Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island
| Municipality of Malpeque Bay | |
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| Community | |
 Municipality of Malpeque Bay
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| Coordinates: 46°30′N 63°40′W / 46.500°N 63.667°WCoordinates: 46°30′N 63°40′W / 46.500°N 63.667°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Prince Edward Island |
| County |
Prince County Queens County |
| Parish |
St. David's Parish Grenville Parish |
| Incorporated | 1973 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Chairperson | James Carruthers-Hamilton |
| • Councillors | Jamie Crozier Herbert Clark Tim Thompson Myles Hickey Trent Caseley Tyler Pickering |
| • Seat | Malpeque |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,029 |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Canadian Postal code | C0B 1M0 |
| Area code(s) | 902 |
The Municipality of Malpeque Bay is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located in Prince County and Queens County.
The municipality derives its name from Malpeque Bay, the second largest bay in the province which forms the municipality's western boundary. The municipality straddles several levels of geographic hierarchy in the province, including the townships of Lot 18 and Lot 20, the parishes of St. David's Parish and Grenville Parish, as well as the counties of Prince County and Queens County.
The municipality's seat is in the community of Malpeque.
The area was originally settled by the Mi'kmaq around 2500 BC. The Mi'kmaq called the area "Makpaak", meaning "large bay".
Acadian families arrived from Nova Scotia in 1728 and settled on the west shore of Malpeque Bay, north of present-day Miscouche, naming their settlement "Malpèque" after the Mi'kmaq name. By 1752, the settlement housed a population of more than 200. In 1758, the expulsion of the Acadians began after the fall of Louisbourg. According to local tradition, when the Malpèque settlers learned of the British arrival at Port-LaJoye, they stripped their church and buried the chapel bell to hide it from British capture.
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