Prince Edward Island : Garden Province of Canada its history, interests, and resources with information for tourists, etc . 0, its a snug little island!A right little, tight little island!—Dibdin 30 miles. GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION N the great Bay of the Gulf of Saint Lawrenceand separated from the Continent by the North-umberland Strait lies the beautiful Province ofPrince Edward Island. It is situated between460 and 470 7 North Latitude and 620 and 64027 West Longitude, and is distant from NewBrunswick at the nearest point 9 miles, fromNova Scotia 15 miles, and from Cape Bretonrhe Island pr
Prince Edward Island : Garden Province of Canada its history, interests, and resources with information for tourists, etc . 0, its a snug little island!A right little, tight little island!—Dibdin 30 miles. GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION N the great Bay of the Gulf of Saint Lawrenceand separated from the Continent by the North-umberland Strait lies the beautiful Province ofPrince Edward Island. It is situated between460 and 470 7 North Latitude and 620 and 64027 West Longitude, and is distant from NewBrunswick at the nearest point 9 miles, fromNova Scotia 15 miles, and from Cape Bretonrhe Island presents the form of an irregular crescent — 2 — concaved towards the North, is 130 miles long, and from 2 to34 miles wide, and contains an area of 2,133 square miles or1,365,120 acres. HISTORICAL SKETCH Wrapped up in the mists of the cloudy past, the exactdate of the discovery of Prince Edward Island is a matter ofconjecture. A commonly accepted belief is that it was firstsighted by John Cabot in 1497, who named it Saint John inhonor of the day, June 24th, the anniversary of the death ofSaint John the Baptist. Many writers contend that it was dis-covered by Cabots son Sebastian in j 498, w
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