During recent Heritage Day celebrations, the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation once again honoured those who preserve our heritage buildings, use the written word to describe our rich history and those who give endless hours to a wide variety of heritage related activities across the province.
“Each award recipient is to be commended for their efforts in raising awareness of Island heritage and ensuring knowledge of our heritage is shared with young generations through community events, festivals, and publications,” said Tourism and Culture Minister Robert Henderson.
Lieutenant Governor H. Frank Lewis presented the 2012 Awards at Eptek Art & Culture Centre in Summerside.
Heritage Activities:
• Actions Femmes Î.-P.-É., Jacinthe Laforest and Georges Arsenault, for Les Acadiennes de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard
• Aviation Society of Prince Edward Island, for Summerside Aviation Park
• Marian Bruce, for Remembering Old Dan
• Isabel Court, for restoration of 163 Main Street, Mount Stewart
• Mike Gaudet, Aldine Richard, Edmond Gallant, Zita Gallant, Leo Gallant and Alyre Richard, for restoring headstones at Mt. Carmel Cemetery
• Sharon Larter, for restoration of 179 Euston Street, Charlottetown
• Errol Laughlin, for Looking Back: Memoires of T. Errol Laughlin
• Art and Miriam Lockhart, for headstone photography project
• Peter and Bonnie MacDonald, for restoration of 141 Water Street, Charlottetown
• Rev. Nathan Mair, for various activities
• Preservation Group and Green Park Development Corporation, for restoration of St. James Anglican Church, Port Hill
• Shamrock Club of Fort Augustus
• Summerside and Area Historical Society, for CFB Summerside: Our Base, Our History
Volunteer of the Year
• Claude Aresnault
Publication of the Year
• Steven J. Hornsby, for Surveyors of Empire
Mary Cornfoot Brehaut Award
• Linda Jean Nicholson
Wendell Boyle Award
• Wyatt Heritage Properties, for The Summerside Armoury: Fit for Duty and Radio Drama programme
Natural Heritage Activity
• Douglas Sobey
Irene Rogers Award
• Paul Smith and Michael Murphy
Award of Honour
• Betty Howatt