Tryon is an unincorporated area in Prince County,
Prince Edward Island
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,
Canada
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. Situated on
Route 1
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and
Route 10, it lies within the township of
Lot 28 which in 2006 had a population of 880 people. Tryon is not far from
Crapaud, Prince Edward Island.
The area is mostly rural. In 1856, Charles E. Stanfield and his brother-in-law Samuel Dawson founded Tryon Woollen Mills in Tryon. Charles sold his interest to Samuel a decade later and moved to
Truro, Nova Scotia
Truro (Scottish Gaelic: ''Trùru'') is a town in central Nova Scotia, Canada. Truro is the shire town of Colchester County and is located on the south side of the Salmon River (Nova Scotia), Salmon River floodplain, close to the river's mouth ...
where he founded the well-known
Stanfields Underwear, which still operates.
Tryon was named after
William Tryon
Lieutenant-General William Tryon (8 June 172927 January 1788) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as governor of North Carolina from 1764 to 1771 and the governor of New York from 1771 to 1777. He also served durin ...
(1729-1788) an American colonial governor who also served in Canada.
There are two churches: one Baptist, and one United. Both are noted architectural works by
William Critchlow Harris. The Tryon United Church was designated a
National Historic Site of Canada
National Historic Sites of Canada () are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance. Parks C ...
in 1990.
In 2006 it was rename
South Shore United Churchafter the amalgamation of four area congregations (Bonshaw, Hampton, Tryon and Victoria).
Th
Tryon & Area Historical Society Inc.was officially incorporated on Feb. 28, 2008 with the purpose of collecting, preserving, and promoting the rich history of the community.
The loca
Tryon River Watershed Co-operativeis active in preserving and enhancing the Tryon River.
Notable people
*
Morley Bell, lawyer and political figure
*
Henry Callbeck, merchant and political figure
*
Augustus Holland, farmer and political figure
*
Cornelius Howatt, farmer and political figure
*
William C. Lea, farmer and political figure
* His son,
Walter Lea, 17th Premier of Prince Edward Island
*
William Schurman, businessman and politician
See also
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Abegweit Passage Abegweit Passage is the narrowest part of the Northumberland Strait, comprising the wide portion between Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick. Tidal currents in this area can reach up to . This portion of the str ...
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Cape Tryon Light
References
External links
Provincial directory
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Communities in Prince County, Prince Edward Island