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However, the season ended with handled nearly 98,000 passengers plus around 44,000 crew. In 2018, the cruise port had a record year with scheduled 92 ship calls (28% increase over 2017) and expected around 117,000 passengers plus 51,000 crew. The port has a new cruise ship terminal (opened in September 2007), which made the city an attractive travel destination for New England cruise liners in the St Lawrence Gulf. Port Charlottetown's cruising season runs early-May through early-November. As demographics (ethnic origin), around 42% are Scottish, 36% Canadian, 33% English, 33% Irish, 19% French, 6% German. [It is located next to the Credit Union Place and has capacity of around 4,000 seats, plus a bowling alley, a large swimming pool, fitness, meeting rooms.Īround 94% of the locals speak English, and around 4% - French.
Among the city's attractions is the Summerside Raceway (harness racing track) - Canada's oldest, operating since 1886. Just like the capital Charlottetown, Summerside is a merger of the main city with the towns of Sherbrooke, St Eleanors and Wilmot. It was first incorporated in April 1877 (as a town) and as a city - in April 1995. Summerside (population around 15,000) is island's second largest town located on the western shore. The modern-day Charlottetown was created as a merger with the following towns and villages (now neighbourhoods) - Brighton, East Royalty (with Hillsborough Park), Parkdale, Sherwood, West Royalty, Winsloe and Spring Park. It is named after the British queen Sophia Charlotte (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1744-1818), wife of King George III. It is the province's capital and Queens County's seat. Island's coastline features long beaches, red sandstone cliffs, large sand dunes, marshes, numerous bays and natural harbours.Ĭharlottetown has population around 35,000 (metro around 65,000). Summerside Harbour (on the southern coast) is approx 40 km (25 mi) west of Charlottetown.Charlottetown Harbour (centrally on the southern coast) consists of Charlottetown City and the towns Cornwall and Stratford.Prince Edward Island (abbrev PEI) is in the Gulf of St Lawrence and neighbouring with Cape Breton Island (to the east), with Nova Scotia peninsula (to the south), with New Brunswick (to the west) and with Northumberland Strait (to the south). All of them (excepting Newfoundland - in Newfoundland-Labrador) are located in the Nunavut- Northwest Territories of Arctic Canada. The list of "Canada top 10" largest islands (world rank in brackets) includes Baffin Island (5), Victoria Island (8), Ellesmere Island (10), Newfoundland (16), Banks Island (24), Devon Island (27), Axel Heiberg Island (32), Melville Island (33), Southampton Island (34) and Prince of Wales Island (40). The local economy is largely based on farming (producing 25% of the country's potatoes) but also on short-break vacation travel and tourism. This province is part of Canada since 1873, joining the independent country as its 7th province. Informally, the island is called "Garden of the Gulf" and "Cradle of Confederation" (Cunabula Foederis), the latter referring to the Charlottetown Conference (1864).
The island is located approx 200 km (125 mi) north of Halifax NS and approx 600 km (370 mi) east of Quebec City. By area, Prince Edward Island is Canada's 13th largest and the world's 104th largest island. The province's entire land area (including all islands) is 5696 km2 (2195 mi2). The island has a total land area (no internal waterways) of 2190 mi2 (5660 km2) and total population around 150,000. The island's largest/principal seaport is Charlottetown (locode CACHA) located on its south-central coast. Prince Edward Island (aka Ile-du-Prince-Edouard) is a Canadian province that consists of the main island plus 231 smaller isles.
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