The Upton Farm Preservation Network is very pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached between the Provincial Government, Canada Lands Corporation and UFPN whereby a large amount of the Upton Farmlands will be preserved as green space. This land lays on both sides of the Trans Canada Highway and along the North River […]
The Upton Farm Preservation Network is very pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached between the Provincial Government, Canada Lands Corporation and UFPN whereby a large amount of the Upton Farmlands will be preserved as green space. The land is situated on both sides of the Trans Canada Highway and along the North […]
Upton Farmlands Consultation Process Meeting # 6 Monday, November 24, 2008 Present: Tracy Cutcliffe Deputy Minister, Province of PEI Kirsten Connor Upton Farm Preservation Network Heidi Hyndman Upton Farm Preservation Network Ron Pachal General Manager, Real Estate, Atlantic, Canada Lands Company Robert Howald Vice President, Real Estate, Eastern Region, Canada Lands Company Jeff Evenson Canadian […]
March 5, 2008 Kirsten Connor for the Upton Farm Preservation Network 59 Queen Elizabeth Drive Charlottetown, PE C1A 3A8 Dear Kirsten, Thank you for your letter of March 3, 2008, in which you indicate that the Upton Farm Preservation Network will not oppose the City’s request to use a portion of the Upton Farm lands […]
The following is the letter sent by the Upton Farm Preservation Network to the Canada Lands Company (the federal Crown Corporation that is now in possession of the Upton Farmlands) concerning our stand on the City of Charlottetown’s proposal to perhaps hold a concert on the Upton Farmlands (on a field located on the north side of the […]
Husky silhouetted by Upton Farm sunset. As you can see by the tracks in the snow, this property is well-used by residents for recreational purposes all winter long. While the weather at times has been frightful, a core group of the Upton Farm Preservation Network Network continues to meet weekly. We have had discussions with provincial […]
December 13, 2007 Ms. Kirsten Connor Upton Farm Preservation Network 59 Queen Elizabeth Drive Charlottetown, PE CIA 3A8 Dear Ms. Connor: Thank you for your recent letter and your ongoing concern for the future of Upton Farm property. I understand that you have been in contact with officials from my office on this matter […]
The October 12th Charlottetown Guardian reported on an environmental conference held in Montague. The environmentalists in attendance said that “sea lettuce is a menace taking over many estuaries in PEI and must be curtailed in the interests of fishing and tourism.” Sea lettuce grows in nutrient rich waters and has a distinctly rotten egg odour when exposed to […]
Author Farley Mowat and his wife, author Claire Mowat. Well-known Canadian author Farley Mowat recently donated 200 acres of his Cape Breton property to the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. “Nova Scotia is like every other part of the western world, teetering on the edge of falling into some developer’s hands and being destroyed for money,” Mowat told […]
