(ABEGWEIT) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Duration: 10min

Year Published: 1944

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Abegweit, as Indian natives called Prince Edward Island, is largely agricultural. Large farms produce the island's main crop, potatoes. Many of these are run on a cooperative basis. The climate is suited to the growing of all types of cereals and fruit. However, there is also some sheep breeding, hog and cattle farming and fur breeding. Lobster, herring and mackerel are fished. The film ends with a panorama of Charlottetown, the capital

Complete Record: Dewey number: 917.17 Audience level: jh-sh-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-$15; rent $1.25 Distributors / rental: Bell & Howell Company $1.25; Brandon Films, Inc $1.25; University of Minnesota 50c; Ideal Pictures Corporation $1; Wilfred Naylor

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946