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Stanhope Cove appears as a place name in 1790 for what we now know as Covehead Bay. There is also a Stanhope farm marked out on the same map. This enterprise was the work of Sir James Montgomery to establish an estate-like farm. He also owned an estate called Stanhope in Scotland, but the attempt to replicate the model in the New World was short lived. The promise of rental of an individual farm until ownership could be achieved was more to the liking of the first settlers. And the area was attractive to Scottish settlers, as it was to the Acadians before them. Soon there were a number of farms and by the 1850's a school.
Stanhope was an electoral district when the CIC was formed in 1974. Keeping the rural character of the community was an early concern since there were fewer farmers and more seasonal residents. Now the community is shifting to a mix of year round and seasonal residents.
The community borders the PEI National Park and contains tourist operations the Promenade, a golf course and a service station and several farm operations.
The Stanhope
Historical Society was founded in 1992 by 12 Charter members. It has
a current membership of 150. The objective is to encourage an
interest in the history of Stanhope and surrounding districts. Anyone
in sympathy with the aims of the Society is welcome to become a
member.
Dues are $5.00 annually.
Meetings/Events are held four times
a year with Executive meetings in between.
Some community
projects have included the following:
Falmouth Trophy
was presented to the Stanhope Golf and Country Club in 1993 for
annual presentation of a matched plaque to the golfer with the most
improved handicap.
Three Welcome
to Stanhope Heritage signs were erected in 1995.
Spearheaded the
placement of a Veterans' Monument as a millennium project at the
North Shore Community Centre in 1999.
Annual Remembrance Day services
have been held there since 1999.
The Stanhope
Times newsletter is published and distributed to its membership
3 times per year.
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