Introduction . . .Eglington is located six miles southwest of Souris in
Lot 43. The community derives its name from Eglington Cove which is ajacent to Northumberland Strait. Surveyor-General Samuel Holland named the area in 1765 for Alexander Montgomery (1723-1769), the 10th. Earl of Eglington. He was the second son of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th. Earl of Eglington and his second wife, Lady Ann Gordon, daughter of the 1st. Earl of Aberdeen and Temair. He was educated at Winchester. He served as Governor of Dumbarton Castle (1759-61) and was Lord of Bedchamber (1760-67). He served as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1761 till his death. He died unmarried on October 25, 1769, having been shot by Mungo Campbell, an excise officer, whom the Earl had found trespassing on his lands. Campbell was convicted of murder at Edinburgh, and took his own life in prison before sentence could be carried out in February 1770.
Eglington Point later became Abells Cape and Eglington Cape was later renamed Howe Point. It became a school district in 1859.
A brief history . . .
The Independent Order of Good Templars Grand Temple was established in Charlottetown on March 10, 1864. Subordinate temples were found at Eglington/Bay Fortune (No. 21) and Souris (No. 22).
Edward Whalen Underhay was born on October 9, 1868 in Eglington. His birth was attended by a midwife, Mrs. MacPhee of Campbell's Hill near Dingwell's Mills. She stayed in the house for 12 days and was paid a pound of tea.
The Big Fire started on July 12, 1892 in Strathcona and burned through parts of Eastern Kings until the 23rd. The fire came through Dundas, across to Eglington, then up to the Fortune Bridge. It destroyed hundred's of acres of hard wood and softwood in addition to at least five houses.
Pearle Dingwell of Eglington received a special prize for a hooked rug from Lt. Governor Hyndman at the Souris Exhibition on September 3, 1958.
Interesting individuals associated with the community . . .
C. Edwin Mills (1927-1999) was born in Howe Bay in 1927. He was a Farmer and resided here in Eglington. He compted and won several P.E.I. Ploughing Championships. He placed in the 1970 Canadian Championship and was invited to compete at the World Championship in England in 1971. Mr. Mills won the Canadian title at Alvinston, Ontario in 1973 and again competed at the World Championships in 1974 at Finland where he placed near the top of the competition. He died at Eglington in 1999.
Today . . .
Ayrslie Farm
Francis Dingwell Trucking Service
Mackenzie Builder Services Ltd.
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