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Amish girls gather to chat at the annual Milverton, Ontario school benefit auction. Photo: Se Yim [PHOTO SOURCE: https://amishamerica.com/canada-amish/] |
Ten years ago in 2016, Old Order Amish families from Ontario have established communities in eastern Prince Edward Island (P.E.I), primarily in Kings County near Dundas, Summerville, and Mt. Stewart/Montague. Lured by affordable farmland, over 20 families have integrated into the local, slow-paced society, operating farms, building barns, and selling produce, baked goods, and furniture.
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Amish men and boys observe auction happenings in Milverton, Ontario (Perth County). Photo: Se Yim [PHOTO SOURCE: https://amishamerica.com/canada-amish/] |
BRIEF HISTORY:
On October 17, 2014, two Amish families went scouting for farmlands in P.E.I.
Anthony Wallbank is a friend of several members of Ontario's Amish community, and drove some of them to the Island to look at farm properties. Wallbank said many younger Amish men are looking to start up their own farms, but affordable, fertile farmland is scarce in Ontario.
On P.E.I., he said, there's lots of land at a tenth of the price.
"Twenty or 30 or any number of Amish families could come here and they could find farms the size that they're looking for," said Wallbank.
"The farmland is nicely sloped, well drained. They could come here and they could farm the way they're used to farming in southern Ontario."
Wallbank said he will likely return to P.E.I. with another Amish group next month, and he would not be surprised if a handful of families move to the province within the next couple of years.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/amish-scout-new-community-in-p-e-i-1.2802434
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Scenes From A Big Amish Auction (15 Photos) ~ Held near Shipshewana, Indiana. https://amishamerica.com/scenes-from-a-big-amish-auction-15-photos/ [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1283694400459400&set=a.613847060777474] |
In 2016, Wallbank’s words came true. Here is the news in 2017:
Amish receive warm welcome as more move to Prince Edward Island
By Ross Lord Global News
Posted May 15, 2017 2:51 pm
Updated May 15, 2017 8:52 pm
3 min read
Global National: Amish influx in Prince Edward Island
WATCH: A growing group of newcomers to Prince Edward Island is turning heads, and, injecting new blood into rural communities. Ross Lord reports – May 15, 2017
Even by the pastoral standards of eastern Prince Edward Island, it’s a strikingly wholesome image.
A group of children, of various ages, playing baseball on their lunch break, near their one room schoolhouse.
For these youngsters, using their spare time for Snapchat and Facebook is not an option.
They’re Amish.
READ MORE: Amish man runs marathon in traditional slacks and suspenders
In the past year, more than 20 Amish families have moved to P.E.I., turning heads with their distinctive clothing and old-style transportation.
Asked what she finds fascinating about the Christian fellowship noted for its traditional ways, area resident Norma Moore told Global News it was “the fashion, to be honest.”
“Was wondering if they still wore the big hats and the long dresses, and, yeah, they do, and it’s actually quite nice,” she said.
After exchanging their farms in Ontario for more fertile, and more affordable P.E.I. properties, the Amish newcomers arranged for government exemptions, to create buildings without plumbing, and, get government identification without pictures.
Amish principles discourage photos, in the belief they undermine humility.
Even a Global News crew was chastised while recording video of a passing horse and carriage.
“Whoa, what’s going on?” asked a farmer, as he brought his horse to a standstill.
“We don’t appreciate this,” he told the camera operator, who had taken up a fixed position on the roadside, before the horse and buggy came into view.
There are more than 20 Amish families on the Island, building barns, and putting down roots.
And their real estate agent, Brad Oliver, expects many more are on the way.
“I betcha there’ll be a couple of hundred families in eastern P.E.I., 20 years from now,” said Oliver, who had a hitching post installed outside his office for the Amish to tied up their horse during visits to the town of Montague.
In a province where he said the pace was already slow, it’s been a smooth transition.
“They’re awesome people, they’re very friendly,” said Lorna Larocque, who works at a used clothing store that’s been popular with Amish families.
