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Prince Edward Island
They are referred to as the "Islanders" and deem everyone not born there as "from away". Yet one would be hard-pressed to find a more welcoming warmth so close to the Arctic as on Prince Edward Island. It is officially the 104th biggest island in the world and supplies its inhabitants and more than 1,000,000 visitors a year with a natural serenity and a peace of mind. In fact, the tallest buildings rarely exceed 6 storeys and over 62% of all households have at least one dog.
Provincial Flower
The provincial flower of Prince Edward Island is the Pink Lady's Slipper or Cypripedium acaule (Lat.) his flower echoes the natural serenity of PEI with its hues of subdued green, yellow, maroon, pink and white. This beautiful flower has the ability to adapt in a variety of environments, some more harsh than other, including mountain tops, coastal plains and pine barrens. It is perhaps therefore an apt representation of Prince Edward Island as its people have grown accustomed to the same conditions that include warm to hot summers as well as freezing winters.
Capital City
Of course not all is sun, snow or beautiful flowers. Prince Edward Island’s capital city is Charlottetown and is in fact one of only two cities on an island with a population of just over 140,000. However there are numerous smaller towns and villages, which results in Charlottetown being left with a population of 32,000 individuals who all take up residence on the island's southern shore. Charlottetown is also affectionately called the "Birthplace of Confederation" as a result of the historic 1864 Charlottetown Conference.
History
The first recorded inhabitants of Prince Edward Island were the Mi'kmaq people, who named the island Abegweit which means "Land Cradled on the Waves". Like many of the other Canadian Provinces, Prince Edward Island was subject to disputes between the French and the English. As a French colony part of Acadia, the island was known as "Île Saint-Jean" with a population close to 1,000. Yet their residence on the island was to be short-lived as they were expelled in 1758 as Colonel Andrew Rollo captured the island under orders from General Jeffery Amherst.
Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference which led to the Articles of Confederation as well as the official establishment of Canada in 1867. At that stage Prince Edward Island declined becoming one of Canada's provinces citing unfavourable Union terms as its reason. The following years saw the colony considering becoming an independent dominion or joining the United States. It was however thanks to Canadian Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, a man opposed to American expansionism, who finally convinced the colony of Prince Edward Island to join Canada which it so did on July 1st, 1873.
Geography
Prince Edward Island lies within the Gulf of Saint Lawrence east of New Brunswick. The islands natural and relatively diverse natural beauty can be seen in its red-tinged white sand beaches, coves, rolling hills and woods. These natural elements of the Island are all protected by law; however some areas are still subject to negligent oversight.
Away from the cities, the smaller rural areas still depend on small-scale agriculture for their survival. However even these are being threatened by industrial modernisation as properties are consolidated.
Along the coast one would find a number of long beaches, bays, natural harbours, dunes and red sandstone cliffs which owe their colour to the oxidation of a high iron concentration.