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From September 1 to 7, 1864, Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference, which was the first meeting in the process leading to the Quebec Resolutions and the creation of Canada in 1867. Prince Edward Island found the terms of union unfavourable and balked at joining in 1867, choosing to remain a colony of the United Kingdom.
This compares with 4.4% in Prince Edward Island, and 5.0% for Canada overall. 21.0% of the resident population in Charlottetown are of retirement age compared with 21.2% in Prince Edward Island and 19.0% in Canada. The median age is 40.8 years of age compared to 44.0 years of age for Prince Edward Island and 41.6 years of age for all of Canada.
Prince Edward Island Route 15 is a secondary highway in central Prince Edward Island. Route 15 follows Brackley Point Road beginning at the junction with the Charlottetown Perimeter Highway (Trans-Canada Highway, Route 1). The route passes near the Charlottetown Airport, then proceeds north through the community of Brackley Beach.
Confederation Bridge at Borden-Carleton - Cornwall - Charlottetown - Stratford - Northumberland Ferries terminal at Wood Islands: Trans-Canada Highway: Route 1A: 20.3 12.6 Route 1 at Albany - Central Bedeque - Route 2 at Travellers Rest (northeast of Summerside) Route 2: 216 134 Tignish - Summerside - Kensington - Hunter River - Charlottetown ...
Route 1 is a 120-kilometre (75 mi) long provincial highway that serves as the Prince Edward Island section of the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 1 traverses the southern shores of Prince Edward Island, from the Confederation Bridge in Borden-Carleton to the Wood Islands ferry dock, and bypasses the provincial capital, Charlottetown. It is an ...
Downtown Charlottetown is the original boundaries of Charlottetown as surveyed in 1764 and comprises all property south of Euston Street and west of the rail corridor (now the Confederation Trail). The original 500 residential lots from this survey have been kept largely intact, except for some office and retail development in the centre of the ...
A hilly landscape on the west side of the channel entrance to Charlottetown harbour, with remnants of an 18th-century fort built by the French and later occupied by the British; the site was the seat of government and port of entry for settlers to Île Saint-Jean/Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island Route 7 is a secondary highway in central Prince Edward Island. The short connecting route begins at an intersection with Route 2 west of Charlottetown, and runs north to Oyster Bed Bridge, where the road continues as Route 6. It is an uncontrolled, paved two-lane road for its entire length. [2]