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Margate, an unincorporated area, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, NE. of Kensington. Its precise location is N 46°28', W 63°35'.
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| Visitors Guide Listings |
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| The Geography of Margate |
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| Statistical Information |
Margate falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of . They have detailed statistical information available
for the 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 Margate (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):
Margate (Sett., P.O.) was adopted in Place Names of PEI, 1925.Confirmed 2 Augu st 1944 on 11L/5.Status changed to Sett. when P.O. closed 22 May 1948.Status changed to Locality 23 October 1989 on 203-8. The first settler, named Smith, came from Margate, England about 1790. (Place N ames of PEI, 1925.)
Information courtesy Geomatics Canada .
