Fortune Bridge, Prince Edward Island
Fortune Bridge is a small unincorporated area on Lot 43, East Parish, King County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located west of the Town of Souris.[1][2][3]
Author Elmer Blaney Harris built a summer home and founded an artist colony in Fortune Bridge. Local residents, including Lydia Dingwell (1852-1931) of nearby Dingwells Mills, would be the inspiration for his play Johnny Belinda.[4][5][6][7] The home was later owned by actress Colleen Dewhurst and is now an inn and restaurant made famous by its one-time chef Michael Smith.
Postal information
Fortune Bridge had its own post office from 1889 to until 1914. The postal code for Fortune Bridge is C0A 2B0 and the following are rural route addresses for the community: Souris Rural Route 4.[8]
Education
The Commission scolaire de langue française school of École La-Belle-Cloche is located here.
References
- ↑ Search for Fortune Bridge at Canadian Geographical Names
- ↑ Fortune Bridge at Statistics Canada
- ↑ Fortune Bridge at The Communities of Eastern Kings
- ↑ Bio @ The Official Elmer Blaney Harris Homepage
- ↑ Elmer Harris @ Internet Broadway Database
- ↑ Elmer Harris at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ *Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Johnny Belinda at IMDb
- ↑ Fortune Bridge at PEI Place Finder
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