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In 1798, Great Britain changed the colony's name from St. John's Island to Prince Edward Island to distinguish it from similar names in the Atlantic, such as the cities of Saint John and St. John's. The colony's new name honoured the fourth son of King George III , Prince Edward Augustus, the Duke of Kent (1767–1820), who was then commanding ...
In 1769, St. John's island became its own British colony and its name was changed to Prince Edward Island (PEI) in 1798. PEI hosted the Charlottetown Conference in 1864 to discuss a union of the Maritime provinces; however, the conference became the first in a series of meetings which led to Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867.
Prince Edward Island: English (ultimately from Old English) After Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, ultimately from the Anglo-Saxon ead "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and weard "guardian, protector" [15] Quebec: Algonquin, Mi'kmaq, Ojibwe: kébec "Where the river narrows", referring to the narrowing of the Saint Lawrence River at ...
Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County.Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in 1855.
Prince Edward Island entered Confederation on July 1, 1873. Aside from being the seat of colonial government, the community came to be noted during the early nineteenth century for shipbuilding and its lumber industry as well as being a fishing port. The shipbuilding industry declined in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Prince Edward County: English Named in honour of Prince Edward Augustus, then-commander-in-chief of British North America. Quinte West: French/Mohawk Named for its location on the western end of the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario. The name Quinte is derived from the French name "Kenté", which was the name of a French Catholic mission in the ...
In April 2022, the PEI legislature voted unanimously in favour of renaming the bridge to "Epekwitk Crossing", [15] whereas Epekwitk (/ ˈ ɛ b ə ɡ w ɪ d / EH-bə-gwid) is the traditional Mi'kmaq name for Prince Edward Island. The name change would need to be approved by the Canadian federal government in order to take effect.
The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited subantarctic [3] [4] [5] volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean that are administered by South Africa.They are named Marion Island (named after Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, 1724–1772) and Prince Edward Island (named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1767–1820).