O'Leary (Prince Edward Island)
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| Location in Prince Edward Island | |||
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| Province : | Prince Edward Island | ||
| County: | Prince County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 42 ′ N , 64 ° 14 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 31 m | ||
| Area : | 4.1 km² | ||
| Residents : | 812 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 198 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
| Postal code : | C0B | ||
| Area code : | +1 902 | ||
| Website : | www.townofoleary.com | ||
O'Leary is a small town in Prince County in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island . The place has 812 inhabitants (2011).
geography
O'Leary is located in the northwest of the province of Prince Edward Island near the Northumberland Strait . Summerside is about 60 kilometers to the southeast.
history
Michael O'Leary, originally from Ireland , settled in the region in 1837 and the place was named O'Leary in his honor. After a railway line passed there, the settlement quickly became a service center for the area. Coal sheds and water tanks were built to supply the steam locomotives and repair workshops were built. After the end of the heyday of the railway industry, agriculture, in particular the cultivation of potatoes, became the main livelihood of the inhabitants. The history of this branch of industry is presented in the Canadian Potato Museum . In the field of sports, the place has a long tradition in ice hockey and calls itself Hockeyville PEI or Hockeytown PEI .
Individual evidence
Web links
- attractions - Canadian Potato Museum
- Hockeyville PEI - O'Leary Hockey Heritage