Resort Municipality, officially named the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico, is the lone municipality in

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, Canada that holds resort municipality status. It was established in 1990.

History

A rural resort area to the north and northwest of

North Rustico North Rustico is a Canadian town located in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Queens County, Prince Edward Island. Situated on the north shore, North Rustico became an incorporated municipality in 1954. North Rustico changed its status to a to ...

, comprising several communities, was incorporated as the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico by

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in 1990.

Geography

Resort Municipality is located within Queens County approximately northwest of

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. It borders the Town of North Rustico and straddles several geographic levels in the province, including the townships of Lot 21, Lot 22, Lot 23 and Lot 24 as well as the parishes of Grenville and Charlotte.

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within Resort Municipality include Bayview,

Cavendish Cavendish may refer to: People * The House of Cavendish, a British aristocratic family * Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673), British poet, philosopher, and scientist * Cavendish (author) (1831–1899), pen name of Henry Jones, English auth ...

, Stanley Bridge, and Green Gables. The municipal office is located in Cavendish at the intersection of Route 6 and Route 13.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Government

Resort Municipality is governed by an elected council comprising a mayor and six councillors. The mayor of the current council is Lee Brammer while the remaining council seats are held by councillors George Clark-Dunning, Kay Hryckiw, Chris Robinson, Ryan Simpson, Ian Stewart and Catherine Peconi. The municipality's chief administrative officer is Brenda MacDonald. Assistant to the CAO- Heather Hay.

References

External links

*{{official website, www.resortmunicipalitypei.com Communities in Queens County, Prince Edward Island Resort municipalities in Prince Edward Island