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Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County.Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in 1855.
Prince Edward Island [a] is an island province of Canada. While it is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", "Birthplace of Confederation" and "Cradle of Confederation". [8] Its capital and largest city is Charlottetown.
Queens County is a county in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is the largest county in the province by population with 89,770 and land. [2] Charlottetown is the county seat of Queens County, and is the largest city and the capital of Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island entered Confederation on July 1, 1873. Aside from being the seat of colonial government, the community came to be noted during the early nineteenth century for shipbuilding and its lumber industry as well as being a fishing port. The shipbuilding industry declined in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Prince Edward Island (PEI) consists of the capital city Charlottetown, as well as urban towns Cornwall and Stratford and a developing urban fringe. A smaller urban area surrounds Summerside Harbour, situated on the southern shore 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Charlottetown Harbour, and consists primarily of the city of Summerside .
Prince Edward Island has two cities, ten towns, fifty rural municipalities and one resort municipality, [3] [6] which are distributed across three counties – Kings, Prince and Queens. Charlottetown is Prince Edward Island's capital and largest municipality by population while Belfast is the largest municipality by land area. [2]
The politics of Prince Edward Island are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces.The capital of the province of Prince Edward Island is Charlottetown, where the lieutenant governor and the premier reside, and where the provincial legislature and cabinet are located.
Queens Royalty is the royalty for Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The township was established as part of the colonial survey of 1764 undertaken by Capt. Samuel J. Holland. It was intended to host the colonial capital of Prince Edward Island and shire town of Queens County, what would become known as Charlottetown.