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Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is Canada's smallest province, making up just 0.1 per cent of Canada’s total land area. It is situated in the Gulf of St Lawrence and separated from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by the Northumberland Strait.
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Prince Edward Island National Park

Prince Edward Island National Park (est 1937, 21.5 km2) is a narrow strip of coastline stretching over 40 km along the north shore of PEI.
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Prince George

Prince George, British Columbia, incorporated as a city in 1915, population 76,708 (2021 census), 74,003 (2016 census). Prince George is the largest city in the northern part of the province. It is situated in the geographical centre of British Columbia at the junction of the Nechako and Fraser rivers. Prince George was founded on the traditional territory of the Lheidli T'enneh, a sub-group of the Dakelh or Carrier Dene. The Dakelh aided Alexander Mackenzie on his journey to the Pacific coast in 1793.
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Prince of Wales Fort

Prince of Wales Fort is an 18th-century fortification built by the Hudson’s Bay Company at the mouth of the Churchill River, in what is now Manitoba. Today, it is a national historic site managed by Parks Canada.
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Prince of Wales Island

Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, 33 339 km2, is the eighth-largest island in the Arctic Archipelago.
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Prince of Wales Strait

Prince of Wales Strait is situated in the Arctic Archipelago between the uplands of western Victoria Island and the east coast of Banks Island.
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Prince Patrick Island

Prince Patrick Island, 15 848 km2, is the farthest west of Canada's Arctic Queen Elizabeth Islands.
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Prince Rupert

Prince Rupert, BC, incorporated as a city in 1910, population 12,300 (2021 census), 12,220 (2016 census). The City of Prince Rupert is located on Kaien Island, at the mouth of the Skeena River in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. It is Canada's wettest city, with an average of 2,619 mm of precipitation falling each year. Prince Rupert marks western end of the Yellowhead Trans-Canada Highway and, as Canada's deepest ice-free seaport, a link between the lower United States, Vancouver and Alaska (see also Iconic Highways in Canada). For these reasons it is the industrial, commercial and institutional centre for BC's Northwest Coast.
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Princess of Wales Theatre

Considered a Toronto landmark, the Princess of Wales Theatre is located at 300 King Street West in Toronto's entertainment district.
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Princeton

Princeton, BC, incorporated as a town in 1978, population 2724 (2011c), 2780 (2006c). The Town of Princeton is located at the junction of the Tulameen and Similkameen rivers, 114 km west of PENTICTON.
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Principal Canadian Waterfalls (over 30m drop)

Principal Canadian Waterfalls (over 30m drop) Principal Canadian Waterfalls (over 30 m drop) Name Vertical Drop Location Alexandra Falls 32 m Hay River, NWT Aubrey Falls 33 m Mississagi River, Ontario Brandywine Falls 61 m Brandywine Creek, BC Bridal Veil Falls 122 m Bridal Creek, BC Churchill Falls 75 m Churchill River, Labrador Della Falls 440 m Della Lake, BC Dog Falls 47 m Kaministiquia River, Ontario Elizabeth Falls 34 m Fond du Lac River,...
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Principal Reservoirs in Canada

Principal Reservoirs in Canada Principal Reservoirs in Canada Reservoir River Province Storage Capacity* Year Operational Lake St Lawrence St Lawrence Ontario 808 1958 Cross-Cedar Lake Saskatchewan Manitoba 9643 1965 Williston Lake Peace BC 70 309 1968 Manicouagan Manicouagan Québec 141 851 1968 Lake Diefenbaker South Saskatchewan Saskatchewan 9868 1972 Kinbasket Lake Columbia BC 24 670 1972 Wreck Cove Wreck Cove Nova Scotia 126 1978 Hinds Lake Humber Newfoundland 305 1980 SmallwoodChurchillLabrador28 0001971 *millions of cubic...
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Principal Rivers of Canada

Principal Rivers of Canada Principal Rivers of Canada and Their Basins Drainage Basin and River Drainage Area (km²) Length (km) Mean Discharge (m³/s) Pacific Ocean: 1 009 100 24 951 Columbia 102 800* 801 2 790² ³ Kootenay 37 700* 780 850³ Fraser 232 300 1 370 3 540 Thompson 55 400 489 750 Nass 21 100 380 950 Skeena 54 400 579 1 760 Stikine 49 800* 539 1 080² Yukon 323 800* 1...
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Province House - Halifax

Province House, Halifax, built between 1811 and 1818 to house Parliament, the courts and the public service of Nova Scotia.
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Province House, Charlottetown

Province House in Charlottetown is the home of Prince Edward Island's Legislative Assembly.
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