PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND
GRACE NICOSIN
PD 1
THE
CAPITAL
CITY
CHARLOTTETOWN
THE
FLAG
BASED UPON THE ARMORIAL
BEARINGS OF PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND, THE FLAG CONTAINS A
GOLD HERALDIC LION WHICH
ALSO APPEARED ON THE COAT
OF ARMS FOR PRINCE EDWARD,
DUKE OF KENT (FOR WHOM THE
PROVINCE WAS NAMED) AND ON
THAT OF KING EDWARD VII, WHO
GRANTED THE BEARINGS.
THE
PROVIDENCE
BIRD
BLUE
JAY
Facts about
blue jays
Blue jays are actually gray but light refraction
causes the light to bend into a blue wavelength.
They are aggressive and will raid other birds'
nests, steal eggs, young birds, and even the
nests. They are omnivores and, when they hunt,
they hunt more than they can eat. Blue jays
catch ants and wipe them across their wing
feathers in a behavior called “anting.” It is
believed that the ant's formic acid may act as
an antiseptic on the blue jay's skin. Blue jays
can mimic the sound of other birds including the
scream of a red-shouldered hawk.
THE
FLOWER
CYPRIPEDIUM
Facts about the
Cypripedium
Its scientific name is cypripedium but
it is really an orchid named the pink
lady’s slipper.
The exotic looking flowers have
claret petals that frame a beautiful
bright yellow pouch
the slipper orchids, which comprise
around 150 species from five genera,
are easily found from other orchids
by the slipper-like pouch formed by
the lower petal
THE
TREE
RED
OAK
Red oak facts
The red oak is one of the largest and most important
timber trees. One of the fastest growing of the oaks, it
attains a to 80 feet and a diameter of two to three
feet. It has a wide, spreading head with few far
reaching branches.
The fruit is a large, broad, rounded acorn with a very
shallow disk-like or saucer-shaped cup or cap.
The twigs are small, slender, greenish brown to dark
brown. On young branches the bark is smooth and gray
to greenish. On the trunk it breaks into long, narrow,
shallow ridges flat and smooth on top. The underbark is
light red.
Leaves:
•Contain tannin, a substance that makes the leaves
leathery and hinders decomposition.
•Dark red, fading to brown but may remain on the tree
well into the fall.
AGRICULTURE
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND IS A
GREAT PLACE TO FARM. THE
ISLAND HAS A TOTAL LAND AREA
OF 1.4 MILLION ACRES WITH
APPROXIMATELY 594,000 ACRES
CLEARED FOR AGRICULTURAL USE.
AGRICULTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO THE RURAL WAY OF LIFE ON PEI
WITH 3.7 PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION LIVING ON FARMS.
What prince
Edward island
produces
POTATOES
POTATOES REPRESENT PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND'S SINGLE LARGEST AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY IN TERMS OF FARM CASH
RECEIPTS. POTATOES ARE PROCESSED INTO
FROZEN POTATO PRODUCTS AND CHIPS.
THEY ARE ALSO SUPPLIED TO THE FRESH
TABLE MARKET IN EASTERN CANADA, THE
UNITED STATES, AND OVERSEAS. PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND SEED POTATOES ARE
SHIPPED ACROSS CANADA AND AROUND THE
WORLD TO OTHER POTATO PRODUCING
REGIONS. APPROXIMATELY 90,500 ACRES OF
POTATOES ARE PLANTED IN 2014.
GRAINS
AND
OILSEEDS
GRAINS AND OILSEEDS ARE PRIMARILY
GROWN IN ROTATION WITH POTATO
CROPS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE
WERE 111,500 ACRES OF WHEAT, OATS,
BARLEY AND MIXED GRAIN AND 60,000
ACRES OF OILSEEDS PLANTED ON THE
ISLAND IN 2013 APPROXIMATELY 14% OF
THE SOYBEAN ACREAGE IN 2013 WAS
EXPORTED TO JAPAN TO BE PROCESSED
INTO TOFU AND MISO. ALTERNATIVE
CROPS ARE BEING GROWN AND PRESSED
FOR OIL GRAIN AND OILSEED CROP WAS
ESTIMATED TO BE $45 MILLION.
FRUIT
FRUIT PRODUCTION IS VERY DIVERSE ON
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. LOWBUSH
BLUEBERRIES MAKE UP THE LARGEST
ACREAGE OF COMMERCIAL FRUIT CROPS AT
13,000 ACRES. COMMERCIAL CRANBERRY
BOGS AND STRAWBERRY FIELDS ARE
LOCATED ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
STRAWBERRY NURSERY STOCK IS PRODUCED
FOR EXPORT TO SOUTHERN USA. TWENTY
THOUSAND APPLE TREES FILL ISLAND
ORCHARDS, AND THE INDUSTRY IS
EXPANDING RAPIDLY. SPECIALTY FRUITS
INCLUDING RASPBERRY, GOOSEBERRY, ROSE
HIPS, AND HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY ARE
PRODUCED ON SMALL ACREAGES
BEEF
BEEF PRODUCTION IS A PART OF 40 PERCENT OF
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FARMS. THE BEEF
INDUSTRY IS COMPRISED OF TWO MAIN SECTORS;
COW-CALF OPERATIONS WHERE CALVES ARE
RAISED TO THE FEEDER STAGE AND BEEF
FEEDLOTS THAT PURCHASE THE FEEDERS TO
FINISH FOR MARKET. THE AVERAGE COW-CALF
HERD IS 40 COWS. CALVES ARE SOLD TO FEEDLOTS
THROUGHOUT THE MARITIMES, ONTARIO AND
QUEBEC THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL ABATTOIRS
THAT PROCESS BEEF FOR THE LOCAL MARKET AND
ONE FEDERALLY INSPECTED FACILITY, ATLANTIC
BEEF PRODUCTS INC., WHICH PROCESSES BEEF
FOR THE CANADIAN DOMESTIC MARKET AND FOR
EXPORT TO THE UNITED STATES.
VEGETABLES
VEGETABLES ARE AN IMPORTANT CASH
CROP FOR MANY ISLAND FARMERS. THEY
ARE AVAILABLE AS FRESH AND PROCESSED
FARM PRODUCTS FOR CONSUMERS IN
ATLANTIC CANADA. A CORE GROUP OF
DIVERSIFIED GROWERS PRODUCE A
SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE FRESH
MARKET VEGETABLE ACREAGE.
CAULIFLOWER AND CARROTS ARE SHIPPED
TO OFF-ISLAND PROCESSORS. RUTABAGA,
CARROTS, ONIONS AND CABBAGE ARE
STORED AND SOLD THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR TO LOCAL, NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.
DAIRY
DAIRY PRODUCTION HAS BECOME
HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AND
MECHANIZED. THERE ARE
APPROXIMATELY 180 DAIRY FARMS
ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND WITH
MILK COW HERDS RANGING IN
NUMBER FROM 20 TO MORE THAN 300
COWS. ANNUAL MILK PRODUCTION
EXCEEDS 100 MILLION LITERS.
FOURTEEN PERCENT OF THIS
PRODUCTION MANUFACTURED INTO
BUTTER, CHEESE, ICE CREAM AND
OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS.
PIG/PORK/HOG
HOG PRODUCTION IS
IN A PERIOD OF
TRANSITION IN
PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND. THERE ARE
APPROXIMATELY 20
FARMS ON PEI
MARKETING JUST
UNDER 62,000 HOGS.
EGGS
EGG PRODUCTION ON PEI
ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY
$6.74 MILLION OF FARM CASH.
EGG PRODUCTION IN 2013 WAS
APPROXIMATELY 3.427 MILLION
DOZEN, OF WHICH 1.675 MILLION
DOZEN CONSUMED LOCALLY AND
1.752 MILLION DOZEN EXPORTED
TO BREAKING PLANTS IN
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.
FUR
FUR FARMING ON PEI IS MADE
UP OF ELEVEN MINK FARMS
AND THREE FOX FARMS AS
REPORTED IN 2012
AGRICULTURE STATISTICS. IN
2012 THE REPORTED VALUE OF
MINK PELTS PRODUCED WAS
$11.33 MILLION AND 135,000
MINK WERE PELTED.
INDUSTRIES
FAMOUS
PEOPLE
•JOEY KITSON SINGER
•ANNE OF GREEN
GABLES FICTIONAL PERSON, NOVEL
•LORIE KANE GOLFER
•WILLIAM HENRY POPE LAND
AGENT, LAWYER, JURIST
•TWO HOURS TRAFFIC MUSIC
GROUP
•MICHAEL THOMAS LONG-DISTANCE
RUNNER
SCENIC
PLACES
GREEN GABLES
PEI NATIONAL
PARK
BORDEN CARLETON
VISITOR INFORMATION
CENTER
PEI FUN FACTS
• BEER AND SODA (OR POP) WAS NOT SOLD IN CANS ON PEI UNTIL MAY 2008.
• POTATOES REPRESENT OVER 1/3 OF FARM REVENUE FOR THE PROVINCE AND
PEI REPRESENTS NEARLY 1/3 OF CANADIAN POTATO PRODUCTION.
THE MOTTO
OF PEI
THE MOTTO, "PARVA SUB INGENTI" MEANS
"THE SMALL UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE
GREAT"