A History of Elmsdale, Elmsdale West, and Brockton, Prince Edward Island

It is not known how long the Williams Bus Service lasted. It was operated by Leonard Williams of Elmsdale.

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The Williams Bus Service

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Western Bus Lines — The Island Farmer June 17, 1946 announced:

Notice re new bus service being started in Prince County along the South Shore Route. It will be good news indeed to those residents of Prince County living along the south side of the county to learn that new bus service is about to be inau- gurated between Summerside and TigniSh. Mr. W.L. Williams of Elmsdale put in an application in October last for a franchise to operate this sea- son in conjunction with Mr. Vernon MacFarlane and another. The new company known as West- ern Bus Lines has two buses purchased. Both Mr. Williams and Mr. MacFarlane are eX-servicemen, the former having served four and a half years in the Air Force and Mr. MacFarlane for two and a half years in the Navy. The new service will be a decided boon to many people who live from four to twelve miles from the railway or bus line, includ-

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Island F armer, August 24, 1932

Merrill Wallace was a driver in 1946. This bus service was still running in 1947 but it is not known how long it ran after that.

Island Transit Co-op Ltd. — This Company operated daily bus service from Tignish to Souris and Charlottetown with a summer service from New Glasgow, NS to Souris, with connections with the Magdalene Islands. J. S. Sutherland of Greenwich, PE was the president. Island Transit Co-op Ltd. operated from June 1976 to April 5, 1980. '

Island Transit Ltd. — Island Transit Ltd. started a bus service after the Co-op bus stopped. This service was operated by the PEI Government and ran from Ti gnish to Charlottetown daily. The main driver was Phil Callaghan, with spare drivers being

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