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Lot 12, Prince Edward Island
Lot 12 is a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Halifax Parish. Lot 12 was awarded to merchants Hutchinson Mure and Robert Cathcart in the 1767 land lottery, and by 1806 was partially owned by the Earl of Selkirk. Communities First Nations: * Lennox Island First Nation Incorporated municipalities: * Ellerslie-Bideford * Lady Slipper * Lot 11 and Area Civic address communities: * East Bideford * Ellerslie-Bideford * Enmore * Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ... * Lennox Island * McNeills Mills * Mount Pleasant * North Enmore * Poplar Grove References 12 Geography of Prince County, Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellerslie-Bideford, Prince Edward Island
Ellerslie-Bideford was a municipality that held community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was located in Prince County on Lot 12. Most residents of Ellerslie-Bideford lived on Ellerslie Road ( Route 133) which spans 5 miles from Route 2 to Route 12. History The community was incorporated by provincial government in 1977, when Ellerslie merged with Bideford. Ellerslie was founded in 1853 by a local carpenter, being named after Ellerslie, Scotland. Bideford was named in 1818 after Bideford, Devon, England. Ellerslie is currently one of the last communities in the West Prince district of Prince Edward Island prior to the border with East Prince. The community had a rich history in the fox farming and ship building industries. The Bideford Shipyard launched several sea vessels, including the last one to be christened there, the Meteor. Bideford is also home to a Shellfish Museum; as the fishery is the basis of the local economy. Over the past several years, the Commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poplar Grove, Prince Edward Island
Poplar may refer to: Plants *''Populus'', the plant genus which includes most poplars, as well as aspen and cottonwood ** Black poplar (''Populus nigra'') ** Carolina or Canadian poplar, ''Populus × canadensis'' ** Grey poplar (''Populus × canescens'') ** White poplar *** ''Populus alba'', native to Eurasia *** ''Populus grandidentata'', bigtooth aspen *** ''Populus tremuloides'', American aspen * ''Liriodendron'', the genus of tulip poplars ** Yellow poplar or tulip poplar (''Liriodendron tulipifera'') ** ''Liriodendron chinense'', Chinese tulip poplar Places ;Canada * Poplar, Ontario, a community in the township of Burpee and Mills * Poplar Creek, British Columbia, a ghost town ;United Kingdom * Poplar, London ** Poplar High Street * Metropolitan Borough of Poplar (1900–1965) * Poplar DLR station * Poplar (UK Parliament constituency) * Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency) * Poplar Walk, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford ;United States * Poplar, California * Popla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Enmore, Prince Edward Island
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek '' boreas'' "north wind, north", which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefer'' can mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island
Mount Pleasant is a Canadian rural community located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Prince County, Prince Edward Island. The name "Mount Pleasant" was selected at a public meeting on November 1, 1862, and was formally recognized in ''Place Names of Prince Edward Island'' in 1925. Mount Pleasant has been located in the Municipality of Lady Slipper since 1983. Military base The Royal Canadian Air Force established an air base in the community during the early years of World War II for training air crew under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). Construction of the base required diversion of the Route 2 (Prince Edward Island), Western Road for several kilometres along the western edge of the airfield property. The base was closed following the war and the Western Road returned to its original alignment. References Mount Pleasant - InfoPEI PlaceFinder Communities in Prince County, Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Bideford, Prince Edward Island
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. '' Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lot 11 And Area, Prince Edward Island
The Municipality of Lot 11 and Area is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located within Prince County. Despite its name being derived from the township of Lot 11, the municipality's boundaries do not include all of this township and extend into the neighbouring township of Lot 12. The municipality's seat is in the community of Freeland. Communities This municipality contains the following communities: ;Lot 11 * Conway * Foxley River * Freeland * Murray Road * Poplar Grove ;Lot 12 * East Bideford * Poplar Grove Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Lot 11 and Area had a population of living in of its total private dwellings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Slipper, Prince Edward Island
Lady Slipper was a municipality that held community status in Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ..., Canada. On September 28, 2018, it was combined with the municipality of Ellerslie-Bideford, to create the new municipality of Central Prince. References Communities in Prince County, Prince Edward Island Former rural municipalities in Prince Edward Island Populated places disestablished in 2018 {{PEI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennox Island First Nation
Lennox Island is a Mi'kmaq First Nations band government in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. Its only currently inhabited reserve is Lennox Island 1, on Lennox Island, purchased by the Aborigines' Protection Society on behalf of the Mi'kmaq of Prince Edward Island in 1870 or 1878. The population on reserve is approximately 450. In 2005 the population was 320 on reserve and 720 off reserve, with 60% of the population being younger than 35. The 2016 census counted 323 residents on reserve. The band has two other reserves, Lennox Island 5, located in East Bideford, and Lennox Island 6, located in Fernwood, both acquired in the 2000s. History The band government was originally known as "L'nui Minegoo" or the Indian/People's Island, and later known as the Lennox Island Reserve or the Lennox Island Band. It was named after Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond, by Samuel Holland; surveyor. Original permanent inhabitants included Chief Francis Francis who resided ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
