Directory of P.E.I. Craftsmen, Tradespeople & Merchants

Therlesmith Press - Copyright 2014

     The following is a list of businesses I've worked with over the past 20 years on a variety of heritage and restoration projects.
     I started this draft list in 2005 and just now getting it published.  
     I will be updating the list continually.  If you have any questions please call me at 1-(902) 964-3131.

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ANTIQUE DEALERS

Coach House Antiques, Victoria-by-the-Sea, PEI

B.C. Antiques, New Annan

Arsenault Brothers, Richmond

Backroad Folkart, Lauretta, PEI Ph: (902) 853-3644.  kerras99@hotmail.com

ANTIQUE REFINISHING

McAskill’s Woodworking, Charlottetown, PEI

ART

Gallery 18, New London, PEI

Details Past and Present, Charlottetown, PEI
Halls Hollow, Watermark Theatre, North Rustico

BOOKS, USED

Bookman, Charlottetown, PEI

BASKET WEAVERS

Basket Weavers of P.E.I., Wellington. Ph: (902) 854-3063

BUGGY & WAGON RESTORERS

Gary “Cat” Gaudet, Union Road (formerly Smith Road) Miminegash, Ph: (902) 882-3342

COFFIN MAKERS

?, PEI

CONTRACTORS

Chappell Construction, Larry Chappell, Charlottetown, PEI

Greenfield Construction, Ross MacMillan, Clyde River, PEI

Maple Isle Homes, Rob Hebert, Stratford, PEI

Billy Ramsay, Brookfield, PEI

COSTUMES, PEI PERIOD

Stitches in Time, Arnold G. Smith, Pleasant Valley, PEI (902) 628-3131.  ags@pei.aibn.com

CURTAIN MAKERS

Arnold G. Smith, Pleasant Valley, PEI.  Ph: 902-628-3131

Donna Steele, Stratford, PEI

DOORS ( wood )

R.W. Woodworking, Hunter River, PEI. Ph: 902-964-3135

Borden Myers, Charlottetown, PEI

DESIGNERS, HERITAGE

Carter W. Jeffery, Unlimited Drafting. Hunter River, PEI.  Ph: 902-964-3131
Arnold G. Smith, Heritage Designs, Hunter River, PEI. Ph: 902-628-3131
Tara Maloney, Churchill Design, Charlottetown, PEI. Ph: (902) 370-2320

FABRIC, HISTORIC

Tara Maloney, Churchill Design, Charlottetown, PEI. Ph: (902) 370-2320

Guardian Drugs, O’Leary, PEI
Arnold Smith, Stitches in Time, Pleasant Valley, PEI.  Ph: (902) 628-3131

FLOORING ( products / installers )

Markan, Charlottetown, PEI         

Royalty Hardwoods, Poole’s Corner

Ron Lanigan Hardwood Floors, Murray River

Loyalist Marble and Tile, Winsloe, PEI

FURNITURE, NEW

R.W. Woodworking & Custom Milling, Hunter River, PEI.  Ph: (902) 964-3135

McAskills, Parkdale/Charlottetown
Boyd MacKenzie, Bay Fortune, PEI.

FURNITURE, REFINISHING

McAskills, Charlottetown

FURNITURE, REPRODCUTION

Backroad Folkart, Lauretta. Kerras Jeffery. Ph: (902) 853-3644  kerras99@hotmail.com

GOVERNMENT & ASSOCIATIONS

Canadian Wood Council, Ottawa, ON

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Charlottetown, PEI

Heritage Canada, Ottawa, ON

Parks Canada, Charlottetown, PEI

PEI Museum & Heritage Foundation, Charlottetown, PEI
Office of Energy Efficiency - PEI Govt

GENERAL CONTRACTORS

Parker Perry, Parker Developments, Cymbria, PEI.  Ph: (902) 394-6669
Phillip Gallant, Stanley Bridge, PEI.  Ph: (902) 439-0154.

Ross MacMillan, Green leaf Construction, Clyde River, PEI.  Ph: (902) 

Kenny Pineau, North Rustico

Larry Chappell, Charlottetown

Marshall MacPherson, Stratford
Billy Ramsay, Brookfield, PEI.
Ricky Ellis, West Point.  (specializing in church repairs)

GINGERBREAD TRIMS / SCREEN DOORS

Kerras Jeffery Woodworking / Backroad Folkart, Lauretta, PEI.  Ph: (902) 853-3644.

Chandler Brothers, Charlottetown

HERITAGE CONSULTANTS

Barry King

Fred Horne
Faye Pound
Paula Kenny

Judy K. MacDonald

Prince Edward Island Heritage Design

Arnold G. Smith

Reg Porter

Charlotte Stewart

Tara Maloney 
Fr. Albin Arsenault

HOME INSPECTIONS

Pillar to Post, Charlottetown, PEI

INTERIOR SPECIALTY PAINTERS

Doug Mills, Charlottetown, 

Alison Drake, Charlottetown

EXTERIOR SPECIALTY PAINTERS

Stevenson Bros., Emyvale, PEI
Danny O’Halloran, Covehead, 672-3860
Coast to Coast Painting, Henry Stevenson 675-4191 

INTERIOR DESIGNERS

Churchill Design, Charlottetown, PEI.

