Prince County, is located in western 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...

, Canada

Canada

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. 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

Isthmus

An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas usually with waterforms on either side.Canals are often built through isthmuses where they may be particularly advantageous to create a shortcut for marine transportation...

 upon which the city of Summerside

Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the principal municipality for the western part of the island.- History :...

 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 potato

Potato

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es accounts for the majority of rural economic activity, followed by fishing for shellfish such as lobster

American lobster

The American lobster, Homarus americanus, is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey. Within North America, it is also known as the northern lobster or Maine lobster. It can reach a body length of , and a mass of over , making it the...

 and crab

Crab

True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...

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The county was named by Capt. Samuel Holland

Samuel Holland

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 in 1765 for The Prince George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales

George IV of the United Kingdom

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, who would later be crowned King George IV

George IV of the United Kingdom

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 (1762-1830). As such, Prince County's shire town was designated as Princetown, however the inferior harbour for Prince Royalty

Prince Royalty, Prince Edward Island

Prince Royalty is the royalty for Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.The township was supposed to host the county's shire town, named Princetown, and was surveyed for this purpose during the 1764 colonial survey undertaken by Capt. Samuel J. Holland.The township is located on a peninsula...

 saw the settlement pattern change to give this honour to Summerside.

The name "Prince County" is notable for being unique for titling land subdivisions in the Commonwealth of Nations

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Municipalities

• Cities
  • Summerside
    Summerside, Prince Edward Island
    Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the principal municipality for the western part of the island.- History :...
    
    

• Towns
  • Alberton
    Alberton, Prince Edward Island
    Alberton is a Canadian town located in the western part of Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is situated in the township of Lot 5....
    
    
  • Kensington
    Kensington, Prince Edward Island
    Kensington is a town located 15 kilometres northeast of Summerside in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; As of 2001, the population was 1,385....
    
    

• Communities
  • Abrams Village
    Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island
    Abram-Village is a Canadian rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is located approximately 25 minutes west of the nearest city, Summerside....
    
    
  • Bedeque
    Bedeque, Prince Edward Island
    Bedeque is a settlement in Prince Edward Island.Bedeque: Yogurt has a better act of culture than this place.Bedeque is to boring as Ben is to lactose...
    
    
  • Borden-Carleton
    Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island
    Borden-Carleton is a Canadian village located on the south shore of Prince Edward Island, fronting on the Northumberland Strait.The village was created through a merger on April 12, 1995 of the original port town of Borden and the farming community of Carleton...
    
    
  • Central Bedeque
    Central Bedeque, Prince Edward Island
    Central Bedeque is a village in Lot 26, Prince County, Prince Edward Island. The village is north of Borden-Carleton. Its primary industry is agriculture.-History:...
    
    
  • Ellerslie-Bideford
    Ellerslie, Prince Edward Island
    Ellerslie is a small village located in Prince Edward Island, Canada, on Prince County on Lot 12. The village includes the community of Bideford. It holds residence to approximately 470 citizens....
    
    
  • Elmsdale
    Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island
    Elmsdale is a Canadian rural community located in western Prince County, Prince Edward Island.-The Name:Elmsdale started when the Great Western Road and Dock Road were formed. The surveying of the farms along the Dock Rd. began in 1841. When it crossed the Great Western Road creating a crossroads,...
    
    
  • Greenmount-Montrose
  • Kinkora
    Kinkora, Prince Edward Island
    Kinkora is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Lady Slipper
    Lady Slipper, Prince Edward Island
    Lady Slipper is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Linkletter
    Linkletter, Prince Edward Island
    Linkletter is a settlement in Prince Edward Island. It is the home of many Biochemical scientists, engineers, and others interested in the field of Biochemistry. Most of the residents are from Prince Edward Island, however there are some individuals who hail from other parts of Canada....
    
    
  • Lot 11 and Area
  • Malpeque Bay
    Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island
    Malpeque Bay is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Miminegash
    Miminegash, Prince Edward Island
    Miminegash is a small fishing settlement located NW of Alberton and SW of Tignish, in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. It is part of a small area known as either the St. Louis, Palmer Road, or Miminegash area...
    
    
  • Miscouche
    Miscouche, Prince Edward Island
    Miscouche is a Canadian rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward IslandIncorporated in 1957, Miscouche is located 6 miles west of the city of Summerside...
    
    
  • O'Leary
    O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
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  • Richmond
    Richmond, Prince Edward Island
    Richmond is a Canadian rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island.Located in a farming area west of Summerside, the community is situated on Route 2 and until 1989 was served by CN Rail....
    
    
  • Sherbrooke
    Sherbrooke, Prince Edward Island
    Sherbrooke is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • St. Felix
    St. Felix, Prince Edward Island
    St. Felix is a Canadian rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island.It is located approximately 2.50 miles S of the small community of Tignish and is home to the largest amount of citizens within a 5 mile radius of Tignish, excluding the village of Tignish itself.The Tignish River ...
    
    
  • St. Louis
    St. Louis, Prince Edward Island
    St. Louis is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island.It is located in western Prince County, west of the junction of Route 155 and Route 152, from Charlottetown, the provincial capital.St...
    
    
  • Tignish
  • Tignish Shore
    Tignish Shore, Prince Edward Island
    Tignish Shore is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Tyne Valley
    Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island
    Tyne Valley is a Canadian village in Prince County, Prince Edward Island.Incorporated in 1966, the community is located in the township of Lot 13 at the intersection of Routes 12 and 167.- History :...
    
    
  • Wellington
    Wellington, Prince Edward Island
    Wellington is a Canadian village in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. The community extends as Wellington Centre onto Route 2 from Richmond through to St...
    
    

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