Place:Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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NamePrince
Alt namesPrincesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCounty
Located inPrince Edward Island, Canada
Contained Places
Unknown
Lot 11
Lot 12
Lot 14
Lot 17
Lot 19
Northam
Poplar Grove
West Devon
Inhabited place
Alberton
Conway
Dunblane
Forestview
Haliburton
Kensington
Milburn
Mill River
O'Leary
Port Hill
Skinners Pond
Springfield West
Summerside
Tignish
Tryon
West Cape
Unknown
Baltic
Bedeque
Bideford
Birch Hill
Bloomfield
Brae
Brooklyn
Burlington
Burton
Cape Wolfe
Carleton
Cascumpec
Central Lot 16
Darnley
Dock Corner
Egmont Bay
Ellerslie
Elmsdale
Fortune Cove
Foxley River
Freeland
Freetown
Glenwood
Grand River
Hamilton
Indian River
Inverness
Kinkora
Malpeque
Margate
Mill River East
Miscouche
Montrose
Mount Pleasant
Murray Road
North Bedeque
North St. Eleanors
North Tryon
Palmer Road
Rosebank
Sea View
Sevenmile Bay
Spring Valley
St. Eleanors
Tyne Valley
Victoria West
Wellington
Woodbrook
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Prince County is located in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. The county's defining geographic feature is Malpeque Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which creates the narrowest portion of Prince Edward Island's landmass, an isthmus upon which the city of Summerside is located.

The geographic division created by Malpeque Bay is informally augmented by a socio-economic division between the more urban East Prince and rural West Prince, although the line of division generally varies. Much of Prince Edward Island's industrial base is concentrated in the eastern part of the county, with three large frozen French fry manufacturing plants, a potato chip manufacturing plant, and an aerospace industry located at a former air force base. Industrial farming for root crops such as potatoes accounts for the majority of rural economic activity, followed by fishing for shellfish such as lobster and crab.

The county was named by Capt. Samuel Holland in 1765 for George, Prince of Wales, who would later become King George IV (1762–1830). As such, Prince County's shire town was designated as Princetown, but the inferior harbour for Prince Royalty saw the settlement pattern change to give this honour to Summerside.

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