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Belfast, PEI (Nearby: Hazelbrook, Alexandra, Three Rivers PEI, Stratford, Murray River)

3192 GARFIELD RD
Belfast, Prince Edward Island
C0A 1A0

Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : Points East Coastal Drive

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13 mi SW of Montague in Belfast, Lot 58. Given c1881 probably for James Abraham Garfield (1831-1881), 20th president of the United States. P.O. c1882-1915.
The area was settled by Scots and first known as Gairloch for a parish in Ross-shire, Scotland. In the 1870s the post office name was Selkirk Road.
The present name was adopted in 1881 when James A. Garfield, 20th president of the United States, was assassinated after six months in office. The name Gairloch persisted for sometime after the official name change.
With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011

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Nearby:	Belfast, 0km Eldon, 2km 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 Point Prim, 8km 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