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west end of the County and possesses the only harbor— Cascumpec Bay—available on a long stretch of coast. Queen's Queen’s County occupies the centre of the Island CWMY and is the largest of the royally-named trio, having an area of about 486,400 acres. It contains 23 lots, and is more diversified by bill and dale than either of the other counties. Hillsborough Bay, with its ramifications, is its greatest estuary. The population of the county is 43,364. THE CITY OF CHARLOTTETOWN.-—Char10ttetown, the capital, and the third in size of the cities of the Lower Provinces, was founded by Morris and Deschamp in 1768, and was incorporated in 1855. It is situated on gently rising ground at the confluence of the York, Elliot and Hillsborough Rivers, and possesses one of the finest harbours in the world. It is the principal shipping port of the “ Garden Province ” and has a thriving trade. This city is the eastern terminus of the Plant Steamship Line ; is a port of call for the boats of the Quebec Steamship Company plying between Montreal and Gulf of St. Lawrence ports, and several other lines; and is the headquarters of the Charlottetown Steam Navigation Company, whose boats hate ploughed the waters of the Strait for forty years. One of the healthiest towns in Canada, it is yearly becoming more desirable as a place of residence. It rejoices in excellent water, pumped from an artesian well to a reservoir and brought thence by gravitation into the city—possesses a modern system of sewerage, telephones and electric lights; and needs but a modern hotel, an electric railway and a public library to be nearly up to date. Charlottetown is very regularly laid out, its streets are wide and many of them shaded, and its four public squares are well kept. Queen Square, in the centre of the town, is one of the prettiest open spaces in the Dominion. In summer it is a very attractive spot with beautifully arranged flower beds, fountain, monuments, historic guns and band stand. Many

improvements have been made in Charlottetown in recent [ 13 ]