Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island (PEI; French: [Île-du-Prince-Édouard] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a province of Canada. It is the smallest of Canada's ten provinces. Most of the people on Prince Edward Island speak English. Prince Edward Island was named for the son of King George lll of Britain, and it joined the Dominion of Canada in 1873.
This province is 224 kilometres (139 mi) long and 4 to 60 kilometers (2.5 to 37 miles) wide. The capital, and also the largest city, is Charlottetown.
Prince Edward Island is known for being the location for novels written by Lucy Maud Montgomery including Anne of Green Gables. It is also important for being the "Birthplace of Confederation", because the Charlottetown Conference in 1864 was in Prince Edward Island.
Government and politics
The government of Prince Edward Island is a parliamentary government, with a constitutial monarchy. The monarch (king or queen) right now is King Charles III, who is also the monarch for the rest of Canada. The person who represents the King is called the Lieutenant Governor.
Prince Edward Island Media
- Prince Edward Island by Sentinel-2, 2020-09-05 (small version).jpg
Satellite picture of Prince Edward Island
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The island's landscape is pastoral, with wooded areas and rolling hills.
- Ice as far as the eye can see in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (39250866530).jpg
Because the Gulf of Saint Lawrence freezes over, the island's climate is similar to a continental climate as opposed to an oceanic climate.
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Topographical map of Prince Edward Island
- Winter River, PEI (6913968185).jpg
The Winter River in February 2014. The river provides about 92 per cent of Charlottetown's water supply.
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Map of Prince Edward Island and French settlements c. 1744
- Deportation of the Acadians (22289143685).jpg
Monument for the Acadian expulsion in Prince Edward Island. A large number of Acadians were forcibly removed from the island in the mid 18th century.
Map of the island with lot boundaries in 1775. The island was divided into lots in 1767.
- Charlottetown Conference Delegates, September 1864.JPG
Delegates of the Charlottetown Conference in 1864. Although PEI hosted a conference, it did not join the Confederation until 1873.
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The Confederation Centre of the Arts was completed in 1964, and commemorates the centenary of Confederation.
References
- ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2011 censuses". Statistics Canada. February 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Land and freshwater area, by province and territory". Statistics Canada. February 1, 2005. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Population by year of Canada of Canada and territories". Statistics Canada. September 26, 2014. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ↑ "The Legal Context of Canada's Official Languages". University of Ottawa. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