“They wave. I wave, every time I see them.”
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Oliver said the newcomers do enjoy some modern perks, like watching hockey on TV.
“If the game’s on, yeah, and they’ll have a beer.”
But, mostly, they follow the old ways, like women using manual push-mowers to cut their lawns, or, the family that milks 25 cows a day by hand.
A recent, minor collision between a horse-drawn carriage and an impatient motorist forced police to warn Islanders to take it easy.
For those who think the Amish are peculiar, Oliver has a reminder.
“One fella said to me one day, and I like what he said. He said, ‘people ask us why we’re so different.’ He said, ‘you’re the guys who changed. We didn’t change.'”
But, in their own way, they are changing the East Coast, injecting new blood into the land of the bright, red mud.
https://globalnews.ca/news/3452789/amish-receive-warm-welcome-as-more-move-to-prince-edward-island/
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Amish School Auction near New Bedford Ohio (September 2022) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=396634509315055&set=a.396634489315057] |
MY THOUGHTS:
A minimum of three households is required to establish a new Amish settlement, based on demographic definitions of a community. These households must include individuals capable of holding church services. While a new settlement can begin with as few as three, established church districts typically consist of 20 to 40 families.
Just like the Amish are repopulating Nebraska’s Sandhills and Littlestown, Adams County, west of Pennsylvania, the Amish also bought land earlier in P.E.I since 2016. Their population in 2016 was 90, and as of 2025, their population is 305, that has stretched to two settlements.
I hope that Springfield, Northeast Tasmania, can have more Amish families joining the McCallum Family. One family who has horse and buggy is already joining them, they need one more family to form an Amish community. Pray for more to come.
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homeschooling_thevillagepeople Our amazing Twin Oaks
Farm visit🌾🐄☀️🐴 [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx84NkihNTt/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=YTMxMzNhZDZmYw%3D%3D …. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx84NkihNTt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/11/einfache-leben-mccallums-and-their.html |
PHOTO GALLERIES OF AMISH IN NORTH AMERICA:
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Amish community at a fundraiser Each year, our friends in Amish and Mennonite communities host important benefit auctions to support our clinic’s mission to help special needs children. Held in the summer and fall, our benefit auctions take place in these communities: · Shiloh Mennonite Community Benefit Auction – Shiloh, OH · Spartansburg Benefit Auction – Spartansburg, PA · Geauga Benefit Auction – Middlefield, OH Our benefit auctions are open to all, and we invite our supporters to bring families and friends to experience the excitement of a live country auction, enjoy good food and have plenty of fun. Auction items are donated by community members and include a wide selection of objects large and small, such as handcrafted furniture, Amish quilts, horses, lawn and garden tools, firewood, home decor, local maple syrup and much more. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.ddcclinic.org/fundraising-events/] |
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Amish community at a fundraiser Each year, our friends in Amish and Mennonite communities host important benefit auctions to support our clinic’s mission to help special needs children. Held in the summer and fall, our benefit auctions take place in these communities: · Shiloh Mennonite Community Benefit Auction – Shiloh, OH · Spartansburg Benefit Auction – Spartansburg, PA · Geauga Benefit Auction – Middlefield, OH Our benefit auctions are open to all, and we invite our supporters to bring families and friends to experience the excitement of a live country auction, enjoy good food and have plenty of fun. Auction items are donated by community members and include a wide selection of objects large and small, such as handcrafted furniture, Amish quilts, horses, lawn and garden tools, firewood, home decor, local maple syrup and much more. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.ddcclinic.org/fundraising-events/] |
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Old Order Amish and others play volleyball during Intercourse Heritage Days in Lancaster County, Pa., several years ago. — Jonathan Charles [PHOTO SOURCE: https://anabaptistworld.org/the-old-order-way-holding-on-by-letting-go/] |
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An Amish girl swings on a swing set while others play outside the school house in Bergholz, Ohio, on April 9, 2013. Amish families enjoyed a celebration following classes on the last day of school. — Scott R. Galvin/Associated Press [PHOTO SOURCE: https://anabaptistworld.org/the-old-order-way-holding-on-by-letting-go/] |
