Queens County is located in central 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

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...

. The county is geographically divided by the Hillsborough River

Hillsborough River (Prince Edward Island)

The Hillsborough River, also known as the East River, is a Canadian river in northeastern Queens County, Prince Edward Island.-Battle at Port-la-Joye :...

's estuary, a tidal inlet which almost splits the county and Prince Edward Island. It is the richest and most populous county in the province of Prince Edward Island.

The county's geography varies from picturesque shorelines of sandstone cliffs, sandy beaches and sheltered bays on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northumberland Strait

Northumberland Strait

The Northumberland Strait is a strait in the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in eastern Canada...

, to extensive farming operations throughout interior regions. Topography ranges from relatively flat to rolling hills in the central hill lands known as the Bonshaw Hills.

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 the queen consort

Queen consort

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of 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...

, Queen Charlotte

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...

 (1744-1818). As such, Queens County's county seat is Charlottetown

Charlottetown

Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...

, which was also chosen as the colonial capital because of its central location.

Today, urban sprawl

Urban sprawl

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 extending from Charlottetown in the centre of the county is the region's most dominant feature; many rural parts of the county within the Charlottetown census agglomeration, and outside, are facing increased pressures to subdivide and develop into suburbs and exurbs.

Municipalities

• Cities
  • Charlottetown
    Charlottetown
    Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...
    
    

• Towns
  • Cornwall
    Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
    Cornwall is a Canadian suburban town located in Queens County, Prince Edward Island.The town is located immediately west of the provincial capital Charlottetown and functions as a bedroom community.-History:...
    
    
  • Stratford
    Stratford, Prince Edward Island
    Stratford is a Canadian suburban town located in central Prince Edward Island.It is situated on a peninsula formed by the Hillsborough River estuary, Charlottetown Harbour, and Hillsborough Bay - a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait....
    
    

• Communities
  • Afton
    Afton, Prince Edward Island
    Afton is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Alexandra
    Alexandra, Prince Edward Island
    Alexandra is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Bayview
    Bayview, Prince Edward Island
    Bayview is a community in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. It lies between Cavendish, Prince Edward Island and Kensington, Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Belfast
    Belfast, Prince Edward Island
    Belfast is a Canadian village located in southeastern Queens County, Prince Edward Island in the townships of Lot 57 and Lot 58.Situated on the island's south shore along the Northumberland Strait, Belfast is predominantly an agricultural area.-History:...
    
    
  • Bonshaw
    Bonshaw, Prince Edward Island
    Bonshaw is a small Canadian rural farming community in central Prince Edward Island, situated on the province's South Shore along the Northumberland Strait....
    
    
  • Brackley
    Brackley, Prince Edward Island
    Brackley is a small rural Canadian farming community located on the northern boundary of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, adjoining the Charlottetown Airport in the neighbourhood of Sherwood....
    
    
  • Breadalbane
    Breadalbane, Prince Edward Island
    Breadalbane is a community located in Queens County, Prince Edward Island. Its current population is 170.-History:Breadalbane was incorporated as a village in 1991. The village was named after Breadalbane, Scotland...
    
    
  • Clyde River
    Clyde River, Prince Edward Island
    Clyde River is a settlement in Prince Edward Island. The population of Clyde River is 618 . Clyde River is located in Queen’s County in the central part of Prince Edward Island and just 15 minutes away from the Charlottetown. The original community name was Dog River . It was named after the River...
    
    
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud, Prince Edward Island
    Crapaud is a Canadian village in Queens County, Prince Edward Island , North of Victoria in the township of Lot 29.- References :...
    
    
  • Darlington
    Darlington, Prince Edward Island
    Darlington is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Donagh
    Donagh, Prince Edward Island
    Donagh is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Grand Tracadie
  • Hampshire
    Hampshire, Prince Edward Island
    Hampshire is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Hazelbrook
    Hazelbrook, Prince Edward Island
    Hazelbrook is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Hunter River
    Hunter River, Prince Edward Island
    Hunter River is a village located in Queens County in central Prince Edward Island just south-west of North Rustico. It is situated on the Hunter River....
    
    
  • Kingston
    Kingston, Prince Edward Island
    Kingston is a settlement in Prince Edward Island....
    
    
  • Meadowbank
  • Miltonvale Park
  • Mount Stewart
    Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island
    Mount Stewart is a Canadian village located in the northeastern part of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.Mount Stewart is located at the head of the once-navigable portion of the Hillsborough River at the point where the river begins to narrow significantly.The village played an important role...
    
    
  • New Haven-Riverdale
  • North Rustico
    North Rustico, Prince Edward Island
    North Rustico is a village located in the northern part of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.It became an incorporated municipality in 1954. The village is known to locals, as well as many others as "The Crick"...
    
    
  • North Shore
  • North Wiltshire
  • Orwell
    Orwell, Prince Edward Island
    Orwell is a settlement in Queens County, Prince Edward Island.Canadian professor, physician, and intellectual Sir Andrew Macphail was born in Orwell on November 24, 1864. The Sir Andrew Macphail Foundation preserves his family home and its 140-acre property in Orwell as a museum, the Sir Andrew...
    
    
  • Pleasant Grove
  • Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish, and North Rustico
  • Union Road
    Union Road, Prince Edward Island
    Union Road is a Canadian rural community in Queens County, Prince Edward Island.Located in the township of Lot 33, Union Road is one of several communities comprising a green belt surrounding the city of Charlottetown.-External links:*...
    
    
  • Victoria
    Victoria, Prince Edward Island
    Victoria is a Canadian village located in central Prince Edward Island.A historic seaport, the community is situated at the extreme southwestern edge of Queens County in the township of Lot 29....
    
    
  • Warren Grove
  • Watervale
    Watervale, Prince Edward Island
    Watervale is a small farming community located about 20 km east of Charlottetown in lot #48 on Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was called Forgan Hill but the members of the community voted to change the name sometime in the mid-19th Century...
    
    
  • West River
  • Winsloe South
  • York

• Native Reserves
  • Rocky Point
  • Scotchfort