Souris (Prince Edward Island)
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| Location in Prince Edward Island | |||
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| Province : | Prince Edward Island | ||
| County: | Kings | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 21 ′ N , 62 ° 15 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 13 m | ||
| Area : | 3.42 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1173 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 343 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
| Postal code : | C0A | ||
| Area code : | +1 902 | ||
| Mayor : | David MacDonald | ||
| Website : | www.sourispei.com | ||
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Souris is a small town in Kings County in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island . The place has 1173 inhabitants (2011).
geography
Souris is on Northumberland Road before it expands to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence . About 80 kilometers southwest is Charlottetown . Prince Edward Island Route 2 runs through Souris .
history
The first inhabitants in the area of today's city were Mi'kmaq Indians . Acadian immigrants settled the area in 1720 . When the region was ravaged by a mouse plague around 1750 , the place was called Souris based on the French word souris for "mouse". The city was officially founded on November 14, 1910. Due to its location on Northumberlandstrasse, the town has been a center for shipbuilding from the very beginning to the present day . In addition, agriculture and fishing, especially lobster catch and tourism, developed into new branches of the economy. The place has a combined fishing and ferry port .
sons and daughters of the town
- Willibald Joseph MacDonald , university professor
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Canada - Census Souris 2011
- ↑ Canadian Cyclopedia
- ↑ History ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
