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the "Dunkirk of America" — should be preserved — and is now we 

 understand on the list of the Dominion Parks Commissioner, Mr. 

 J. B. Harkin. 



Prince Edward Island. 



Premier J. A. Mathieson, of Prince Edward Island writes: — 

 "While appreciating very fully the value of the work which your 

 Association has undertaken I regret I cannot recommend any action 

 until the war is over." 



It was at Charlottetown, last fall, that the fiftieth anniversary 

 of the inception of Confederation was appropriately marked by a 

 Memorial Bronze Tablet inscribed: — 



"In the hearts and in the minds of the Delegates who assembled 

 in this room, on Sept. 1st, 1864, was born 'The Dominion of Canada.' 



"Providence being their guide they builded better than they 

 knew. 



"This tablet is erected on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary 

 of the event." 



New Brunswick. 



Among correspondence from New Brunswick, E. C. Durnford, 

 Esq., Sackville, enters a plea for the preservation of the old U. E. 

 Loyalist Burying Ground of that place. And the Ven. Archdeacon 

 Raymond, of St. John, contributes a valuable list of memorial land- 

 marks for our Directory of Historic Sites, also mentioning, among 

 others in contemplation, one "to perpetuate the fame of the Loyalists 

 who founded the City of St. John on the 18th May, 1786." 



Quebec. 



In Quebec city so full of historical sites, the Wolfe Memorial 

 Church, the latest projected landmark, is in abeyance, the prime 

 mover. Rev. Canon Scott with his son, having answered the call to the 

 front. 



In Montreal, rich in historic memories, all important sites have 

 been marked with tablets by the well known "Antiquarian Society." 



On the 23rd April this year, (St. George's Day) the Officers of the 

 "Historic Landmarks Association," conjointly with the ofificers of the 

 "Antiquarian Society," received Field Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of 

 Connaught, Governor General of Canada, who accompanied by his 

 staff, and a guard of honour from the 42nd Highlanders, formally 



