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Cornwall is a young, vibrant growing Town with many things to offer. The Town is located on the Trans Canada Highway, west of Charlottetown. It is bordered by the North River to the east and the West River to the south and west. Cornwall's location along the Province's main transportation route between the Confederation Bridge and the Capital City gives it advantages for many types of economic activity including residential development, retailing, tourism, warehousing and light manufacturing. Cornwall is located within a 30 to 90 minute drive of all major points of access to and from the Island.
The earliest known settlement in the Cornwall area was by French farmers in the North River area in the mid 1700s. The first English-speaking settlers arrived in 1790. While farming remained the dominant economic activity throughout Cornwall's history, a significant shipbuilding industry was founded in North River in the early 1800s which continued for over 100 years before declining in the 1920s.
Early residential development in Cornwall was somewhat restricted due to the long overland distance to the Capital via Milton. The first road in the area was the West River Road. It is shown on an 1813 map, running from the West River through Cornwall along the present Cornwall Road, past the East Wiltshire cemetery and northerly to merge with Highway 248. Then it crossed the North River in Milton to join the old Princetown (Malpeque) Road. This was the main route to Charlottetown, but it lost that status in 1824 when a bridge was built across the North River near the site of the present causeway. Remnants of the old bridge approach were visible for many years. The wooden bridge was destroyed twice by spring ice and was finally replaced in 1913 with a steel bridge. The steel bridge gave way to a causeway in the mid-1950s, when the Trans-Canada Highway was constructed. In addition to the early bridges, there was a ferry service between York Point and Charlottetown from the early 1800s to the mid 1950s.
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- Howard Johnston PEI
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- Cornwall ON
- Canada C0A 1H0
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