Lot 57, Prince Edward Island | |
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Township | |
Coordinates: 46°7′N62°50′W / 46.117°N 62.833°W Coordinates: 46°7′N62°50′W / 46.117°N 62.833°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Prince Edward Island |
County | Queens County, |
Parish | St. John's Parish |
Area | |
• Total | 37.24 sq mi (96.44 km2) |
Population (2006) [1] | |
• Total | 999 |
• Density | 27/sq mi (10.4/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Canadian Postal code | C0A |
Area code | 902 |
NTS Map | 011L02 |
GNBC Code | BAESR |
Lot 57 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of St. John's Parish. Lot 57 was awarded to merchant Samuel Smith and Captain James Smith in the 1767 land lottery. By 1803, it had been sold to the Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk. [2]
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Union Road is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located in Queens County.
Lot 34 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Charlotte Parish. Lot 34 was awarded to John Dickson in the 1767 land lottery while Dickson was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peeblesshire. Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet obtained the land upon Dickson's death. As of the 2006 census, there were 2,355 people living on a land area of 92.12 square kilometres (35.57 sq mi).
Lot 62 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, part of St. John's Parish. Lot 62 was awarded to Richard Spry, Esquire in the 1767 Land Lottery, and came to be settled through the efforts of Thomas Douglas, The 5th Earl of Selkirk in 1803. Richard Spry, Esquire, was then Commodore, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet at Gibraltar 1766–1769. Becoming the proprietor, he would be familiar with then the Island of St. John, having first come out to North America in 1754, with the English naval blockade of Ile Royal and the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1756, and then serving off Quebec and in the St. Lawrence into 1759. In 1762, he returned as Commander-in-Chief, North America, quartered in Halifax.
Lot 3 is a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada created during the 1764–1766 survey of Samuel Holland. It is part of North Parish.
Lot 4 is a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada created during the 1764–1766 survey of Samuel Holland. It is part of Egmont Parish.
Lot 5 is a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada created during the 1764–1766 survey of Samuel Holland. It is part of Egmont Parish.
Lot 11 is a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Halifax Parish. Following the Seven Years' War, Lot 11 was awarded in the land lottery of 1767 to Colonel Hunt Walsh, the commanding officer of 28th Regiment of Foot at the capture of Louisbourg and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. While ownership remained with the heirs of Colonel Walsh, portions of the lot were leased to settlers under sequential administration by land agents James Bardin Palmer, John Large and James Warburton. In 1856, the Walsh heirs sold the lot to the colonial government for resale to leaseholders in accordance with the Land Purchase Act of 1853.
St. John's Parish was created as a civil parish in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, during the 1764–1766 survey of Samuel Holland.
Belfast is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located in southeastern Queens County in the townships of Lot 57 and Lot 58.
Hebron is a Canadian rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is located in the township of Lot 8, Prince Edward Island, south of O'Leary.
Abram-Village is a rural municipality in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Kinross is a settlement in Prince Edward Island. It is named after Kinross in Scotland. It is within the census subdivision of Lot 57, Prince Edward Island. Kinross borders three other communities: Uigg, Orwell, and Lyndale.
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.
Northport is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located in Lot 5 township.
Tignish Shore is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located in the Lot 1 township.
Hillsborough Bay is a 244 km2 (94 sq mi) bay on the south shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada and is a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait.
The Municipality of Lot 11 and Area is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located within Prince County.
Resort Municipality, officially named the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico, is the lone municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada that holds resort municipality status. It was established in 1990.