Charlottetown - geography.

Charlottetown - geography. I INTRODUCTION Charlottetown, city, capital of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Charlottetown is the province's largest city, and Canada's smallest provincial capital. It is the main administrative, service, financial, and commercial center for the province, and is also its cultural and educational capital. The city was the site of the 1864 Charlottetown Conference, which set the stage for the union of the British North American colonies into the Dominion of Canada. This union is known to Canadians as Confederation. Because of this role, the Canadian Parliament has designated Charlottetown the "Birthplace of Confederation," and it has become a major tourist destination. Charlottetown is the seat of Queens County and is situated at approximately the midpoint along the south coast of the island, where the Hillsborough and North rivers empty into Charlottetown Harbour. Despite its northerly location, Charlottetown has a mild climate, with an average daily temperature range of -10° to -3° C (10° to 26° F) in January, and 14 ° to 23° C (57° to 74° F) in July. II PEOPLE In 1981 the population of Charlottetown was 15,282, but by the 2001 census the city had incorporated the adjoining communities of Parkdale, Sherwood, East Royalty, West Royalty, Winsloe, and Hillborough Park, and the population had grown to 32,245 . Early settlers in Charlottetown were mainly English, but gradually the population mix changed as Irish and Scots people immigrated to the area between 1770 and the 1860s. The city also has a number of Acadian residents, who are descendants of the original French colonists of the region, and a small Lebanese community. III CITY LANDSCAPE &...