Afton, Prince Edward Island
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Afton is a former rural municipality in the
Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of Prince Edward Island within Queens County.


History

The Municipality of Afton was originally incorporated in 1974. It incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 2018. On September 1, 2020, the Rural Municipality of Afton amalgamated with the rural municipalities of Bonshaw, Meadowbank, New Haven-Riverdale, and West River. The amalgamated municipality was named the Rural Municipality of West River.


Geography

Localities within Afton include Cumberland, Fairview, New Dominion, Nine Mile Creek, Rice Point, and Rocky Point.


References

Communities in Queens County, Prince Edward Island Former rural municipalities in Prince Edward Island {{PEI-geo-stub