Sophiasburgh is an historic township in southern

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, one of the three original townships that formed Prince Edward County. The other two townships were Ameliasburgh and Marysburgh. It was named in 1798 after Princess Sophia, the fifth daughter of

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. The township was amalgamated into the Corporation of the County of Prince Edward, a single tier municipality, on January 1, 1998. After the

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, a number of

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s who settled in the area of Picton Bay. The White Chapel, north of Picton, was the first

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church built in the county.

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Former township municipalities in Ontario Geography of Prince Edward County, Ontario Populated places disestablished in 1998 History of Prince Edward County, Ontario {{Ontario-geo-stub

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