Georgetown, Prince Edward Island
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| Coordinates: 46°11′05″N 62°32′01″W / 46.18459°N 62.53362°WCoordinates: 46°11′05″N 62°32′01″W / 46.18459°N 62.53362°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Prince Edward Island |
| County | Kings County |
| Parish | St. George's Parish |
| Founded | 1732 |
| Incorporated | 1912 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Mayor | Lewis Lavandier |
| • Deputy Mayor | Wade Williams |
| • Councillors | Faye McQuillan Allan Gallant Michael Gallant Toby Murphy Mark Stephen |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) From Statistics Canada |
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| • Total | 693 |
| • Density | 384.7/km2 (996/sq mi) |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Canadian Postal code | C0A 1L0 |
| Area code(s) | 902 |
| Telephone Exchange | 652 |
| NTS Map | 011L02 |
| GNBC Code | BABDH |
Georgetown is a town in Prince Edward Island; and is the county seat of Kings County. As of 2011, the population was 693.
This area of eastern Prince Edward Island traces its history of human settlement to the Mi'kmaq Nation which inhabited the area. These people were referred to as "Epegoitnag" and for them, the region was an Acadian forest wilderness containing wild game, as well as fruit, berries and wild nuts for gathering, as well as plentiful marine resources in the nearby rivers and Northumberland Strait. The land in this area was called "Samkook" which translates to 'the land of the sandy shore'.
Georgetown lies opposite Brudenell Point, which divides the Brudenell River to the north from the Montague River to the south. Brudenell Point was the location of the first permanent Acadian settlement on what the French called Ile-Saint-Jean. Here, entrepreneur Jean Pierre Roma landed in 1732 with approximately 100 settlers to begin a commercial settlement to grow food and catch fish for provisioning the French military garrison at Fortress of Louisbourg on Ile-Royale (now Cape Breton Island). French settlers called the area Trois-Rivieres (Three Rivers). The British burned the village in 1745, the same time they took control of Port-la-Joye.
Following the transfer of control of Acadia to Britain at the conclusion of the Seven Years' War in 1763, the British government survey of St. John's Island by Captain Samuel Holland selected the entirety of Cardigan Point for the capital of Kings County and designated it as the township of Kings Royalty.
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