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county, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Queens is one of the three counties in Prince Edward Island, a Canadian province. It is located in the central part of the island and is home to the provincial capital, Charlottetown. Prince Edward Island itself is the smallest and most densely populated of Canada's provinces, known for its fertile red soil and significant potato production, earning it nicknames like the "Garden of the Gulf" and "Spud Island." The island lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, separated from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by the Northumberland Strait. It became a Canadian province in 1873.12

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