Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island draws visitors from around the world who come for its beaches, golf courses, pastoral beauty, relaxed pace, and, of course, to see the island that inspired Lucy Maud Montgomery to write the Anne of Green Gables books.
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is the capital city of Prince Edward Island in . is a great place to spend a few days. It's a quaint and pretty town, small enough to be able to walk around, and has lots of good restaurants and bars.

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is the second-largest city on Prince Edward Island. The area was at one time home to the world's largest concentration of Tame Silver Fox farms. This is highlighted at the International Fox Museum.

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, a 27-km2 oceanfront park established in 1937, faces onto the Gulf of St. Lawrence from the north shore of Prince Edward Island.

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Explore places such as Cavendish and Souris.

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is a small community north shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada. is the largest seasonal resort area in Prince Edward Island with an average daily population in the months of July and August of approximately 7,500 residents.

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is a town in Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located near the northeastern tip of the province.

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is a town of 1,600 people in Prince County in western Prince Edward Island. Every year, it draws crowds of fans of the "Anne of Green Gables" novels.

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Brackley Beach and Stanhope are small farming communities and popular vacation spots on the north shore of Prince Edward Island. Stanhope, and the neighbouring villages of Covehead, Grand Tracadie, and Pleasant Grove, are part of the Rural Municipality of North Shore.

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North Rustico and New Glasgow are small rural communities on the north side of Prince Edward Island, .

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is a community of 2000 people in the town of Three Rivers in Kings County, Prince Edward Island. is the largest population centre in the county and straddles the River.

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is a town of 700 people in western Prince Edward Island. Located at the foot of the Confederation Bridge, it is the main gateway to PEI.

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is a settlement of about 470 people in southeastern Prince Edward Island. is home to the Northumberland Ferries Terminal and a major gateway to Prince Edward Island.

