The 1864 Charlottetown Conference – the
meeting that led to the creation of Canada – is
the city’s central theme for the year-long cel-
ebrations. Charlottetown will play host to nu-
merous national events in 2014 which is a big
accomplishment for a small city. The festivities
planned are grand, jubilant and elicit national
pride through each resident, including the
city’s leader, Mayor Clifford Lee. “From a tour-
ism perspective, it’s going to be a fantastic year.
Our figures to date show that hotel room book-
ings are up, the number of people flying into
Charlottetown is up and these are trends that
will continue to rise as we move along into July
and August,” says Mayor Lee, who had been on
the City Council 15 years prior to running for
mayor. “Charlottetown can be any other city in
the country, but I would rather Charlottetown
be Charlottetown. Over the 159 years of our ex-
istence, heritage preservation has always been
a part of our priorities in order to preserve the
uniqueness of this city. If you travel around our
city, you will find many heritage buildings that
were here back in 1864 and remain with us
today. We view our heritage preservation as a
selling point for tourism.”
Mayor Clifford Lee
JULY 2014
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