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| Shaw's Hotel | |
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 Shaw's Hotel in Brackley Beach, Prince Edward Island. | |
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General information | |
| Location | 99 Apple Tree Rd, Brackley Beach PE |
| Coordinates | 46°25′27″N 63°11′30″W / 46.42404°N 63.19160°W |
| Website | |
| https://shawshotel.ca/ | |
Shaw's Hotel is a family-operated inn located at Brackley Beach on the north shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada.[1] It is one of the oldest continuously operated inns in Canada.[2][3]
History
[edit]The original Shaw farmhouse, constructed by Neil Shaw, was destroyed by fire in an accident. A second farmhouse erected subsequently was also lost to fire. The present two and a half storey farmhouse, built in the 1850s, served as a replacement for these earlier buildings.
Shaw's Hotel was established in 1860 when the Shaw family was contacted by the colleague of a family friend who was looking for a seaside place for his daughter with a respiratory illness to stay.[3] The Shaw family initially allowed paying guests to stay at the 5 vacant rooms within their farmhouse, but the 20-acre farmhouse property has since been expanded significantly to include a dining room extension to the main farmhouse in 1960, two barns in 1943 and 1944 and twenty-five cottages from 1896 to 2000.[4][5]
Shaw farms ceased operation in the 1970s, with the barns now being used as storage. The fields are still rented out to farmers.[1] The hotel was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on March 5th, 2004.[1]
The author Pierre Berton wrote part of The National Dream while staying at the hotel.[6][3]
In 2022, Hurricane Fiona impacted the Shaw’s Farms property, resulting in the destruction of a barn and a boathouse, and causing significant damage to the main farmhouse, including the loss of its roof. Repairs to the property were finished in the spring of 2023.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Shaw's Hotel. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ↑ "Shaw's Hotel & Cottages | Tourism PEI". www.tourismpei.com. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- 1 2 3 "Perseverance: Keeping the doors open through decades, good or lean". The Globe and Mail. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "Shaw's Hotel National Historic Site of Canada". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "Shaw's Hotel & Cottages". Shaw's Hotel & Cottages. Archived from the original on 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
- 1 2 Symons, Thomas. Shaw's Hotel Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, 6 August 2005
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