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50-546: Belfast is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island , Canada. It is located in southeastern Queens County in the townships of Lot 57 and Lot 58 . Situated on the island's south shore along the Northumberland Strait , Belfast is predominantly an agricultural area. Belfast was the landing site of Lord Selkirk 's settlers in 1803. These poor displaced Scottish farmers soon established themselves on

100-562: A pediatric hospital and a maternity hospital . In the early 20th century, a group of Halifax residents along with interested physicians proposed the idea of establishing a children's hospital in Halifax. A multi-year fundraising campaign ensued, raising $ 6,000 by 1907; later that year a donation of $ 10,000 by the late Mr. F.D. Corbett resulted in the beginning of construction of the Halifax Children's Hospital which opened for use in 1909. It

150-635: A 3-year nursing program in affiliation with the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax Children's Hospital, Nova Scotia Sanatorium and Nova Scotia Hospital. The program ended in 1964, having trained and graduated almost 400 nurses over its existence. In 1995, the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children and the adjacent Grace Maternity Hospital merged to become the IWK Grace Hospital for Women, Children and Families . At that time

200-589: A city no longer meet these requirements, the Minister of Fisheries and Communities may recommend to the Lieutenant Governor in Council to change the status of the municipality to a more appropriate status. Prince Edward Island has two cities. Charlottetown is Prince Edward Island's capital and largest city both by population with 38,809 residents and by land area with 44.27 km (17.09 sq mi). It forms

250-403: A community room, a canteen & a skate sharpening service; Belfast Highland Greens, a 9-hole golf course, Belfast Community Pool which includes two outdoor pools, a kiddy pool and canteen services, as well as a softball field beside the rink. Belfast is also home to a community-operated campground at Lord Selkirk Provincial Park . Also of interest is the lighthouse at nearby Point Prim , which

300-453: A further expansion in 1931 to 90 beds, and finally 217 beds in 1955. Mrs. Dorothy J. Killam donated $ 8 million toward construction of a new pediatric hospital in the memory of her late husband Izaak Walton Killam . Construction of the new Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children (informally nicknamed the IWK) began in 1967 and the $ 20 million 325-bed facility opened in 1970. The location chosen

350-475: A lay preacher and medical doctor, was instrumental in helping to establish the first church (a log structure) in 1804. Macaulay was thus easily elected to the House of Assembly in 1806 as a representative of Queens County. When Lieutenant Governor Smith called for elections to a new assembly in 1818, Macaulay was returned from Queens County, and was an active speaker of the house government. Elected again in 1820, Macaulay

400-415: A mayor and a minimum of eight councillors. With general municipal elections occurring every four years, the next municipal election is scheduled for November 2022. Under the province's MGA , a municipality may incorporate as a town if has an estimated population of 4,000 or more but is less than 15,000, and a total property assessment value of $ 200 million or more, but is less than $ 750 million. Should

450-480: A new "Link" building was constructed to join the separate buildings. In 2000 a helipad ( TC LID : CIW2 ) was constructed on the southwest corner of the former Grace Maternity Hospital building; this proposal caused some concern in the adjacent residential area on the west side of Robie Street. In 2001 the Salvation Army ended its involvement with the amalgamated institution and the name was simplified to become

500-557: A town no longer meet these requirements, the Minister of Fisheries and Communities may recommend to the Lieutenant Governor in Council to change the status of the municipality to a more appropriate status. Prince Edward Island has ten towns that are incorporated municipalities, which had a cumulative population of 32,632 in the 2021 census. The province's largest and smallest towns are Stratford and North Rustico with populations of 10,927 and 648 respectively. Three Rivers

550-435: Is Prince Edward Island's capital and largest municipality by population while Belfast is the largest municipality by land area. The smallest municipalities by population and land area are Tignish Shore and St. Louis respectively. Under the province's MGA , a municipality may incorporate as a city if it has an estimated population of 15,000 or more and a total property assessment value of $ 750 million or more. Should

