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French River, an unincorporated area, is located in Queens County in the central portion of Prince Edward Island, NE. of Kensington. Its precise location is 46'31"N, 63'31"W.
This page is a comprehensive index of all of the information on our website related to French River. You can also search for information on other communities.
| Aerial Photographs |
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.
| French River Harbour 640 x 480 - 44K 500 x 375 - 56K | Harbour 500 x 342 - 46K 708 x 485 - 86K | ||
| French River Golf Course 710 x 502 - 52K 500 x 353 - 57K | French River Harbour 499 x 358 - 62K 706 x 506 - 138K | ||
MORE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 8 aerial photographs of French River in our Aerial Photo Gallery.
| Community Photographs |
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.
| French River Harbour Credit: James Devault (j.devault@att.net) Summer 2006 429 x 516 - 64K 571 x 687 - 104K 761 x 916 - 305K | Fishing Boat Credit: Stella Hagen 1024 x 768 - 127K 640 x 480 - 249K 800 x 600 - 351K | ||
| Fishing Boat Credit: Stella Hagen 1024 x 768 - 45K 640 x 480 - 133K 800 x 600 - 184K |
| Business Directory |
Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 14 businesses in French River.
| InfoPEI Listings |
InfoPEI is a useful compendium of facts, addresses, pointers to businesses, governments and organizations and other reference information. To see InfoPEI information on French River, select a category and click GO.
| Visitors Guide Listings |
Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual. To see information on facilities in French River, select a category and click GO.
| The Geography of French River |
Maps
You can use our interactive maps to display maps of French River and area. Click on any of the links below:
| Real Estate for Sale |
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 French River.
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.
| Census Information |
French River falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of Lot 21. We have detailed statistical information available
for the Lot 21 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 French River (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):
French River (Ham.) was adopted 2 August 1944 on 11L/12.Status changed to Locality 23 October 1989 on 203-8. Named so because it was a former French settlement. (Postmaster 1902)
Information courtesy Geomatics Canada.



This information has been taken from www.gov.pe.ca