Vernon River
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5110 RTE 3
Vernon Bridge, Prince Edward Island
C0A 2E0


Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : Points East Coastal Drive

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  • Flows SW into Orwell Bay. Lots 50 and 57. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 for Sir Edward Vernon (1723-1794), uncle of Lord Orwell; Vernon is famous for diluting spirits which was called grog because he wore a grogram coat.
  • Grogram, originally gros gram (appeared in literature in 1562), is defined as a coarse, loosely woven fabric of silk, silk and mohair, or silk and wool.
  • The word 'grog' in time came to refer to the sailors' daily rum ration and that tradition ended in 1970 for all Royal Navy ratings.
  • The adjective gros means thick or coarse, originally from the Old French gros, itself derived from the Latin grossus. (Wikipedia)
  • In Micmac Megoaseg gisna Megoesei Sipo (Pacifique 1934).
  • With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011


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  • The Island's First Hanging

    Joseph Farrow (1758-1792) provided the first public hanging on the Island after being convicted of raping and killing 12-year-old Elizabeth Beers.

    (At the time, the Island was called Island of St. John). On July 13 he was arrested at Vernon River Settlement, tried and convicted on July 20 and hanged later that year.

    The rape was witnessed by a 17- year-old boy. Farrow's widow Judith had three young children and subsequently married farmer John Gouldrup who later changed his name to Gould.

    While Farrow was in jail a petition on his behalf was being circulated, but unaware of this, he escaped jail only to be caught and hanged.

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



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