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600-545: Is Prince Edward Island's largest town by land area with 431.47 km (166.59 sq mi) and O'Leary is the province's smallest town by land area with 1.83 km (0.71 sq mi). Three Rivers is also the province's newest town, which incorporated as a town on September 28, 2018, through the amalgamation of the towns of Georgetown and Montague , five rural municipalities ( Brudenell , Cardigan , Lorne Valley , Lower Montague , and Valleyfield ), and portions of three adjacent unincorporated areas. Starting with

650-649: Is also renowned as a research hospital in the areas of children's and women's health . In 1985, CBC Television affiliates began airing the Children's Miracle Network telethon. Simulcast on ( CBC New Brunswick ; CHSJ 1985-1994, CBAT 1995) from 1985-1995. The Telethon aired at the IWK and the CBHT studios until 1995. The IWK logo changed in 1995, Just In Time For CBCs final telethon used the new logo IWK Grace telethon but Hosted By Jim Nunn and Linda Kelly. In 1996, CTV Atlantic began airing

700-409: Is located on South Street. (Note as of 2024 the IWK is building a new emergency department building. The new entrance will be located on University Avenue and is expected to open by 2026.) IWK Health also manages more than twenty remote site locations distributed throughout the Halifax region and Nova Scotia. The present-day IWK Health traces its history to the development of two separate facilities,

750-543: Is no admission charge, but donations to the IWK Health Centre in Halifax are accepted. Of particular note is the local parish church, St. John's. Built in 1824 in the style of Sir Christopher Wren , Saint John's is today under the pastoral care of Rev. Roger W.MacPhee. In 2005, the church invited Robin Mark , a popular Christian musician from Belfast , Northern Ireland , to lead their "Emerging Church Conference." The E.C.C.

800-882: Is the least populous province in Canada with 154,331 residents as of the 2021 census and is the smallest in land area at 5,681.18 km (2,193.52 sq mi). Prince Edward Island's 63 municipalities cover 34.7% of the province's land mass and were home to 73% of its population in 2021. These municipalities provide local government services to their residents in the form of fire protection, municipal planning services, and emergency measures planning. The remaining unincorporated areas have no local government. Municipal statuses in Prince Edward Island are cities , towns , rural municipalities , and resort municipalities . Under Prince Edward Island's Municipal Government Act (MGA), which came into force on December 23, 2017,

850-625: Is the opinion of the Minister of Fisheries and Communities that it would be in the public interest. The province's lone resort municipality – the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico – was established by order in council in 1990. The 2017 MGA prevents creation of any new resort municipalities. Prince Edward Island has two cities, ten towns, fifty rural municipalities and one resort municipality, which are distributed across three counties – Kings , Prince and Queens . Charlottetown

900-420: The IWK Health Centre which remains in current use as of 2013. A 5-year $ 48 million redevelopment began in 2004 which resulted in the construction of 48,000 sq ft (4,500 m ) of new space and renovations to 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m ) of existing space. Inpatient units, perioperative facilities and ambulatory care space also saw major redevelopment. The most prominent exterior change to

950-505: The Isle of Skye , but emigrated to the Belfast district. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Belfast had a population of 1,687 living in 674 of its 971 total private dwellings, a change of 3.1% from its 2016 population of 1,636 . With a land area of 229.27 km (88.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.4/km (19.1/sq mi) in 2021. One of

1000-629: The neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU). According to the Halifax Mail Star of May 28, 1970, the children's hospital financed by the Killam Estate opened, despite the failed condition that the South Street Poor House be eliminated. Today, this hospital is gone, torn down after only 40 years for a much larger provincially funded building set much further back on the former Poor House property. A Government of Nova Scotia proposal in

1050-702: The Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island Gaels") in Quincy, Massachusetts . In Rev. Lamont's pamphlet and due to his meticulous work as a collector, the most complete versions survive of the Canadian Gaelic oral poetry composed upon Prince Edward Island before the loss of the language there, including the 1803 song-poem Òran an Imrich ("The Song of Emigration") by Selkirk settler Calum Bàn MacMhannain (Malcolm Buchanan) and Òran le Ruaraidh Mór MacLeoid by Ruaraidh Mór Belfast, (Roderick MacLeod), both of whom were born on

