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The Royal Prince Edward Island By: Elizabeth Clement and Hallie Jacobs

Major Cities-

Major Landforms - Major Bodies of Water - Climate Overview - Economy- Fun Facts-
 * Charlettetown:Charlottetown which is Prince Edward Island's capitol, is one of the most historic cities in Canada. When representitives from seven British North American colonies met in Charlottetown, they discussed plans to unite, this led to the formation of the Domain of Canada.
 * Summerside- The second largest city in P.E.I is Summerside. The city was incorperated as a town on April 1st, 1877, and as a city on April 1st, 1995.
 * Highest point is in Springton,Queens County at 458 feet. There are a lot of small islands. Some are St. Peter's, Lennox, Governor's. Sand dunes on the north shore block tidal inlets making huge ships called vessels will not be able to enter.
 * Hillsboruogh, North, and East rivers are the longest rivers at Prince Edward Island. They empty into the Charlottetown harbour. There are few fresh water lakes and ponds, but there are a bunch of salt creeks. Salt creeks happen because salt water tides flow into them. Did you know there are also tons of salt water lagoons that are closed by sand dunes.
 * Highest Temperature recorded- In Charlottetown 98 degrees on August 19, 1935. Lowest Temperature recorded- Close to Alberton at 35 degrees on January 26, 1884. 44 inches of precipitation. 109 inches of snow per year. Perfect for purple shining Lupines!
 * Prince Edward Island's land area is almost half farmland, which makes agriculture a big part in thier economy, there biggest crop is potatoes. They also produce dairy products and meat.
 * Their most important seafood they catch is crab. They aslo supply oysters, tuna, and other seafoods.
 * Prince Edwars Island's flag is a gold lion on top and three trees with a big oak. The lion represents the United Kingdom, the three trees represent the three counties of P.E.I, and the oak stands for the ties with the United Kingdom.
 * At Cape Edmonton is the Bottle Houses, these are houses made from bottles, the threee largest ones are made from about 12,000.
 * Prince Edward Island is the only Canadian providence that is not attached to the North American mainland.
 * It's nickname is The Island or P.E.I, it's initials.



SourcesWorldbook.comPrince Edward Island By Deidre KesslerCanada in the Century, I.E.P By Suzanne LeVertSummerside By Wikipedia