[PHOTO] Island Tel pay phone, Cavendish Boardwalk

[rfmcdonald]

I was very surprised to see on the Cavendish Boardwalk last month a pay phone with the insignia of Island Telecom. Since amalgamated into Bell Aliant, Island Tel was effectively the local telecommunications monopoly on the Island since 1885. (Dave Hunter's history of the telephone on Prince Edward Island is worth reading.) Previously, I mentioned it here when I linked Peter Rukavina's post on the early days of the Internet on Prince Edward Island.