Kings County is located in eastern Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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It is the province's smallest, most rural and least-populated county. Kings County is also least dependent upon the agriculture industry compared with the other two counties, while being more heavily dependent on the fishery and forest industry. Comparatively large parts of the county are still forested and it hosts the province's largest sawmill. The only heavy industry, aside from forestry and industrial farming, is a small shipyard, although secondary manufacturing has been established in recent years.

The county was named by Capt. Samuel Holland

Samuel Holland

Samuel Johannes Holland was a Royal Engineer and first Surveyor General of British North America.-Life in the Netherlands:...

 in 1765 for King George III

George III of the United Kingdom

George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...

 (1738-1820). As such, Kings County's shire town is Georgetown

Georgetown, Prince Edward Island

Georgetown is a Canadian town and the county seat of Kings County, Prince Edward Island. As of 2011, the population was 693.-Geography:Georgetown, Capital of Kings County, sits on an 8 kilometre long peninsula formed by the Cardigan and Brudenell Rivers, Along with Georgetown Harbour...

. The largest town is Montague

Montague, Prince Edward Island

Montague is a Canadian town and the largest population centre in Kings County, Prince Edward Island.The town straddles the Montague River which is the dividing line between the townships of Lot 52 and Lot 59. The town functions as a regional service centre for a rural population of 20,000...

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In 2008, Kings County was the region with the second highest self-reported obesity rate in Canada.

Communities

• Towns
  • Georgetown
    Georgetown, Prince Edward Island
    Georgetown is a Canadian town and the county seat of Kings County, Prince Edward Island. As of 2011, the population was 693.-Geography:Georgetown, Capital of Kings County, sits on an 8 kilometre long peninsula formed by the Cardigan and Brudenell Rivers, Along with Georgetown Harbour...
    
    
  • Montague
    Montague, Prince Edward Island
    Montague is a Canadian town and the largest population centre in Kings County, Prince Edward Island.The town straddles the Montague River which is the dividing line between the townships of Lot 52 and Lot 59. The town functions as a regional service centre for a rural population of 20,000...
    
    
  • Souris
    Souris, Prince Edward Island
    Souris is a Canadian port town in northeastern Kings County, Prince Edward Island. It is located in an area famous for its beaches and potatoes, containing the majority of Prince Edward Island's potato manufacturers.-History:...
    
    

• Municipalities
  • Annandale-Little Pond-Howe Bay
  • Brudenell
    Brudenell, Prince Edward Island
    Brudenell is a small community located along the Brudenell and Montague Rivers in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Brudenell point, which is located right where the rivers meet, was the site of the Jean Pierre Roma Acadian settlement in the 18th century. This small portion of Brudenell is now a...
    
    
  • Cardigan
    Cardigan, Prince Edward Island
    Cardigan, Prince Edward Island is a Canadian fishing community in eastern Kings County, Prince Edward Island.The community is named after James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan, later Duke of Monague...
    
    
  • Central Kings
    Central Kings, Prince Edward Island
    Central Kings is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Eastern Kings
  • Little Pond
    Little Pond, Prince Edward Island
    Little Pond is a community in Prince Edward Island, located in Lot 56 of Kings County.The community attracted media attention in 2010 when the home of a gay couple living in the community was firebombed. Both men escaped the fire unharmed, but their home was destroyed...
    
    
  • Lorne Valley
  • Lower Montague
    Lower Montague, Prince Edward Island
    Lower Montague is a rural community located to the east of the Town of Montague, Prince Edward Island, Canada.The Community of Lower Montague was incorporated in 1974. The first inhabitants of the Island and the area now called Lower Montague were the First Nations Mi’kmag people who came to the...
    
    
  • Morell
    Morell, Prince Edward Island
    Morell is a village located in Kings County in eastern Prince Edward Island just east of Bristol.Morell is located on St. Peter’s Bay, two kilometres inland from St. Peter's Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St...
    
    
  • Murray Harbour
    Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island
    Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island is a Canadian fishing community in southeastern Kings County, Prince Edward Island.Located in the township of Lot 64, the community is named after General the Honourable James Murray, , Governor of Quebec .With an area of 4.1 km2 and an extensive...
    
    
  • Murray River
    Murray River, Prince Edward Island
    Murray River is a Canadian village Kings County Prince Edward Island.Located in the province's South-Eastern corner, Murray River is bisected by a river of the same name. The town is located at the end of navigation on the river and hosts a small wharf for fishing and recreational vessel.The late ...
    
    
  • Souris West
  • St. Peters Bay

• Unincorporated
  • Fortune Bridge
    Fortune Bridge, Prince Edward Island
    Fortune Bridge is a small unincorporated area on Lot 43, East Parish, King County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located west of the Town of Souris....
    
    
  • Valleyfield

• Indian reserves
  • Morell 2

External Links

• 2006 Community Profile: Kings County, Prince Edward Island; Statistics Canada