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Souris, a town, is located in Kings County in the eastern portion of Prince Edward Island, E. of Souris West. Its precise location is N 46°21', W 62°15'.
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| Municipal Government Information |
The Town was incorporated in 1910 and has a population of 1173.
| Telephone: | (902) 687-2157 |
| Facsimile: | (902) 687-4426 |
| Address: | PO Box 628, Souris, PE, C0A 2B0 |
| Meetings: | Second Monday of the month. Souris Town Hall 75 Main Street This information is subject to change. Please contact the municipality to confirm the meeting time and location. |
| Office Hours: | Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Email: | town@sourispei.com |
| Website: | http://www.sourispei.com/ |
| Community Photographs |
Our community photographs collection includes selected photos of schools, churches, parks, and other public buildings, areas and events. .
  | Dalvay by the Sea Credit: 2002 Mary Payne, Annapolis, Mayland, USA 500 x 335 - 24K 1024 x 686 - 122K |  | Dalvay by the Sea Credit: 2002 Mary Payne, Annapolis, Mayland, USA 500 x 335 - 24K 1024 x 686 - 123K |
 | A Farmhouse at Cape Tryon Credit: (c) 2003 Nancy Starno 650 x 410 - 88K 1024 x 646 - 156K |  | Tignish Point Harbour Credit: 2004 Paulette Holmes - Mansfield, TX, USA 500 x 333 - 40K 1024 x 683 - 89K |
| Visitors Guide Listings |
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| The Geography of Souris |
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| Statistical Information |
The PEI Community Accounts has information about Souris. Community Accounts provides a comprensive source of community, regional, and provincial data on social, environmental and economic topics
Information courtesy of Community Accounts
Souris falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of Souris. They have detailed statistical information available
for the Souris census subdivision for the following categories:
Education,Ethnicity,Family,Income,Labour Force,Population, and Shelter.
Information courtesy Statistics Canada.
| History of the Name |
The official history of the geographic name Souris (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):
Souris (Town) was incorporated in 1910.Confirmed in Place Names of PEI, 1925 a nd 7 January 1947 on 11L/8.Changed to Souris (Souris East P.O.-B. de p.)(Town) 7 April 1949 on C. 4419.Name changed to Souris (Town) 8 December 1966 on 11L/ 8. "The reference is to mice, of which there were three plagues here between 1720 a nd 1738."- PN of PEI, 1925.
Information courtesy Geomatics Canada .
