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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island  (definition)

Charlottetown is the largest city on, and the provincial capital of, , and the county seat of Queens County.

Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885. It was most famously the site of the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, the first gathering of Canadian statesmen to debate the proposed Canadian Confederation. From this, the city adopted as its motto "Cunabula Foederis" -- "Birthplace of Confederation"




Articles tagged with Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (4)


iWalk therefore iAm

Smartphone walking tours open a gate to the city’s past

Canadian Geographic Travel Magazine
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, May 2011
Department: Gateway
Contributors:

Article ID#: 1235

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Charlottetown

Discover Charlottetown: 24 hours in one of Canada’s smallest and most historic capitals

Canadian Geographic Travel Magazine
Source: Canadian Geographic Travel, May 2008
Department: OneCity
Contributors:

Article ID#: 1380





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