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New Glasgow, an unincorporated area, is located in Queens County in the central portion of Prince Edward Island, SW. of North Rustico.. Its precise location is 46'25"N, 63'21"W.

This page is a comprehensive index of all of the information on our website related to New Glasgow. You can also search for information on other communities.

Aerial photography courtesy of AirScapes. All aerial photographs are available for sale, as prints or slides; please contact AirScapes for details. You can also see a complete list of aerial photographs of the Island.

	Farm 500 x 280 - 53K 711 x 399 - 117K		Island Preserve Company 500 x 375 - 51K 800 x 600 - 126K

Our community photographs collection includes selected photos of schools, churches, parks, and other public buildings, areas and events. We are constantly adding to our collection, and welcome your suggestions.

	New Glasgow Credit: Photo by Bob Adair, Vancouver, BC 500 x 334 - 35K 861 x 576 - 90K		Lupins Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 256 x 374 - 40K 328 x 480 - 52K 410 x 600 - 78K 833 x 1219 - 242K
	Summer Scene Credit: Thomas Starno 640 x 480 - 81K 800 x 600 - 116K 1024 x 768 - 171K 1280 x 960 - 248K 1600 x 1200 - 285K 2304 x 1728 - 500K		Old Mill Resturant Credit: Nicholas MacDonald 737 x 491 - 240K

Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 43 businesses in New Glasgow.

InfoPEI is a useful compendium of facts, addresses, pointers to businesses, governments and organizations and other reference information. To see InfoPEI information on New Glasgow, select a category and click GO.

Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual. To see information on facilities in New Glasgow, select a category and click GO.

Maps

You can use our interactive maps to display maps of New Glasgow and area. Click on any of the links below:

The following residential and commercial real estate and vacant land is currently listed in the Prince Edward Island MLS system, operated independently by the PEI Real Estate Association. Select any property and click More Information to see the listing from the MLS website, provided by the realtor. For more real estate information, see our interactive real estate map for New Glasgow.

Please note that while the Government of Prince Edward Island and the PEI Real Estate Association have used their best efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of this information, it is provided as a general reference only. The Government of Prince Edward Island and the PEI Real Estate Association assume no responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of the information generated.

New Glasgow falls inside the Statistics Canada census subdivision of Lot 23. We have detailed statistical information available for the Lot 23 census subdivision for the following categories: Education, Ethnicity, Family, Income, Labour Force, Population, and Shelter.

Information courtesy Statistics Canada.

The official history of the geographic name New Glasgow (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):

Post Office closed August 1968. New Glasgow, Prince Edwar d Island was named by early settlers who emigrated from S cotland in 1820. The first to arrive was John Moffatt. He was followed by the Arthurs, Orrs, Semples, and Stevenso ns. These people named the place New Glasgow after their home town, and the adjacent river the Clyde. A ceremony w as held during which a bottle of liquor was broken over t he bridge, which was then simply a log placed across the river. There are also villages called Glasgow and Glasgow Mountain in Nova Scotia. New Glasgow (Vill.) was adopted tin Place Names of PEI, 1925.Confirmed 12 December 1939 on 11L/6.Status changed to Hamlet in 1960 Gazetteer.Status changed to Locality 23 October 1989 on 203-8.

Information courtesy Geomatics Canada.