HISTORY OF PRESBYTERIANISM

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

CHAPTER I.

GENERAL REMARKS.

Prince Edward Island, originally called the Island of St. John, lies south of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and is separated from Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick by the Straits of Northumberland, a channel varying in width from seven to forty miles. The narrowest point is between Cape Traverse, P. E. I., and Cape Tormentine, N. B. Between these two points the ice—boats with mails and passengers cross when winter navigation by other means is impos- sible. This also is the route of the contemplated tunnel or subway between the island and the main- land. The length of Prince Edward Island is one hundred and fifty miles and its breadth varies from three to fifty miles. It contains an area. of two thousand one hundred and forty square miles, or about 1,400,000 acres. The surface of the country is, generally speaking, very level. The central part of the island province is somewhat undulating, forming a succession of ridges which present a most agreeable variety of hill and dale. The scenery,

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