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Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : Green Gables Shore
Description From Owner:
- Named by the Legislative Assembly 1798 for Prince Edward, Duke of Kent who was then in command of troops at Halifax.
- Douglas 1925 notes that the King confirmed it February 5, 1799, and that Governor Fanning appears to have used it first on June 13, 1799. Champlain 1603 isle de Saint Jean, probably given earlier by French voyagers.
- Guérard 1631 La Terre de bauchimyeq; Southack 1717 Island St. John's. After British occupation 1759 it officially became St. John's Island, which led to confusion with Saint John, N.B., and St. John's, Nfld.
- It was changed to New Ireland 1780, but disallowed because the name was in use elsewhere. New Anglesea and New Guernsey were also rejected. In Micmac Epagwit, 'parallel to the shore'; also Minegoo 'The Island'.
- Since late 1800s called Garden of the Gulf. Lieutenant Governor Howlan called it Million Acre Farm in the 1890s.
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