Article content The National Association of Automobile Clubs of Canada has approved a journey featuring 108 vintage vehicles, which departed Victoria, B.C., on June 28 and is set to reach P.E.I. for Day 47 of the excursion. Article content
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The National Association of Automobile Clubs of Canada has approved a journey featuring 108 vintage vehicles, which departed Victoria, B.C., on June 28 and is set to reach P.E.I. for Day 47 of the excursion.
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P.E.I. was pivotal in numerous significant occurrences in the early automotive history of Canada. Father Georges-Antoine Belcourt from Rustico was the first Canadian to purchase a vehicle, the initial Canadian to import an automobile into Canada, and became the first Canadian driver in 1867 when he operated his horseless carriage during the St. Jean de Baptiste Day festivities in Rustico.
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