Frame, W. R.: Editor from July 2 1887 to June 30 1888.
MacKinnon, John L.: Editor and manager from July 1888 to June 1889.
Higgs, B. D.: Editor from July 19 1889 to Feb. 1 1894. Manager from July 19 1889 to Nov. 15 1894.
MacDonald, M. J.: Editor from Feb. 8 1894 to Nov. 15 1894.
Mitchell, J. W.: Manager from July 2 1887 to Mar. 24 1888.
The Island Guardian, the successor to the Protestant Union, was a Protestant newspaper which published local church news, Sabbath School lessons, religious articles, general news, anecdotes, agricultural articles, fiction and advertisements. When it was first published, the emphasis was primarily religious, but by the 1890s general news was receiving equal coverage in the paper. Politically nonpartisan, the Island Guardian was a strong supporter of temperance and the Scott Act. Some of the issues its editorials discussed included the tunnel, tariffs, and politics. The Island Guardian was succeeded by the Daily Guardian, established in 1890, with which it was published concurrently until 1894.
Frequency: Weekly on Saturdays, July 2 1887 - Jan. 19 1889; Weekly on Fridays, Jan. 25 1889 - Oct. 23 1891; Weekly on Thursdays, Nov. 5 1891 - Dec. 27 1894.
