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ID: 7005803
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Record Type: administrative |
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Prince Edward Island (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 20 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.3333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 063 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -63.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Island and province are coextensive; smallest province in Canada; summer resort of mainland Micmacs before exploration by Europeans; Jacques Cartier was first European to document island in 1534; settled by French in 1720; ceded to Great Britain in 1763. |
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| Prince Edward Island (preferred,C,V)
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............ | renamed after Edward, duke of Kent, commander of British troops in N America 1799 |
| Province d' Île-du-Prince-Édouard (C,V)
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| Prince Edward Island, Province of (C,V)
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| Île du Prince-Édouard (C,V)
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| Saint Jean, Île (C,V)
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| Príncipe Eduardo, Isla (C,O)
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| Isle St. John (H,V)
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............ | 1534-1798 |
| Ile-St-Jean (H,V)
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............ | 1534-1798 |
| St. Jean Ile (H,V)
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Place Types: |
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| province (preferred, B) |
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since 1873 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| island (C) |
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