Churchill is a community in the

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province of

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 ...

. The community was named for

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

. It is located in the township of Lot 65, Queens County immediately west of New Haven. Churchill is located in the Bonshaw Hills, a high land in the centre of the province. Strathgartney Hill separates the community from Bonshaw to the west.

Transmitters

The Strathgartney Hill is the location of several radio and television

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, which serve the portion of central Prince Edward Island that includes

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ...

and Summerside. These are mounted on the province's largest transmitting tower, which is owned by the

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and include: ;Public television *

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's CBCT * SRC's

CBAFT CBAFT-DT (channel 11) is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, serving Acadians in the Maritimes and Franco-Newfoundlanders in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is part of a twinstick with Fredericton-based CBC Tele ...

;Public radio * CBC Radio One's

CBCT-FM CBCT-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One affiliate for all of Prince Edward Island, with studios in Charlottetown, broadcasting at 96.1 MHz. History CBCT-FM was launched in 1977 on 96.9 MHz. Prior to its launch, CBC Radio ...

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's CBH-FM * Première Chaîne's CBAF-FM-15 * Espace musique's

CBAX-FM CBAX-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts Radio-Canada's Ici Musique network at 91.5 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime pr ...

;Commercial radio (as of 2006) * CKQK-FM * CHTN-FM

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Communities in Queens County, Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-geo-stub