Opinions on P.E.I.'s unofficial boundaries are all over the map
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Officially, Prince Edward Island has three counties: Kings, Queens and Prince (without an s, but more on that later).
Unofficially, there are several more regions within those counties. West Prince (or simply "up west"), East Prince, down east, up east, out east, north shore, south shore, the list goes on.
But you won't see those lines drawn on a map. Pity the poor cartographer who even tries, because, as we discovered on this week's episode of the Good News, P.E.I., podcast, those lines would be blurry at best.
Where, for example, does East Prince become West Prince? Anyone?
"I think in Miscouche," said renowned P.E.I. historian Ed MacDonald, who is from down east. Trust us on that.
"In my mind, once you cross through the curtain in Miscouche there, you know, you get into West Prince, you know, the bullrush curtain, as they call it."
Um, no, said Cody MacKay, a CBC producer and former history student of MacDonald: "West Prince is going to go bonkers on that one."
MacKay, who is from Summerside, said he feels like he's in West Prince when he passes the Richmond Dairy Bar. But geographically, the logical point is a few kilometres further down (or up?) the road.
"It's the elbow, which is like Portage, because there's a pinch in the map," said MacKay. "But I'm not an expert. My wife says it starts at Tyne Valley."
The same discussion could be had in Kings County, where the locals say there is an up east and down east, but nobody is really sure where they diverge. Dundas? Dingwells Mills? Buffaloland?
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