Victoria, tucked neatly on the south shore of Prince Edward Island, halfway between PEI's largest cities of Charlottetown and Summerside, was founded in 1819 by James Bardin Palmer, an immigrant lawyer and agent for the Earl of Westmoreland.

Because of its sheltered harbour and strategic location, Victoria became an important seaport with a significant amount of trade with Europe, the West Indies and other East Coast ports.

Today, with a year-round population of under two hundred, there are a number of family-run businesses employing local people, just as there were in the prosperous years up to the 1950s.

In the February 1982 Atlantic Insight, Stephen Kimber commented on the community:The Trans-Canada Highway bypassed Victoria.

So did the shopping centres and tourist amusement parks.And that - along with its independent-minded citizens - is what makes Victoria the enchanting, picture post card place it is today."