Charlottetown (disambiguation)

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Charlottetown is the capital city of Prince Edward Island in Canada.

Charlottetown Provincial capital city in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom, Charlottetown was originally an unincorporated town that incorporated as a city in 1855.

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Charlottetown may also refer to:

Communities

In Canada

Charlottetown, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Charlottetown is a town of about 290 people in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was said to be founded by Benjamin Powell in 1950 and named for Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island: "I thought that maybe someday the place would be the capital of the bay, the same way Charlottetown is the capital of Prince Edward Island."

Charlottetown, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador Community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Charlottetown is a small community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Electoral districts

In Canada

Charlottetown (electoral district) Federal electoral district in Canada

Charlottetown is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The district, which includes the entire City of Charlottetown, has an area of 46 km2 and a population of 34,562 as of 2011.

Charlottetown-Brighton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly named Charlottetown-Rochford Square from 1996 to 2007.

Charlottetown-Victoria Park is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Charlottetown-Kings Square.

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Hotel Charlottetown

The Hotel Charlottetown was built by the Canadian National Railway in 1931 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Charlottetown Mall was a shopping mall located in Charlotte, North Carolina, right outside what is now Charlotte center city. The first enclosed shopping mall in the Southeast, it opened in on October 28, 1959. Atlanta's Lenox Square opened two months earlier, but it was an open-air mall at first. The mall was situated on a 10-acre (40,000 m2) parcel on the southeastern fringes of Charlotte's "center city" area. Rouse Company was the mall's developers.

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Charlottetown after the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island. Uniquely in Canadian naval history, two of these vessels had the same name and pennant number.

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