Prince Edward Island: the Island with the cobalt blue sea (Part - 1) - Travel Tourism And Landscapes Destinations

By Asad Russel –

About the Prince Edward Island, Canadian province, Canada:
With the culture and history is rich the Prince Edward Island, attractions of exciting and scenery of Canadian, itself as the main island consisting with the other islands as well as. In the population and land area in both this is the smallest province and among the three Maritime Provinces this is one of them. No boundaries for the land to have of the Canada this is the only province. There are several names for this island which are informal like the Garden of the Gulf throughout the province the lush lands of agricultural and to the scenery of pastoral referring this name.

The Cradle of Confederation or the Birthplace of Confederation in 1864 to the Charlottetown Conference which referring, although until the 1873 to the Confederation did not join the Prince Edward Island, the seventh province of Canada it became when. For this island for the economy farming is backbone, the potatoes of Canada about 25% as this island produces. Among the old settlements of the Canada one of them is the Prince Edward Island historically and to the country the older immigration still reflects demographically to this day dominant being overwhelmingly the last names with the Anglo Saxon, Celtic and French.

140,204 residents has the Prince Edward Island province according to the census of the 2011. From the Halifax, Nova Scotia about 200 kilometers north and from the Quebec City about 600 kilometers east this island is located. The main island it consists with the minor islands of about 231. A land area of 5,685.73 square kilometer or 2,195.27 square miles the entire province has now. In size is about 5,520 square kilometers or 2,170 square miles is the main island, than the Delaware of the US state which is larger slightly, in the world among the largest island the 104th and 23rd largest island in the Canada.

The history of the Prince Edward Island:
About 10,000 years traces back the history of the Prince Edward Island, when to have arrived were believed of the Mikmaq people the ancestors. In this area hunted and foraged these native people, to the mainland which was connected. Before the rose of the sea levels passed 5,000 years approximately, the land bridge removing and into an island the region transforming. On the land upon settling, as Epekwitk named it the Mikmaq, on the waves to resting which translates. To Abegweit the pronunciation of it’s changed eventually the arrivals of the European.

Although until the 18th century on this island permanently did not settle the European, in 1534 this area to discover the first European became the Jacques Cartier. That the first settlement of the French until 1720 it was not, imaginable of land stretch as the most beautiful described the Cartier on what was established the Port La Joie, of St. Peters by the fishing port was followed at the Port La Joie the colony, over for the next 20 years the main settlement which represented. From 300 to 450 people was about ranged the population in this island on that early times.

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