Charlottetown
Charlottetown is the capital and the largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. The town is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of the United Kingdom.[1]
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| Coordinates: Coordinates: 46°14′00″N 63°09′00″W / 46.23333°N 63.15000°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Prince Edward Island |
| County | Queens County |
| Founded | 1764 |
| City | April 17, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • City Mayor | Clifford J. Lee |
| • Governing body | Charlottetown City Council |
| • MPs | Sean Casey |
| • MLAs | Robert Mitchell Doug Currie Richard Brown Robert Ghiz Kathleen Casey |
| Area | |
| • City | 44.33 km2 (17.1 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 57.89 km2 (22.35 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 798.54 km2 (308.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | Sea level to 49 m (0 to 161 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • City | 34,562 |
| • Density | 779.7/km2 (2,019/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 42,602 |
| • Urban density | 735.9/km2 (1,906/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 64,487 |
| • Metro density | 80.8/km2 (209/sq mi) |
| • Dwellings | 16,060 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Website | City of Charlottetown Website |
Population
The population of Charlottetown was 34,562 in 2011.[2] The mayor of Charlottetown is Clifford J. Lee.
History
The French were the first European settlers in the area and they founded a settlement in 1720 named Port La Joye. British forces built Fort Amherst near the site of the abandoned Port La Joye settlement after they took control of the settlement and the rest of the island during the height of the French and Indian War.
Media
Charlottetown Media
Charlottetown was named for Queen Charlotte.
Members of the Charlottetown Conference, a conference to discuss Canadian Confederation, in front of Government House in 1864.
View of Charlottetown in 1872, one year prior to Prince Edward Island's entry into Canadian Confederation.
Entrance for the Confederation Centre of the Arts. The Centre was opened in 1964, to commemorate the centennial of the Charlottetown Conference.
Campus of the University of Prince Edward Island. In 1969, two local post-secondary institutions, Saint Dunstan's University and Prince of Wales College, amalgamated to form UPEI.
Charlottetown is situated on its namesake harbour. The harbour leads into the Northumberland Strait.
View of Downtown Charlottetown from atop the Atlantic Technology Centre.
View from Charlottetown Marina. The city's waterfront is dominated by urban development.
Brighton Beach Range Front lighthouse in the neighbourhood of Brighton.
Large American elm in a Charlottetown neighbourhood near downtown (August 2019)
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References
- ↑ "City History". Charlottetown. Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ↑ "Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census – Census agglomeration of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
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