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Prince Edward County, ON

Prince Edward
City (single-tier)
County of Prince Edward
Location of Prince Edward
Coordinates: 44°00′N 77°15′W / 44.000°N 77.250°W / 44.000; -77.250Coordinates: 44°00′N 77°15′W / 44.000°N 77.250°W / 44.000; -77.250
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
County none (Single-tier municipality)
Settled 1792
Incorporated 1998
Government
 • Type City
 • Mayor Robert Leighton Quaiff
 • Federal riding Bay of Quinte
 • Prov. riding Prince Edward—Hastings
Area
 • Land 1,050.45 km2 (405.58 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 25,258
 • Density 24.0/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code K0K
Area code(s) 613
Website www.pecounty.on.ca

Prince Edward County (2011 census population 25,258) is a single-tier municipality and a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario.

Long settled by indigenous peoples, the county has significant archeological sites. These include the LeVescounte Mounds of the Point Peninsula Complex people, built about 2000 years ago.

The settlement for European-Canadians was facilitated when the county was created by Upper Canada's founding lieutenant-governor John Graves Simcoe on July 16, 1792. It was named after Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (the fourth son of King George III) who was commander-in-chief of British North America.

Shortly after the American Revolution, the Crown made land grants to some of the earliest United Empire Loyalists to encourage their settlements in Ontario and provide compensation for property lost in the Thirteen Colonies. The county was originally composed of three townships named in honour of three of George III's daughters.

For many years Prince Edward County has been closely associated with the wholly mainland Hastings County. Its longtime militia unit has been The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment (locally known as the Hasty Ps), whose most famous member was Farley Mowat. This noted nature author wrote And No Birds Sang, about his experiences with the Hasty Ps during the Second World War's Italian Campaign.


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