Montague, Prince Edward Island
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| Motto: Prosper Fair Montague | |||
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| Coordinates: 46°10′11″N 62°39′14″W / 46.16979°N 62.65383°WCoordinates: 46°10′11″N 62°39′14″W / 46.16979°N 62.65383°W | |||
| Country | Canada | ||
| Province | Prince Edward Island | ||
| County | Kings County | ||
| Founded | 1732 | ||
| Incorporated | April 26, 1917 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Richard Collins | ||
| • Deputy Mayor | David Mabon | ||
| • Councillors |
Jim Bagnall Sheila Fitzpatrick Debbie Johnston John MacFarlane Wayne Spin |
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| • CAO | Andrew (Andy) C. Daggett | ||
| Area | |||
| • Town | 3.04 km2 (1.17 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Town | 2,127 | ||
| • Density | 592.2/km2 (1,534/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 6,011 | ||
| • Change (2006-11) |
 7.1% |
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| Time zone | Atlantic (AST) (UTC−4) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC−3) | ||
| Postal code | C0A 1R0 | ||
| Area code(s) | 902 | ||
| Telephone Exchange | 838, 361 | ||
| NTS Map | 011L02 | ||
| GNBC Code | BABTL | ||
| Website | www |
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Montague (2011 CA pop. 6,011) is a Canadian town and the largest population centre in Kings County, Prince Edward Island.
The town straddles the Montague River which is the dividing line between the townships of Lot 52 and Lot 59. The town functions as a regional service centre for a rural population of 20,000. The town supports two large supermarkets, three hardware stores, a number of independent businesses, and several fast food restaurants, banks, and car dealerships.
Montague is the third largest non-suburban municipality in the province, and is the only town east of Stratford to show notable growth recently.
The town is home to the Kings County Memorial Hospital, provincial government offices, and the Montague Curling Club, along with an elementary, intermediate and regional high school. The past years have seen a number of older homes and commercial buildings replaced with new, suburban style development along Main Street, particularly in the north end. A large scale redevelopment of the town's waterfront has taken place in recent years.
Located 44 km east of Charlottetown and 15 km southwest of Georgetown, the town's precise location is 46°10′N, 62°39′W.
Jean-Pierre Roma, a French merchant settled in 1732 a site a few miles East of present-day Montague that he called Trois Rivieres, now The Three Rivers. It is now a designated historic site, which brings to life his story and how he established there an international trading post. Its interpretive centre is open from the last week of June to the last week of September each year. Unfortunately for him and his business, the French on Ile St. Jean were to be defeated by the English in 1745.
At the time of Samuel Holland's survey in the 1760s, Georgetown was designated as the shire town of Kings County. The Montague River was the southernmost of three rivers draining the area. Eventually Lower Montague, Montague Road and Montague Bridge were named after the river. The river itself traces its name to either George Brudenell, 4th Earl of Cardigan (later George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, or Montague Wilmot, Governor of Nova Scotia (which then included St. John's Island - present-day Prince Edward Island) at the time of Holland's survey. The Garden of the Gulf Museum (c. 1887 to 1888) is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
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