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Geographic Locations > Islands > Prince Edward Island
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Prince Edward Island
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Prince Edward Island
Geographic Locations > Americas > North America > Canada > Prince Edward Island

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Prince Edward Island  

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  • Geographical Descriptor

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Note

  • a province of eastern Canada

Scope note

  • An island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence constituting a province of Canada in the eastern part of the country. It is very irregular in shape with many deep inlets. Its capital is Charlottetown. Discovered by the French in 1534 and originally named Ile Saint-Jean, it was renamed in 1799 in honor of Prince Edward, fourth son of George III and future father of Queen Victoria. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p981 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p433)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011325

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