New Glasgow
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Hunter River, PEI (Nearby: Darlington, North Wiltshire, Kingston, Hampshire, North Rustico)

  • PEI Preserve Company and the Gardens of Hope PEI Preserve Company and the accompanying Gardens of Hope with Www.ValleyFamilyFun.ca One of my all-time favourite places to visit is the PEI Preserve Company in New Glasgow, PEI.    And, It’s not just because our dear friend Cynthia works there, and we get to have a mini visit when we go in!  I love the setting, the gardens, and not to mention the jam!  PEI Preserve Company and the accompanying Gardens of Hope

19779 RTE 2
Hunter River, Prince Edward Island
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Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : Green Gables Shore

Description From Owner:
  • 4 mi N of Hunter River in Lot 23. P.O. c1834-1968.
  • In 1819, Newfoundland-born William Eppes Cormack (1796 - 1868) established this settlement and named it for Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Cormack was an avid explorer who also had a settlement scheme in British Columbia. He was also involved in ventures in Australia, California and New Zealand and had a particular affinity to the native peoples of Canada.
  • Prince Edward Island Preserve Co. at the junction of Routes 224 & 258 in a 1913 former butter factory lets visitors taste preserves being prepared for market, pick up a picnic lunch or eat in their restaurant.
  • Live entertainment in season at their River Theatre. Open year- round with reduced hours in the off-season.
  • With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011


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  • Bruce MacNaughton

    • Necessity Triumphs Again

    Bruce MacNaughton knew that when you only have lemons you should make lemonade.

    So when he had 200 pounds (90.9 kilos) of frozen strawberries left over from his failed restaurant business, he decided he'd better make strawberry preserves.

    While he was cooking up the first batch a buddy dropped by and Bruce broke out the Grand Marnier. At some point after that he decided to add some of the Grand Marnier to the preserves... and the first batch of product for what was to become the Prince Edward Island Preserve Company was created.

    That was in 1985 and the Preserve Company now sells more than 150,000 units of preserves annually.

    Headquarters are now at New Glasgow in the restored 1913 butter factory. Visitors here in season can also have breakfast, lunch and supper in a 90-seat restaurant and wander through 2 kms of walking trails in the adjacent 12-acre water gardens.

    With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011


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