Country Canada Parish St. George's Parish Canadian Postal code C0A Area 81.1 km² Population 447 (2006) | County Kings County Time zone AST (UTC-4) Area code(s) 902 Local time Monday 8:39 AM Province Prince Edward Island | |
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Lot 56 is a township in Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of St. George's Parish. Lot 56 was awarded to George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend in the 1767 Lottery. General Townshend had assumed command of the British forces after General James Wolfe fell at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham during the Seven Years' War. Townshend later became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. One quarter of the lot was granted to Loyalists in 1783.
Map of Lot 56, PE, Canada
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