In 1933 the Site now known as "Jean Pierre Roma at Three Rivers" was designated a National Historic Site in recognition of the fact that Jean Pierre Roma in 1732 established the first successful commercial venture on Prince Edward Island
Roma's mailing address is:
THREE RIVERS ROMA INC., BOX 758, MONTAGUE,
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA, C0A 1R0
Site Manger ... Jo Wells
902 838 3413 ... roma1732@gmail.com
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The 2008-2009 Board of Directors are: Melody Beck (President), Jane King (Vice President), Robert Perrin (Treasurer), Joan Saunders (Secretary), Dale Dewar (Past President), and Gwen Beck, Jean Jans, Connie MacDonald, Louise MacDonald, and Chandra Gordon-Stanley (Directors) ... all Board Members can be reached at email ROMA1732@GMAIL.COM
Roma at Three Rivers is a nonprofit organization incorporated under the name Three Rivers Roma Inc. It is run by a volunteer Board of Directors whose purpose is "to develop the Three Rivers/Jean Pierre Roma site at Brudenell Point into a significant historical, archaeological and educational destination".
Come to Roma for a visit you'll never forget ... for only $5.00 you will have a guided tour of the Site by a costumed interpreter/guide, a viewing of the artifact collection, and tour the heritage garden ... while admission is by free-will donation amounts of $10. are common and will be put toward enhancing Roma ...
ROMA POINT ROAD (east end), BRUDENELL POINT, P. E. I., off Rte 319, 8 km from MONTAGUE
"This road is not as well worked as the other one ... most of the trees lying on the ground across the road have been left where they lie, since it is easy enough to step over them", commented Jean Pierre Roma about the road built between Trois Rivières and Port la Joye...
from Jill MacLean's book on Roma
The early 1740s were years of relative prosperity in Isle St. Jean, years of good harvest and slow migration of Acadians from the mainland. But war was soon to disrupt this peaceful pattern, for France was becoming far too powerful commercially for the peace of mind of the English ...
from Jill MacLean's book on Roma
Roma's driving address is: at the east end of
ROMA POINT ROAD, BRUDENELL POINT., PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, off Rte 319, 8 km from MONTAGUE click Google Earth for directions
Event admission includes a heritage lunch, heritage program and tour: PRE REGISTER & SAVE: $10.00/person; children 5 & under (FREE); children 6-12/ $5.00
GATE CHARGE (on the day of the Fête): $15.00/person; children 5 & under (FREE); children 6-12 (8.00)
... Save $5.00 by pre registering ... Pre register by calling 838 3413 ...
Each La Petite Fête is limited to 50 people
Reviving the "Life and Times of
Jean Pierre Roma"
is captured in (2) two different experiences
at Roma this summer.
If you are interested in a unique experience for 8 to 10 people and want to truly walk the walk of life into the 1700s, select one of our themed experiences and step back 276 years in history to life as it existed then.