Country Canada Founded 1800s Canadian Postal code C1N Province Prince Edward Island | County Prince County Time zone Atlantic (AST) (UTC-4) NTS Map 011L05 | |
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New Annan is a Canadian rural community located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is named after Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
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Map of New Annan, PE, Canada
Cavendish Farms, Prince Edward Island's largest private sector employer, maintains two large frozen foods processing plants in New Annan.
An 1875 gazetteer refers to New Annan Mills as a "small village in Prince co. [County], 6 miles from Summerside. Pop.[Population] 80."
November 2011 murder-suicide
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.
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New Annan, Prince Edward Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA