Cavendish, Prince Edward Island

Cavendish, Prince Edward Island

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Cavendish
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image_caption = Cavendish Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park


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latd= 46.49127
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Prince Edward Island
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subdivision_name2 = Queens County
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subdivision_name3 = Greensville
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subdivision_name4 = Lot 23
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established_title = Founded
established_date = circa 1790
established_title2 = unincorporated Village
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established_date3 = 1990
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timezone = Atlantic (AST)
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postal_code = C0A 1N0
area_code = 902
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Cavendish (2006 pop.: 272) is a Canadian unincorporated rural area in the township of Lot 23, Queens County, Prince Edward Island. Its primary industries are tourism and agriculture.

Geography

Located northwest of North Rustico and east of Stanley Bridge in the central part of the province on the north shore, fronting the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

History

Lacking a harbour, Cavendish was primarily a small farming community throughout the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.

Cavendish traces its name to Field Marshal Lord Frederick Cavendish, a Colonel of the 34th Regiment of Foot (the Cumberland). It was likely given by local resident William Winter, an ex-British Army officer, who named the community in honour of his patron.

Author Lucy Maude Montgomery was raised in nearby New London during the late Victorian era, with Cavendish being the home of her maternal grandparents, who had a house and small farm immediately east of the Cavendish United Presbyterian Cemetery at the intersection of the Cavendish Road and Cawnpore Lane. Montgomery would also frequently visit her cousins' the MacNeill family, who owned a farm named Green Gables located west of the intersection. She would later find work in the community with the federal Post Office Department as a postmaster at the Cavendish Post Office. Montgomery's experiences in the community formed a strong impression on her and she would later include much of her experiences in this part of rural Prince Edward Island at the turn of the 20th century in the literary blockbuster "Anne of Green Gables" and subsequent works.

Prior to Montgomery's writings, Cavendish's primary claim to fame came on July 22, 1883 when the 3-masted world-record holding clipper ship "Marco Polo" grounded and broke apart on Cavendish Beach.

Following the critical acclaim of Montgomery's writing, as well as coincident with the increase in vehicle-based tourism throughout North America during the first half of the century, Cavendish began to evolve into primarily a resort community.

In 1937, the Prince Edward Island National Park was established along 60 kilometres of the province's Gulf of St. Lawrence shoreline - part of the park expropriation also included the MacNeill family's Green Gables farm. The national park also boasted many of Prince Edward Island's best beaches, of which Cavendish Beach was one of the most popular. To increase the tourist draw to the area, the national park also developed an 18-hole golf course and opened the "Green Gables" farmhouse for tours. The site of Montgomery's childhood home is also a popular tourist destination.

Subsequent development between the 1950s-1990s saw motels, campgrounds, amusement parks and other attractions, shopping facilities, and bars and restaurants built. During any given week in July and August, the community's population expands as of tens of thousands of tourists flock to the national park and local attractions.

In 1990 Cavendish became part of the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge-Hope River-Bayview-Cavendish-North Rustico.

External links

* [http://www.gov.pe.ca/placefinder/index.php3?city=cavendish Government of PEI Profile]
* [http://www.cavendishbeachresort.com Cavendish Beach Resort]
* [http://ca.epodunk.com/profiles/prince-edward-island/cavendish/2008598.html Epodunk Canada Profile]

References

* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1102045&Geo2=PR&Code2=11&Data=Count&SearchText=Cavendish&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Cavendish Statistics]
* [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/cavendish.htm Cavendish History at ElectricScotland.com]
* [http://www.peiinfo.ca/forums PEIinfo Forums]
* [http://www.peionline.com PEI Online Tourism Information]


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