Fortune Bridge, Prince Edward Island

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Location of Fortune Bridge in Prince Edward Island

Fortune Bridge is a small unincorporated area on Lot 43, East Parish, King County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located west of the community of Souris ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Author Elmer Blaney Harris built a summer home, and founded an artist colony in Fortune Bridge. Local residents, including Lydia Dingwell (1852-1931) of nearby Dingwells Mills, would be the inspiration for his play Johnny Belinda.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

[edit] Postal information

Fortune Bridge had its own post office from 1889 to until 1914. The postal code for Fortune Bridge is C0A 2B0 and the following are rural route addresses for the community: SOURIS RR 4.^[8]

[edit] References

^ Search for Fortune Bridge at Canadian Geographical Names
^ Fortune Bridge at Statistics Canada
^ Fortune Bridge at The Communities of Eastern Kings
^ Bio @ The Official Elmer Blaney Harris Homepage
^ Elmer Harris @ Internet Broadway Database
^ Elmer Harris at the Internet Movie Database
^ *Johnny Belinda at the Internet Movie Database
^ Fortune Bridge at PEI Place Finder

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