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Image:Map of Prince Edward Island highlighting Queens Countypng
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202017
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71,619
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355
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$43,089
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Charlottetown (city), Cornwall (town), Stratford (town)
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Greenville Parish , Hillsboro Parish , Charlotte Parish , Bedford Parish , St John's Parish
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Queens Royalty , Lot 20 , Lot 21 , Lot 22 , Lot 23 , Lot 24 , Lot 29 , Lot 30 , Lot 31 , Lot 32 , Lot 33 , Lot 34 , Lot 35 , Lot 36 , Lot 37 , Lot 48 , Lot 49 , Lot 50 , Lot 57 , Lot 58 , Lot 60 , Lot 62 , Lot 65 , Lot 67
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2001
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none
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Kings
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Prince
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is located in central
Prince Edward Island ,
Canada . The county is geographically divided by the Hillsborough River, a tidal inlet which almost splits the county and Prince Edward Island.
The county's geography varies from picturesque shorelines of sandstone cliffs, sandy beaches and sheltered bays on the
Gulf Of St. Lawrence and
Northumberland Strait , to extensive farming operations throughout interior regions. Topography ranges from relatively flat to rolling hills in the central hill lands known as the Bonshaw Hills.
The county was named by Capt.
Samuel Holland in
1765 for the
Queen Consort of King
George III , Queen
Charlotte (1744-1818). As such, Queens County's
Shire Town is
Charlottetown , which was also chosen as the colonial capital because of its central location.
Today,
Urban Sprawl extending from Charlottetown in the centre of the county is the region's most dominant feature; many rural parts of the county within the Charlottetown
Census Agglomeration , and outside, are facing increased pressures to subdivide and develop into suburbs and exurbs.
