Doucet Log House, oldest house on PEI

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the building of the Doucet House by Jean and Marguerite Doucet. A dendrochronology study carried out on the logs determined the wood was cut in the spring of 1772. As a result of the Acadian Deportation of 1758 Jean and Marguerite left PEI, and returned to Rustico with their family in 1771. The Doucet House was located at Grand Pere Point in Cymbria and was going to be torn down in 1999. However, it was offered to the Friends of the Farmers Bank of Rustico who moved it to their National Historic Site and restored it in 2003. When the museum in open in the summer months you can visit the site and learn more about the Doucet House - the oldest house on Prince Edward Island. www.farmersbank.ca