Charlottetown

It is September 6, 1864 and we are here in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edwards Island´s delegates came together to discuss the idea of building a maritime union. This meeting would not have happened if the legislatives of the colony of Canada heard of the idea and asked to be allowed to attend the meeting. The official part of the meeting began on September 1, and they are still going on, and there is no end in sight yet! We cannot really get any record of what is said in the discussion, but we can assume they are debating the financial aspects, the form the government would take and the benefits for the union. We can also observe that it is not all about business here, the delegates socialize and get a sense for common interests and living together while going to the famous Champagne dinner or the first big circus that takes place for the first time in this city. Also, they are visiting the seaside by boat and some of the delegates home, so personally they seem to get along very well, which might affect their final decision in the discussion. This is it from the meeting here in Charlottetown, but we are also going to look at the upcoming meetings in Halifax, Saint John and Fredericton.