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Bonshaw | |
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Rural Municipality of Bonshaw | |
Coordinates: 46°11′22.5″N 63°20′37.3″W / 46.189583°N 63.343694°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Prince Edward Island |
County | Queens County |
Incorporated (community) [1] | 1977 |
Incorporated ( rural municipality) [2] | January 1, 2018 |
Amalgamated [2] | September 1, 2020 |
Population (2011)
[1] | |
• Total | 218 |
Time zone | AST |
• Summer ( DST) | ADT |
Area code | 902 |
Telephone Exchange | 675 |
Bonshaw is a former rural municipality in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island within Queens County. [3]
The Municipality of Bonshaw was originally incorporated in 1977. [1] It incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 2018. [2] The Strathgartney Homestead in Bonshaw, the remnants of a former estate, was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1996 in recognition of the absentee landowner problem that persisted in Prince Edward Island until the passage of the Land Purchase Act of 1875. [4] The province designated a rock in Bonshaw with etchings from the 1880s as a heritage site on February 2, 2015. [5]
On September 1, 2020, the Rural Municipality of Bonshaw amalgamated with the rural municipalities of Afton, Meadowbank, New Haven-Riverdale, and West River. [2] The amalgamated municipality was named the Rural Municipality of West River. [6]
Bonshaw is located near the province's south shore on the Northumberland Strait.[ citation needed] It is located in the valley of the Bonshaw River, also known as the Tjigaoegatig ( Miꞌkmaq for 'bass place') River or West River and is surrounded by low rolling hills colloquially referred to as the Bonshaw Hills.[ citation needed] The freshwater portion of the river at the tidehead offers trout fishing.[ citation needed] Localities within Bonshaw include Bonshaw and Crosbys Mill. [1]
Bonshaw has hiking and biking trails.[ citation needed] Bonshaw Provincial Park is on the eastern edge of Bonshaw.[ citation needed]