Publications

As part of its natural history mandate the PEI Museum & Heritage Foundation publishes in The Island Magazine articles on natural history topics, and though the generous support of UPEI Robertson Library makes the back issues of those articles available to the public:

• Francis Bain: Farmer Naturalist – Kathy Martin
• Introducing the Striped Skunk –  Rosemary Curley
• The Ubiquitous Hare –  Rosemary Curley
• The Wily Coyote –  Randy Dibblee
• The View from the Hill –  Lawson Drake
• Wild in The City –  Diane Griffin, Doug Kelly & Ian MacQuarrie
• An Infinite Number of Wood Pigeons –  Geoff Hogan
• Roads Less Travelled By: Scenic Heritage Roads on Prince Edward Island –  Fred Horne and Jackie Waddell
• White Gold and Train Oil: The Walrus on Prince Edward Island –  Geoff Hogan
• The People’s Forest –  J Dan McAskill
• Plagues of Mice –  Ian MacQuarrie
• Stinky Willie –  Ian MacQuarrie
• Hunting for Money: Market Gunning on Prince Edward Island –  Ian MacQuarrie & Daryl Guignion
• Things that Slither –  Ian MacQuarrie and Kate Warren
• Things that Jump –  Ian MacQuarrie and Kate Warren
• Bear Facts the History and Folklore of Island Bears – Pt I –  Jim Hornby including The Black Bear on Prince Edward Island: A Natural History –  Stan Vass
• Bear Facts the History and Folklore of Island Bears – Pt II –  Jim Hornby
• Bathygnathus Comes Home – John DeGrace
• In the Footsteps of Jesse Walter Fewkes; Early Archaeology on Rustico Island – Michael A. O’Grady
• The Beaver on Prince Edward Island: Seeking a Balance –  Randy Dibblee
• Mrs. Haviland’s Plants –  Elinor Vass
• Prince Edward Island’s Early Natural History Society –  Winifred (Cairns) Wake
• Jet Set (Crows) –  Ian & Kate MacQuarrie
• The Essential Salt Marsh –  Rosemary Curley
• Of Lupins and Loosestrife –  Ian & Kate MacQuarrie
• Soaring in Inspired Anticipation Pollen Producers of Prince Edward Island–  Ian & Kate MacQuarrie
• In the Story of Earth, The Page Called Prince Edward Island –  John R. DeGrace
• Digging Ditches –  Ian & Kate MacQuarrie
• A River Ran Through It – Kate MacQuarrie
• The Department of the Marine and the Search For Masts on Isle Saint-Jean –  Douglas Sobey
• Expansion of Charlottetown Along the Hillsborough Shore –  Rosemary Curley
• Great Expectations: The Cape Wolfe Gold Rush of 1883 – John Cousins
• Two Early Descriptions of Prince Edward Island – Earle Lockerby
• The Return of the Bald Eagle – Gerald MacDougall
• Of Mosquitoes and Men – Donna J. Giberson
• What’s in a Name? The Acadian-French Names for the Trees of Prince Edward Island – Douglas Sobey (issue 63)
• The Early History of Atlantic Salmon on Prince Edward Island – Todd Dupuis (issue 64)
• The Fall – and Rise ? – of White Pine in the Forest of Prince Edward Island – William Glen & Douglas Sobey (issue 65)
• Came From Away, Here to Stay: A Glance at Green Crab Natural History – Pedro A Quijon (issue 67)
• Sugar Shack Bugs – Christopher Majka (issue 68)
• Batty About Island Bats – Lynne Burns (issue 69)
• Murderous Gangs: The Purple Pitcher Plant in PEI – Donna Giberson and Christian Lacroix (issue 70)
• Victoria Park: A Natural History – Beth Hoar (issue 71)
• The Most Beautiful of Woods: Prince Edward Island and the Beech Tree – Douglas Sobey (issue 72)
• Springs of the Clearest and Purest Water – Donna Giberson, Kyle Knysh and Edward MacDonald (issue 73)
• Tropical Seaplants of Prince Edward Island – Irene Novaczek (issue 75)
• Bringing Nutrients from the Sea to the Soil: Maintaining the Fertility of Island Farms with Seaweed – Rusty Bittermann & Margaret McCallum –  (issue 75)
• Big Blue [Whale] Finds a Home – Rosemary Curley, Fiep de Bie, Andrew W. Trites, Michi Main, and Michael de Roos  – (issue 76)
• Fearsome Flora: Plants That Hurt Us – Sean Blaney and Rosemary Curley – (issue 78)
• Volcano Years and the Historic Climate of Prince Edward Island – Teresa Devor – (issue 80)
• Urban Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) of PEI: Charismatic Canines – Hailey Paynter (issue 84)
• Pitawelkek: A 2000-Year-Old Archaeological Site in Malpeque Bay – Helen Kristmanson (issue 84)
• Brant, Eelgrass, Sanding and Ireland: How Do These Connect? – J. Dan McAskill (issue 85)
• Voles Irrupt: A New Look at an Old Story – Rosemary Curley – (issue 87)
• Beetling Forward: The Turbulent Journey of a Notorious Island Insect – Barry Cottam (issue 88)

These back issues of the Island Magazine are available in Charlottetown through the Bookmark and are for sale by the PEI Museum & Heritage Foundation, which is the publisher.

Other Publications:

We are pleased to provide access in PDF format to the following documents.

• Homes Safe For Birds. Helpful ideas to ensure that birds are not killed and injured due to window strikes.
• No Water, No Life – Good Water, Good Life – The presentation by Nature PEI to the PEI Environmental Advisory Council’s Water Act Consultation on Nov. 19, 2015.
• Island Wings Colouring Book – printable colouring sheets in .pdf format