Thursday we all started out together by touring Charlottetown and Founding Hall. We toured the time capsule where we learned why Prince Edward Island is considered the home of the founding of the Confederation of Canada. A nice history lesson for all of us. After that Eileen and I went to the PEI Archives for family research and everyone else went to the beach. We found some interesting records but could not find anything new on William Bremner. We have been trying to find where he lived before coming to PEI which was our main goal for coming here. We had hoped by seeing the original records of his marriage in 1805 we might find where he came from but there were no indications on the original Church records. We did see the Custom House on our tour where George Bremner was a Customs Officer. The picture of the sketch of the inside of the Bremner Brothers bookstore was my great-great grandfathers and his brothers business.
The beach group had a great time on one of the warm beaches of the island. They finished up their time with Cow's Ice Cream which is rated #1 in the world by a travel company. I understand it was quiet delicious with 16% butter fat.
To continue our quest for authentic island food Kristi, Zeke and I went to the world famous Fisherman's Wharf Lobster Suppers restaurant. We started with seafood chowder, mussels, 60 foot salad bar. They then brought us our lobsters. By the time we finished the lobster we were full but that didn't stop us from sampling the pies - 4 different ones. Everyone else went for pizza - not very adventuresome when it comes to food.
We ended the day with a walk on the beach.
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