Melvin Roberts, Charlottetown, PEI

IRONWORKS / BLACKSMITH

Malpeque Ironworks, New Annan, PEI

           

PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL

Toombs Plumbing & Heating (reconditioned rads), North Rustico, PEI

Rackham Electrical, Wheatley River, PEI

P.E.I. MAPS

Gallery 18.  Aubrey Bell, New London, PEI
P.E.I. Heritage Foundation, 2 Kent St., Charlottetown

P.E.I. MUSEUMS

Alberton Museum

Canadian Potato Museum, O'Leary

Green Park, Porthill

Eptek Center, Summerside

Farmers Bank of Rustico & Doucet House, Rustico

Beaconsfield, Charlottetown

Orwell Corner

Roma Settlement, Brudenell

Elmira Train Station
Museum, Montague

MOULDINGS, TRIMS, WOODWORKERS

Wood Millers, Clyde River, PEI – see your local building supplier

Chandler Bros., Charlottetown, PEI

R.W. Woodworking, Wheatley River, PEI

McAskills Woodworking, Charlottetown, PEI

Kerras Jeffery @ Backroad Folkart, Lauretta, PEI

QUILTS & QUILTMAKERS

The Quilt Gallery, O’Leary, PEI    Attn: Adrienne MacDonald

RUG HOOKERS

Abram's Village.

SALVAGED / BUDGET MATERIALS

Renovators Resources, Halifax, NS

The Re-Store, Charlottetown

Backroad Folkart, Lauretta-Alma, PEI
Dwight Parkman, Hunter River

SAWMILLS

Bett’s Mill, Glenwood, PEI

Leonce Arsenault Sawmill, St. Chrysostome, PEI

Royalty Hardwoods, Poole’s Corner, PEI

WOLLEN MILLS

MacAuslands Woolen Mill, Bloomfield

Wooly Wears

Mini Mills

SALVAGED MATERIALS

Backroad Folkart, Lauretta.  Ph: (902) 853-3644

Renovators Resources, Halifax

STAIRS

Ravenwood Stairways, Bloomfield, PEI
Scott Vesey

STONE MASON

West Masonry: Danny West, New Haven, PEI

MBS Construction & Restoration, York Point, PEI

Brian Doucette, Cymbria, PEI

Jodi Harper, Montrose

TIMBER FRAME HOMES & BUILDINGS

 Halifax, NS

TOOLS

Lee Valley Tools, Halifax, NS

TUB REFINISHING

Mend-A-Bath International (Canada). Marlowe Wood, Freetown, PEI  
     Ph: (902) 315-2284  www.mendabath.ca  Email: sales@tubbycanada.com

WINDOWS ( wood )

Borden Myers Woodworking, Charlottetown, PEI

R.W. Woodworking, Hunter River, PEI

WOOD TURNERS

Gaudreau’s Fine Woodworking

Dave Turner, North Winsloe, PEI

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Immaculate Conception Church, Palmer Road

     I was recently by this incredible historic church in rural Prince Edward Island.  It's the largest wooden church on the Island and seats 1,000 people.  
     Here are a few photos of the exterior.
     Father Albin Arsenault has recently become Parish Priest here, having moved from St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Miscouche where he'd been priest since 2003.

     The following information about this church comes from the book, "A Faith Works" by Rev. Art O'Shea.

"Fire in 1890 completely destroyed the first church but three years later the present handsome and spacious church opened its doors.  Seating 1,000, it is the largest wooden church in the diocese.  Stained glass windows of recent years have added to its beauty."

     The following information comes the Historic Places website:

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=1894

"The church is a fine example of the French Gothic style of architecture in PEI and is significant as a symbol and centre of the community's religious life. It was built in the late Victorian period (1891-1893) by Dunstan Martin who also constructed a similar church at Miscouche, PEI. The architect was Francois-Xavier Edouard Meloche of Montreal, PQ. It is also believed that Meloche's studio produced the interior paintings of the Stations of the Cross. A statue of the Virgin was placed in the exterior shorter front tower in 1893. The ornate high altar was created by Bernard Creamer of Souris, PEI and installed in 1903."

     Below is an old aerial view of the church - not sure if its hand-tinted, AND I don't have a source reference for the image - sorry!

Buote House, Tignish - Demolished

     I was in Tignish the other day and saw this old house has disappeared from the landscape of community.  It was located on Church Street (Rte. 160) between The Co-op and St. Simon St. Jude Catholic Church.
     This house was a prominent building in the community for alot of reasons including it was once a doctor's office.
     I had an opportunity to measure and photograph this house on March 22, 2012 for an anticipated renovation, however, the project didn't go ahead.  Here are the photos I took that day.