Grenville Parish, Prince Edward Island

Grenville Parish was created as a civil parish in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, during the 1764-1766 survey of Samuel Holland.

It contains the following townships:

Naming history

This parish was named in honour of George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1763-1765 at the time of the survey. Prime Minister Grenville was also honoured with the naming of Grenville Bay in the parish, which has since been renamed New London Bay.

The communities of Granville (North Granville) and South Granville are derived from this name as well. They adopted the present spelling when Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville gained prominence as the British Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1868-1870.

Subdivisions of Prince Edward Island

Subdivisions	Counties Parishes Townships Municipalities Population centres

Cities	Charlottetown Summerside

Towns	Alberton Borden-Carleton Cornwall Georgetown Kensington Montague North Rustico O'Leary Souris Stratford

Incorporated communities	Abrams Village Afton Alexandra Annandale-Little Pond-Howe Bay Bedeque and Area Belfast Bonshaw Brackley Breadalbane Brudenell Cardigan Central Kings Clyde River Crapaud Darlington Eastern Kings Ellerslie-Bideford Grand Tracadie Greenmount-Montrose Hampshire Hazelbrook Hunter River Kingston Kinkora Lady Slipper Linkletter Lorne Valley Lot 11 and Area Lower Montague Malpeque Bay Meadowbank Miltonvale Park Miminegash Miscouche Morell Mount Stewart Murray Harbour Murray River New Haven-Riverdale North Shore North Wiltshire Northport Pleasant Grove Resort Municipality Sherbrooke Souris West St. Felix St. Louis St. Nicholas St. Peters Bay Tignish Tignish Shore Tyne Valley Union Road Valleyfield Victoria Warren Grove Wellington West River Winsloe South York

Unincorporated communities	Bedeque Belmont Cavendish Central Bedeque Ellerslie Foxley River Freeland Hebron Knutsford Long River Mont-Carmel

Parishes	Bedford Charlotte East Egmont Grenville Halifax Hillsboro North Richmond St. Andrew's St. David's St. George's St. John's St. Patrick's

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Coordinates: 46°27′45.4″N 63°29′14.9″W / 46.462611°N 63.487472°W / 46.462611; -63.487472

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