian’s Deep Sea Fishing Linden Cove Antiques

Marine Aquarium & Manor of Birds Old Stanley Schoolhouse Gift Shop

New London Communities Complex Bakery and Tourist Bureau

The Pier R & A Service Station

Stanley Bridge Convenience Store Sterling W.I. Swimming Rock STANLEY BRIDGE RESORT

The evolution of the Stanley Bridge Resort began in 1987 and gradually expanded its cottage business to meet the needs of families looking to enjoy the luxuries of home away from home.

It became evident that an expansion was needed to extend the short summer season. With a lack of top quality accommodation with conference and catering facilities in a central location of Prince Edward Island’s North Shore, this void was filled with the completion of the Country

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