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The History of Petrie Island

Here we will tell you about the history of Petrie Island, from prehistoric times to the present.

 

  The last 10,000 years
  Archibald Petrie
  Ownership since 1800
  The 20th century
  The Grandmaitre cottages
  Movie of drag line extraction 1962
  The Grandmaitre sand extraction
  Bailey bridge installed 1962 (Le Droit)
  Sand Dredging (Ottawa Citizen, 9 July 1966)
  Regional Municipality purchases Petrie Island in 1983
  Castles in the Sand (Sara Brown, Ottawa City Magazine, 2001, PDF) Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
Page updated 2008-04-17    © Friends of Petrie Island