New Annan, Prince Edward Island
New Annan | |
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rural unincorporated community | |
  New Annan | |
| Coordinates: 46°25′10″N 63°42′42″W / 46.41944°N 63.71167°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Prince Edward Island |
| County | Prince County |
| Founded | 1800s |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Canadian Postal code | C1N |
| NTS Map | 011L05 |
| GNBC Code | BABWL |
New Annan is a Canadian rural community located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is named after Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.[1] [2]
Cavendish Farms, Prince Edward Island's largest private sector employer, maintains two large frozen foods processing plants in New Annan.[3]
An 1875 gazetteer refers to New Annan Mills as a "small village in Prince co. [County], 6 miles from Summerside. Pop.[Population] 80."[4]
November 2011 murder-suicide
[edit]On November 13, 2011, two people died in suspicious circumstances in New Annan. A car parked at the roadside with a man and a woman in it was found on Highway 2 in New Annan, between highways 110 and 120. The woman was dead due to stabbing and the man later died in hospital due to a self-inflicted stab wound.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Hamilton, William B. (1996). "New Annan, PEI". Place names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 467. ISBN 0-8020-0471-7. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ "New Annan". PlaceFinder. Government of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ "New Annan". Business Guide. Government of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ "New Annan Mills". Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America. Containing the Latest and Most Authentic Descriptions of Over Six Thousand Cities. 1875. p. 209. ISBN 9780543958495. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ "UPDATE - Police investigating homicide". The Guardian. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. November 13, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
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