Prince Edward Island

  • Type: State with 140,000 residents
  • Description: province of Canada
  • Also known as: “Birthplace of Confederation”, “CA-PE”, “Colony of Prince Edward Island”, “Eduárd herceg sziget”, “Eilean a‘ Phrionnsa”, “Eilean Naoimh Eòin”, “Eilean Prionnsa Ìomhair”, “Epekwitk”, “Garden of the Gulf”, “I.-P.-E.”, “Î.-P.-É.”, “Isla del Principe Eduardo”, “Isla del Príncipe Eduardo (Canadá)”, “P.E.I.”, “PE”, “PEI”, “Princ-Eduard-Insulo”, “Prins Edward-eiland”, “Prins Edward-øen”, “Prins Edwardøen”, “Prinz-Eduard-Insel”, “Province de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard”, “Province of Prince Edward Island”, “Província da Ilha do Príncipe Eduardo”, “Provincia de Isla del Príncipe Eduardo”, “Província de Prince Edward Island”, “Provincie Ostrov prince Edvarda”, “Provincie Ostrov prince Edwarda”, “St. John’s Island”, “Принц Эдуардны айрымканы”, “Сен-Жан (до 1798 г.)”, “பிரின்ஸ் எட்வர்ட் ஐஸ்லாந்து”, and “プリンスエドワード島州”
  • Neighbors: , , and
  • Categories: province of Canada, crown colony, and locality
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
46.3356° or 46° 20′ 8″ north
Longitude of center
-63.1467° or 63° 8′ 48″ west
Population
140,000
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Abbreviation
“PE”
Abbreviation
“PEI”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1756225709
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6113358
Wiki­data ID
Q1978
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Prince Edward Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Prins-Edward-eiland”
  • Afrikaans: “Prins-Edward-Eiland”
  • Albanian: “Ishulli i Princit Eduard”
  • Amharic: “ፕሪንስ ኤድዋርድ ደሴት”
  • Amharic: “ፕርንስ ኤድወርድ አይለንድ”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الأمير إدوارد”
  • Armenian: “Էդուարդ արքայազնի կղզի”
  • Asturian: “Islla del Príncipe Eduardu”
  • Asturian: “Islla Príncipe Dubardu”
  • Awadhi: “प्रिन्स एड्वर्ड द्वीप”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şahzadə Eduard Adası”
  • Balinese: “Pulo Rajaputra Edward”
  • Bashkir: “Принц Эдуард Утрауы”
  • Bashkir: “Эдуард Принцы Утрауы”
  • Basque: “Eduardo Printzearen uhartea”
  • Basque: “Eduardo Printzearen Uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Прынца Эдуарда”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Прынца Эдўарда”
  • Bengali: “প্রিন্স এডওয়ার্ড আইল্যান্ড”
  • Bengali: “প্রিন্স এডওয়ার্ড দ্বীপ”
  • Betawi: “Pulo Pangèran Èduar”
  • Bosnian: “Ostrvo Princa Edwarda”
  • Breton: “Enez ar Priñs Edouarzh”
  • Breton: “Enez ar Priñs Edward”
  • Bulgarian: “Остров Принц Едуард”
  • Catalan: “Illa del Príncep Eduard”
  • Cebuano: “Prince Edward Island (lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەی پرینس ئێدوارد”
  • Chinese: “愛德華王子島”
  • Chinese: “愛德華王子島省”
  • Chinese: “爱德华王子岛”
  • Cornish: “Ynys an Pryns Edward”
  • Corsican: “Isula di u Principe Eduardu”
  • Croatian: “Otok princa Edwarda”
  • Croatian: “Otok Princa Edwarda”
  • Czech: “Ostrov prince Edvarda”
  • Czech: “Ostrov prince Edwarda”
  • Danish: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Danish: “Prins Edvard-øen”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Adey Prens Edwardi”
  • Dutch: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Dutch: “Prins Edwardeiland”
  • Emilian: “Ìśula dal Prìnsip Duàrd”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo de Princo Eduardo”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Princo Eduardo”
  • Estonian: “Prints Edwardi saar”
  • Faroese: “Prince Edwardsoy”
  • Finnish: “Prinssi Edwardin saari”
  • French: “Île-du-Prince-Édouard”
  • Galician: “Illa do Príncipe Eduardo”
  • Georgian: “პრინს-ედუარდის კუნძული”
  • German: “Prince Edward Island”
  • German: “Prinz-Edward-Insel”
  • Greek: “Νήσος του Πρίγκηπα Εδουάρδου”
  • Greek: “Νήσος του Πρίγκιπα Εδουάρδου”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રિન્સ એડવર્ડ આઇલેન્ડ”
  • Haitian: “Lil Prens Edwa”
  • Hausa: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Hebrew: “אי הנסיך אדוארד”
  • Hindi: “प्रिन्स एड्वर्ड आइलैण्ड”
  • Hindi: “प्रिंस एडवर्ड द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Prince Edward-sziget”
  • Icelandic: “Eyja Játvarðs prins”
  • Ido: “Insulo Prince Edward”
  • Ido: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Pangeran Edward”
  • Interlingue: “Prince Edward Insul”
  • Irish: “Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard”
  • Italian: “Isola del Principe Edoardo”
  • Japanese: “プリンスエドワードアイランド州”
  • Japanese: “プリンスエドワード島”
  • Javanese: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Kalaallisut: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸ್ ಎಡ್ವರ್ಡ್ ಐಲೆಂಡ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Эдуард бийни айрымканы”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Эдуард Бийни Айрымканы”
