Montague, Prince Edward Island
Montague is a town (2001 pop. 1,945) straddling the Montague River, the dividing line between Lot 52 and Lot 59 in Kings County, Prince Edward Island. The town is the largest population centre in Kings County and provides services for nearby agriculture and fishing communities.
Located east of Charlottetown and southwest of Georgetown in the eastern part of the province on the Northumberland Strait, the community's precise location is 46º10'N, 62º39'W.
At the time of Samuel Holland's survey in the 1760s, Georgetown was designated as the shiretown of Kings County. The Montague River was the southernmost of three rivers draining the area. Eventually Lower Montague and the Montague Road and Montague Bridge were named after the river. The river itself traces its name to either George Brudenell, 4th Earl of Cardigan (later George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, or Montague Wilmot, Governor of Nova Scotia (which then included St. John's Island - present-day Prince Edward Island) at the time of Holland's survey.