CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, Canada, capital city of the province; in Queen's County at the head of Hillsborough Bay, at the confluence of three large tidal rivers, on the Prince E. I. Railway. Its fine harbor accommodates vessels of the greatest draught, and it has a large export trade. The country in the neighborhood is very fertile and the horses of the district have a wide reputation. The fisheries are extensive and important; oysters and lobsters are plentiful, and are canned and shipped in large quantities. Charlottetown has iron foundries, woolen mills, railway workshops, packing houses, sash fac tory, starch factory, etc. The streets are wide, and the town well built and lighted by gas and electricity. It has good water and sewerage systems. It has fine public buildings. It has excellent public and normal schools, a business college, and is the seat of Prince of Wales Col lege, Saint Dunstan's College (Roman Cath olic) and a Methodist college. It is the seat of a United States consulate and the see of a Roman Catholic bishopric. Charlottetown was founded about 1750, by the French, and was called Port la foie. It came under English rule
in 1763 with the cession of Canada. In 1775 it was raided by American privateers, but the prisoners were returned and the property of the people restored by order of General Washing ton. The first conference toward a federation' of the Canadian provinces was held in Char lottetown in 1864. Pop. 11,198.
John, Canadian statesman: b. near Caledonia, Y., 1827; d. 1910. He was educated at the Springfield Academy, went to Ontario in 1849. He was for some years a farmer and merchant and acquired a fortune in the lumber business. In 1872 he was elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal. He attracted attention through his knowledge of trade and tariff questions and advocated gov ernment intervention in private and public morality. He supported the Conservative premier during the crisis of the Riel rebellion in 1885. He secured the passage of various laws for the protection of women and girls and was an advocate of reciprocity with the United States.