Wyspa Księcia Edwarda, Prince Edward Island, Île du Prince-Edouard |
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Prince Edward Island was originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people. They named the island Abegweit, meaning Cradle on the Waves. As a French colony comprising part of Acadia, the island was called Île Saint-Jean. Roughly one thousand Acadians on the island, many having already fled a British-ordered expulsion in the mainland British colony of Nova Scotia in 1755, were subsequently deported in 1758 when the British seized Île Saint-Jean during the Seven Years' War. In 1798, Great Britain changed the colony's name from St. John's Island to Prince Edward Island to distinguish it from similar names in the Atlantic area, such as the cities of Saint John and St. John's. The colony's new name honoured the fourth son of King George III, Prince Edward Augustus, the Duke of Kent (1767-1820), who was then commanding British troops in Halifax. Prince Edward was also the father of Queen Victoria. |
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1. Dependency status: Canadian province 2. Government type: none; confederation with parliamentary democracy (Canada) 3. Location: located in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, east of New Brunswick and north of Nova Scotia from which it is separated by the Northumberland Strait 4. Border Countries: none (island) 5. Climate: moderate, average yearly rainfall of 868 mm and an average yearly snowfall of 340 cm. average temperature of -7C in January, and 19C (67F) in July. Summers are quite warm, but rarely humid6. Terrain: half of the landmass is covered by forest, the shoreline of the island consists of a combination of long beaches, dunes, short sandstone cliffs, salt water marshes and numerous small bays and harbours 7. Area: 5,700 km2 8. Capital: Charlottetown 9. Administrative divisions: islands: Isabela (Albemarle, 4,300 km2), Santa Cruz (Chaves, Indefatigable), Fernandina (Narborough), San Salvador (Santiago, James), San Cristóbal (Chatham) 10. Population: 137,000 inhabitians (2004) 11. Languages: English (official), French (official), other 12. Religions: United Church of Canada, Presbyterian, Anglican, and Baptist 13. Currency: Canadian dollar (CAD) |
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