Morag Weatherston studied art at Edinburgh College of Art (1964-68) in Scotland, specializing in mural design and tapestry weaving. Following school emigrated to Canada. For a time, she taught art in New Brunswick, before relocating to Prince Edward Island in 1991.

269 Queen Street

The Reddin-Westmorland-Bayfield house on the south-west corner of Queen and Euston Streets has both a fascinating history and fine architectural detail. In the fall of 1839, the Countess of Westmorland, who owned part of Township 29 including Crapaud and the Back Settlement, arrived in Prince Edward Island with a companion, secretary, and servants to spend the winter. The house on Queen Street was prepared for her reception. We are reminded that the servants’ quarters were on the third floor when we see the bell still in place connecting this area with the main rooms … The most notable owner of this property was Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield, famous for his soundings of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and the coast of British North America. He was one of Canada’s great surveyors and it is of interest to know that Prince Edward Island was his home base and that he lived in this house for over 35 years. Admiral Bayfield’s wife, Fanny Wright Bayfield, taught painting to Charlottetown ladies. Her watercolour views are now highly prized and are in several Canadian collections, both private and public … Later owners were Oliver Rattenbury, Joseph K. Ross, and the MacKenzie family.

Source: Charlottetown: The Life in Its Buildings by Irene L. Rogers