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289 CHURCH STREET
Tignish,
Prince Edward Island
C0B 2B0
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Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : North Cape Coastal Drive
Description From Owner:
- 4 mi W of Tignish in Lot 1. P.O. 1856-1861 and 1867-1914.
- Adjacent to Northumberland Strait, Lot 1. Said to be named for a captain shipwrecked there. Also said to be derived from étang des Peaux, 'skin pond'. In Bayfield 1847. Wyld 1845 Stephens Inlet.
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Canada's Minister for Fisheries and Oceans had a tofu cream pie shoved in her face in 2010 while she was delivering a speech in Burlington, ON at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters.
Gail Shea (1959-) of Skinners Pond, Conservative member for Egremont, was not injured. The pie was pushed by Emily McCoy, 37, of New York City, a member of the two-million-member Virginia-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
The PETA protest was to express opposition to Canada's seal hunt.
McCoy spent nine days in jail before her sentence was made conditional. On March 18, 2011, McCoy was convicted of assault at Milton, ON, and banned from Canada for two years with various strict conditions.
With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
Spent his childhood on the Island
He was born in Saint John, NB, in 1936 to an unwed teenager and at a young age was taken from her by the Children's Aid Society and adopted by the Aylward family of Skinner's Pond near Tignish.
He ran away at the age of 15 to live the life of a drifter, working odd jobs around the country.
At the age of 28, so the story goes, a cash-strapped Tom Connors walked into a bar in Timmins, ON, and asked if he could sing for his beers. The patrons loved his songs.
The foot stomping wasn't originally a gimmick: it was so Tom could maintain a strong tempo for his guitar in the very noisy bars and beer joints where he often performed.
He has received the Order of Canada and St. Thomas University has conferred an honourary Doctorate of Laws degree on the high school dropout.
With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
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