Your Innkeepers

Briarcliffe Inn is owned and operated by Mary and Bill Kendrick. The Kendricks run the Inn together so you will see both of them in the kitchen preparing your gourmet breakfast and up making the beds later in the morning.

Both Mary and Bill are in their early 50's and have two daughters, Whitney and Ainsley. Whitney is an Occupational Therapist in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Ainsley graduated with her Theatre Degree in the Spring of 2004 and is the Assistant Stage Manager for the Toronto Dance Troop in Toronto.

The Kendricks have raised and breed Cavalier King Charles Spaniels for over 30 years and currently have three who reside at Briarcliffe Inn with them....Tori, Teddy and Aiofe. You will see evidence of 30 years of collecting Cavalieria in all the bedrooms, baths, halls and even in the kitchen. Since the collection as grown to several hundred pieces we decided that it would be a great theme to carry throughout Briarcliffe

Mary has always had an entrepreneurial streak in her. After spending years working for a large insurance company, a finance company, and the federal government she finally followed her heart by establishing her first business called Step Savers....a personal grocery shoppng service in Burlington, Ontario. After selling the company, she managed a small art distribution company which eventually brought us to Prince Edward Island in 1993.

It was here she found her true entrepreneurial calling. She established a unique training program for artisans wanting to move from craftspeople to business operators making a living doing what they love. Following her own advice, in 1998 she set up her own business, Antiquesnorth, buying and selling antiques around the world over the internet. She currently is Chairperson of the Bed & Breakfast and Country Inns Assoc. of PEI which is keeping her very busy but she can still find the time for auctions and selling a few antiques at the Inn.

Bill has spent the last 30 years as a television journalist working for all the major networks in Canada but spent the last 25 years with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He has worked as a camera operator/editor, reporter, current affairs producer/director and Executive Producer. In 2000, he established his own independent production company, Island Images Inc. in order to co-produce two documentary projects for CBC Newsworld-Rough Cuts(Paradise in Peril) and Vision TV (Soul Expressions).

Island Images Inc. has produced a performing arts documentary called Measha Brueggergosman - Spirit in her Voice for the program Opening Night on the CBC...which aired in October, 2003.

In 2001, Bill and Mary came upon an old vacant farmhouse at Salutation Cove on Prince Edward Island. It re-kindle a long held dream of theirs to open a bed and breakfast by the sea. They also saw it as an opportunity to create a television special about their experience....so Bed & Breakfast Dream was created and was aired on HGTV on March 20, 2004.

Currently Bill is working on a five part limited series for the CBC Newsworld called Lifestories which will keep him traveling in the spring and fall of 2005.

Please visit Island Images Inc website at http://www.island-images.ca for video clips of some of Bill's shows..