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founded the earth; - Proverbs 3:19-20 (ESV) Springfield is a rural locality in the local government areas of Launceston and Dorset, in the Launceston and North-east regions of Tasmania. It is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the town of Scottsdale. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122144578496196697&set=pcb.979580380490236] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/11/scottsdale-northeast-tasmania.html |
RELATED LINKS:
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/07/amish-baby-boom-part-2-canadian-amish.html
https://globalnews.ca/video/3453610/amish-influx-in-prince-edward-island
1a. Meet the McCallums, one of Australia's few Amish families
PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=668094875597589&set=a.668095482264195
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html
1b. SHARED PHOTO TO GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amishalltheway/posts/4059057177707830/
QUESTIONS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amishalltheway/posts/4059058584374356/
2. The McCallums head into town in their buggy, pulled by one of their horses, Terry. Credit: Meredith O'Shea
PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=776854301388312&set=pb.100071912463252.-2207520000
GROUP SHARED: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amishalltheway/posts/4079492708997610
3. The McCallum Daughters on their horse and buggy
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GROUP SHARED: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amishalltheway/posts/4095204387426442/
BLOG:
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html
BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-and-their-community.html
BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-mccallum-family-musical-group.html
BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/08/springfield-farm-fresh-produce-mccallum.html
4a. Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. – Jeremiah 29:5 (ESV) - McCallum Family with their draft horse
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https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/08/springfield-farm-fresh-produce-mccallum.html
Second Phone Call GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amishalltheway/posts/4092192767727604/
4b. Springfield Farm Fresh Produce - McCallum Family Roadside Stall
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https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/08/springfield-farm-fresh-produce-mccallum.html
5a. “I make music to touch the souls of people as it’s a language we all can speak.” — Andre Rieu
The McCallum Family Musical Group
PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=760112719729137&set=a.760110866395989
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-mccallum-family-musical-group.html
5b. Blog Post:
GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amishalltheway/posts/4062945003985714/
6a. "Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death." – Sun Tzu
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https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/11/einfache-leben-mccallums-and-their.html
GROUP SHARED: https://www.facebook.com/groups/531141674572635/posts/1373369460349848/
7a. McCallums with homeschoolers
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7b. Video of McCallums farming [video shared]
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17zh958dcV/
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When preachers teach biblically and clearly about the judgment of God and the dangers of hell, men begin to see that their greatest need is to be saved from eternal condemnation, and the more "practical" needs of this present age become trivial in comparison. - Paul Washer [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1402647] Where to Begin with the Gospel ? I Paul Washer Jun 3, 2025 Where to Begin with the Gospel ? I Paul Washer In this video, Ps. Paul Washer shortly explain his thought on how to share the gospel to the people. May you be guided as we are. Blessings! VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytaYeDXN-Ro |
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https://bible.org/article/what-theology-dave-hunt-s-misrepresentation-god-and-calvinism
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-beauty-of-reformed-theology
https://conciliarpost.com/theology-spirituality/im-not-reformed-admire-anyway/
https://theparticularbaptist.net/2020/05/29/leightons-ministry-of-selfishness/
https://puritanboard.com/threads/countering-provisionism.106713/
Leighton Flowers and the Dark Side of Calvinism (refuted)
Jul 27, 2025
In this video, we tackle the controversial views of Leighton Flowers, and critically examine the dark side of Calvinism. Flowers' ideology has sparked intense debates within the Christian community, particularly among Reformed theologians like James White. We delve into the philosophy and theology behind Calvinism, exploring the complexities of predestination, election, and the relationship between grace and works. By applying critical thinking and a nuanced understanding of soteriology, we refute Flowers' arguments and provide a more balanced perspective on this contentious issue. Join us as we navigate the intricacies of Christian theology and philosophy, and engage in a respectful yet rigorous critique of Leighton Flowers' Calvinist views.
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz08UrLrUtM
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