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3 Emma Drive, P.O. Box 153 |
Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : North Cape Coastal Drive
Description From Owner:
- Town incorporated 1913 in Lot 4. Named by Benjamin Rogers for Albert Edward Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, who visited Charlottetown in 1860.
- P.O. Cascumpec 1839-1868; P.O. Alberton from 1868. Formerly called Stumptown.
- Alberton Harbour: At Alberton, Lot 5. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 Holland Harbour, for Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland of Foxley.
- Fox was a minor British politician once described as 'the most unpopular of contemporary statesmen.'
- For a time the place was known as Cross Roads or The Cross because two trails intersected here.
- In 1862 residents met in the Temperance Hall to choose a more suitable name and chose Alberton for Prince Albert Edward (1841-1910), later King Edward VII who had visited two years previously.
- Alberton was a major centre for the fox breeding industry and a National Historic Site monument commemorates the importance of the industry to Prince County.
- Alberton Museum and Genealogy Centre is at 457 Church Street in the 1878 former courthouse and jail.
- Displays chronicle the early fishing and farming industries, military history and artifacts recall the silver fox industry, and early items on fox farming
- With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
Address of this page: http://pei.ruralroutes.com/AlbertonPEI
