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Discover PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Known as the Garden of the Gulf, Prince Edward Island is located in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence west of Cape Breton Island, north of the Nova Scotia peninsula, and east of New Brunswick. Its southern shore bounds the Northumberland Strait. The island has two urban areas. The largest surrounds Charlottetown Harbour ...

Discover CHARLOTTETOWN Charlottetown is a Canadian city and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885. The land occupied by Charlottetown, as with the rest of Prince Edward Island, was home to seasonal and year-round communities of the Mi'kmaq Nation ...

Anne of Green Gables - the Musical Anne Of Green Gables - The Musical is a musical based on the novel, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The book is by Don Harron, the music is by Norman Campbell and the lyrics by Don Harron, Norman Campbell, Elaine Campbell and Mavor Moore, originally directed and choreographed by Alan Lund ...

Charlottetown Festival The Charlottetown Festival is a seasonal Canadian musical theatre festival which runs from late May to mid-October every year since 1965. Named after its host city, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, since its inception the festival has showcased Canada's most popular and longest-running musical, Anne of Green Gables ...

Confederation Centre of the Arts The Confederation Centre of the Arts is a Canadian centre dedicated to the visual and performing arts located in the city of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Construction of the Confederation Centre started in 1960 and Queen Elizabeth II officially opened it to the public on October 6, 1964 ...

Green Gables Green Gables is the name of a circa-19th century farm that is located in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada. This farm was owned by the Macneill family who were cousins of author Lucy Maud Montgomery. The name Green Gables is derived from the rich dark green paint of the gables on the farmhouse ...

Prince Edward Island National Park Prince Edward Island National Park is a Canadian National Park located on Prince Edward Island. Situated along the island's north shore, fronting the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the park measures approximately 60 km in length and ranges from several hundred metres to several kilometres in width ...

Province House, Charlottetown Province House is where the Prince Edward Island Legislature, known as the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, has met since 1847. The building is Canada's second-oldest seat of government. Standing three stories tall, the structure is made with stone quarried in Wallace, Nova Scotia ...

HISTORY of Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1873. The island was originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people. They named the island Abegweit, meaning Cradle on the Waves. They believed that the island was formed by the Great Spirit placing some dark red clay on the Blue Waters ...

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