  • Kazakh: “Принс-Эдуард аралы”
  • Kazakh: “Ханзада Эдуард Аралы”
  • Kirghiz: “Принс-Эдуард аралы”
  • Korean: “프린스에드워드아일랜드 주”
  • Korean: “프린스에드워드아일랜드”
  • Korean: “프린스에드워드아일랜드주”
  • Kurdish: “Girava Prens Edward”
  • Kurdish: “Girava Prenses Edward”
  • Ladino: “Isola Prinzipe Edvard”
  • Ladino: “Izla Prinzipe Edvard”
  • Latin: “Insula principis Eduardi”
  • Latin: “Insula Principis Eduardi”
  • Latvian: “Prinča Edvarda sala”
  • Latvian: “Prinča Edvarda Sala”
  • Ligurian: “Isoa do Prinçipe Edoardo”
  • Limburgan: “Prins Edwardeilandj”
  • Literary Chinese: “愛德華王子島”
  • Literary Chinese: “愛德華王子島省”
  • Lithuanian: “Princo Edvardo sala”
  • Luxembourgish: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Macedonian: “Остров Принц Едвард”
  • Malay: “Pulau Prince Edward”
  • Malay: “Pulau Putera Edward”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രിൻസ് എഡ്വേർഡ് ദ്വീപ്”
  • Manx: “Ellan y Phrinse Edard”
  • Marathi: “प्रिन्स एडवर्ड आयलंड”
  • Mazanderani: “شازا ادواردی جزیره”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Edward Uòng-cṳ̄ Dō̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Edward Ông-chú Tó”
  • Minangkabau: “Pulau Pangeran Edward”
  • Mingrelian: “პრინც-ედუარდიშ კოკი”
  • Mongolian: “Принс Эдвардын Арал”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prince Edward Eilun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Norwegian: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illa del Prince Edoard”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܐܡܝܪܐ ܐܕܘܐܪܕ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Eadweardes Æþelinges Iegland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ēadweardes Æþelinges Īegland”
  • Oromo: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Ossetian: “Принц Эдуарды сакъадах”
  • Pampanga: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਰਿੰਸ ਐਡਵਰਡ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “جزیره پرنس ادوارد”
  • Piemontese: “Ìsola dël Prinsi Edoard”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Księcia Edwarda”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Príncipe Eduardo”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Príncipe Edward”
  • Pushto: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Quechua: “Prince Edward Island pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Insula Prințului Edward”
  • Russia Buriat: “Принц Эдвардын Арал”
  • Russian: “Остров Принца Эдуарда”
  • Samogitian: “Prėnca Edvarda sala”
  • Samogitian: “Princa Edvarda sala”
  • Sardinian: “Ìsula de su Prìntzipe Eduardu”
  • Scots: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Eòin”
  • Serbian: “Острво Принца Едварда”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Otok princa Edwarda”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Otok Princa Edwarda”
  • Sicilian: “Ìsula dû Prìncipi Eduardu”
  • Sindhi: “پرنس ايڊورڊ ٻيٽ”
  • Sinhala: “ප්‍රින්ස් එඩ්වඩ් දූපත, කැනඩාව”
  • Sinhala: “ප්‍රින්ස් එඩ්වඩ් දූපත”
  • Slovak: “Ostrov princa Eduarda”
  • Slovenian: “Otok princa Edvarda”
  • Somali: “Prince Edward Island”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پرنس ادوارد آداسی”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Príncipe Eduardo”
  • Swahili: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Swedish: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Swedish: “Prins Edwards ö”
  • Tagalog: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираи Шаҳзода Эдуард”
  • Tamil: “இளவரசர் எட்வர்ட் தீவு”
  • Tatar: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Tatar: “Принс-Эдвард утравы”
  • Telugu: “ప్రిన్స్ ఎడ్వర్డ్ దీవి”
  • Thai: “รัฐปรินซ์เอ็ดเวิร์ดไอแลนด์”
  • Thai: “รัฐพรินซ์เอดเวิร์ดไอแลนด์”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Motu ʻo Pilinisi ʻEtuate”
  • Turkish: “Prens Edward Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Принца Едварда”
  • Urdu: “پرنس ایڈورڈ آئی لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Shahzoda Eduard oroli”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Hoàng tử Edward”
  • Vietnamese: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Volapük: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Võro: “Prints Edwardi saar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô han Prinsipe Edwardo”
  • Welsh: “Prince Edward Island”
  • Western Frisian: “Prins Edwardeilân”
  • Western Panjabi: “پرنس ایڈورڈ آئی لینڈ”
  • Western Panjabi: “پرنس ایڈورڈ آئیلینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “爱德华王子岛省”
  • Yiddish: “פרינץ עדווארד איילענד”
  • Yue Chinese: “愛德華太子島”
  • Yue Chinese: “愛德華王子島”
  • “Prince Edward Island”

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