P.E.I. may have been the first place in Canada where a horseless carriage first took to the roads, back in 1866, but by 1908 automobiles had been banned.
At the time, there were only seven vehicles on the Island.
The past president of the Prince Edward Island Antique Car Club says they were located mostly in the Charlottetown and Summerside areas. But they weren’t a huge hit with most Islanders.
“The cars at that time had no mufflers. They were very loud vehicles, so they were scaring, apparently, the horses and the people,” Rudy Croken said.
Author and antique car enthusiast Rudy Croken says in the end,
