Borden-Carleton
Sign in to saveBorden-Carleton is a town in Prince County in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. It is situated on the south shore fronting on the Northumberland Strait. The town was originally incorporated as a community on April 12, 1995, through the amalgamation of the town of Borden and the community of Carleton. The town of Borden opted to demote its status to a community in light of a declining tax base with the pending completion of the Confederation Bridge and the closure of the Marine Atlantic ferry service. Borden-Carleton became a town on July 31, 2012.
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Official website
Home | Borden-Carleton Town
borden-carleton.ca →Borden traces its history to Prince Edward Island's requirements for transportation to mainland North America whereas Carleton was a surrounding farming community to the north and west of the port. Borden's development is related to the fall of fortunes for another nearby community during the First World War. A winter iceboat service crossed the Abegweit Passage between nearby Cape Traverse to Cape Tormentine , New Brunswick for many decades during the 1800s and early 1900s. The Prince Edward Island Railway built a line from its mainline near Emerald Junction to the Cape Traverse wharf to facilitate this traffic in the 1880s.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Prince Edward Island
- Official website
- www.borden-carleton.ca
- Image
- Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, Canada.jpg
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- Borden-Carleton
- inception
- 1995-04-12
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Confederation Bridge Project
- Borden-Carleton Fire Department
- Borden-Carleton Police Department
- Areas
- Demographics
- References
- External links
Borden-Carleton is a town in Prince County in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. It is situated on the south shore fronting on the Northumberland Strait. The town was originally incorporated as a community on April 12, 1995, through the amalgamation of the town of Borden and the community of Carleton. The town of Borden opted to demote its status to a community in light of a declining tax base with the pending completion of the Confederation Bridge and the closure of the Marine Atlantic ferry service. Borden-Carleton became a town on July 31, 2012.
==History== left|thumb|Aerial view of Borden Borden traces its history to Prince Edward Island's requirements for transportation to mainland North America, whereas Carleton was a surrounding farming community to the north and west of the port.
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