Rural Routes Prince Edward Island

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3192 GARFEILD RD
Belfast, Prince Edward Island
C0A 1A0

Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : Points East Coastal Drive

Description From Owner:

14 mi SE of Charlottetown in Lots 57 and 58. P.O. 1870-1913. In French period also called Grande-Sanction.
Extends into Northumberland Strait. Derived from French pointe prime, 'first point' south on the compass.
Franquet 1751 Pte du Sud ou de prime; Holland 1765 Point Prim; Des Barres 1779 Point Prior. In Micmac Wejowitk, 'beside the flowing current'.
For a time in the late 1700s it was called Point Prior. The Mi'kmaq called it Wejowitk, 'beside the flowing current.
With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011

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Nearby:	Belfast, 0km Eldon, 2km Garfield, 3km Pinette, 3km Lord Selkirk Provincial Park, 3km Lower Newtown, 4km Pinette Provincial Park, 4km Roseberry, 4km Lot 58, 3km South Pinette, 5km Mount Buchanan, 5km Buchanan Island, 5km Lot 57, 6km Ocean View, 5km Surrey, 5km Orwell Corner / Cove / Bay, 7km Fodhla, 5km	Brush Wharf Provincial Park, 8km Flat River, 8km China Point, 8km Newtown Cross, 7km Iona, 6km Gairloch, 7km Melville, 8km Black Lake, 9km Valley, 7km Lot 60, 8km Orwell, 9km Earnscliffe, 9km Vernon Bridge, 11km Lot 66, 11km Belle River, 11km Kinross, 10km Cherry Valley, 11km	Uigg, 11km Grandview, 10km Culloden, 10km Lyndale, 11km Seal River, 13km Millview, 13km Bellevue, 10km Lewes, 11km Vernon River, 15km Glencoe, 15km Christie Island, 14km Mount Mellick, 15km Lot 49, 16km Village Green, 15km Waterside, 15km Hermitage, 16km

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