“No Trespassing” signs
For those who have inquired about these signs, we are looking into it. Please note that these signs were not put in place by the Upton Farm Trust Inc and are on Upton Farm property. They will be moved in the near future.
Category: Raising Awareness
You are Welcome to Attend the FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING UPTON FARM TRUST INC. MAY 31, 2012 AT 7:00 p.m. at the West Royalty Community Centre The Upton Room Lower Malpeque Road The transfer of the land from the Government to the Upton Farm Trust has now been completed and the farm has been designated […]
UPTON FARM TRUST INC 1st Annual General Meeting Thursday May 31, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Upton Room, West Royalty Community Centre Everyone is welcome
Acadian Commemoration at Upton Farm
On Sept. 14, historians Dr. Doug Sobey and Georges Arsenault intrigued an audience of over 50 interested listeners with the history of Acadian settlers on the Upton Farmlands. Dog walkers, passersby, Acadian history buffs, as well as Charlottetown MP Shawn Murphy and PC candidate Tom Deblois listened to the presentation which took place on a […]
“It’s Starting to Disappear:” Why We Must Save the Upton Farmlands
ISABELLE GALLANT The Guardian It was right there on the cover of the 1990 Visitors’ Guide to P.E.I.: a photo of one of the Island’s most picturesque, and most controversial, views. It was land at Cousin’s Shore, where the Irishtown Road comes down from Kensington and meets Highway 20, and it would cause a […]
Vision Paper for the Upton Farmlands
Photo: Kathy Kennedy The Upton Farmlands Preservation Network is currently in consultations with the Canada Lands Company, the City of Charlottetown and the Province of Prince Edward Island concerning the fate of the Upton Farmlands. To that end, we developed the following position paper. We would appreciate your input. Upton Farm Preservation Network Position Paper: […]
Upton Concert Venue Mock-up Photo Released
The Guardian is promising to release “a huge (five column) colour computer-generated photo of the proposed Upton Farm concert venue” in tomorrow’s paper. Here is what is proposed, via Coun. Rob Lantz’s website, www.ward3brighton.ca Go to Coun. Lantz’s site to see a better picture. You can enlarge the photo at Coun. Lantz’s site as well, so you can see the details. […]
“The goal is to preserve the Farmlands as greenspace”
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 […]
Making the UFPN Position Clear
The Upton Farm Preservation Network is now in a consultation process with representatives of the province, the City of Charlottetown and the Canada Lands Corporation to develop a plan to preserve the Upton Farm Lands as greenspace. The UFPN was informed in early February 2008 of the City of Charlottetown’s desire to hold a concert […]