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1100-790: The Catholic Irish and the Presbyterian Scottish Gaels boiled over during a general election in March 1847, resulting in what has become known as the Belfast Riot . In 1917, Rev. Murdoch Lamont (1865-1927), a Gaelic-speaking Presbyterian minister from nearby Orwell , Queens County , Prince Edward Island , published a small, vanity press booklet titled, An Cuimhneachain: Òrain Céilidh Gàidheal Cheap Breatuinn agus Eilean-an-Phrionnsa ("The Remembrance: Céilidh Songs of

1150-574: The Grace) opened on April 29, 1922, as the only independent maternity hospital at that time in Canada; from the outset, the facility was affiliated as a teaching hospital with the Department of Pediatrics at Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It was located on the east side of Robie Street on the block bounded by University Avenue and College Street; it was opposite the Halifax Children's Hospital which

1200-488: The Halifax Medical Association's desire for a dedicated maternity institution, resulting in a resolution from that association on September 15, 1918, to Halifax City Council requesting funds for such a facility and that the Salvation Army be asked to run it. Dalhousie University offered the Salvation Army both land and funds to build and run the hospital. The Grace Maternity Hospital (informally nicknamed

1250-552: The amalgamation of Brackley and Winsloe South on December 15, 2017, and then the MGA coming into force eight days later on December 23, 2017, Prince Edward Island had 58 communities that became rural municipalities. On September 28, 2018, three amalgamations reduced the total amount of rural municipalities to 50. As of the 2021 census, the province's largest and smallest rural municipalities are West River and Tignish Shore with populations of 3,473 and 64 respectively. Starting with

1300-643: The area attend Belfast Consolidated School. From grade 10 through grade 12, they attend Montague Regional High School . Both schools are administered by P.E.I.'s English Language School Board . Belfast is part of the provincial electoral district of Belfast-Murray River . Currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island is Progressive Conservative Darlene Compton . Notable "Belfasters" include former P.E.I. premier John Angus MacLean (d. 2000). Dr. Angus MacAulay, b. 10 Dec. 1759,

1350-464: The best land in the area and it became one of the most productive farming districts in the colony. Until very recently, the area around Belfast was Canadian Gaelic -speaking and added many important works of poetry to Scottish Gaelic literature . The Presbyterian Scots were joined in the mid-19th century by displaced Irish Great Famine refugees who were forced to take poorer land in surrounding areas. Political, social and religious tensions between

1400-415: The block formed by University Avenue, Robie Street and South Street west of the IWK. The new 475,000 sq ft (44,100 m ) building was connected to the IWK to provide access to that facility's pediatric medicine departments. It was designed by Nycum Fowler Group and DuBois Plumb Partnership and won the 1994 Lieutenant Governor's Award for Architecture. The old Grace Maternity Hospital located on

1450-569: The construction of a new inpatient mental health unit due to open in 2014. The Garron Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health opened for patients on May 14, 2014. Additionally, on September 9, 2024, the IWK Foundation received a $ 25-million donation from Myron and Berna Garron, the largest donation the foundation has ever received and the single largest individual donation to health care in Atlantic Canada. Berna and Myron, responsible for

1500-414: The core of a census agglomeration that encompasses the middle of the island and is home to 78,858 residents, or 51% of the island's population. The province's second city is Summerside , which is located on the west side of the island. It has a population of 16,001 and a land area of 28.21 km (10.89 sq mi). Starting with the municipal elections in 2018 , the MGA enables cities to elect

1550-675: The facility was the addition of a parking garage accessed from University Avenue as well as an atrium connected to the Link Building. Today the IWK Health Centre terms the former Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children as the "Children's Site" and the former Grace Maternity Hospital building as the "Women's Site". Around 2006 two floors were added to the link building, which provided 48,000 sq ft (4,500 m ) of additional space. On June 24, 2013, philanthropist Marjorie Lindsay announced she would be donating $ 1 million to help fund

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1600-446: The formation of a municipality can be proposed by the Minister of Fisheries and Communities, the council of an existing municipality, or a petition signed by 30% of the residents that would be the electors of the new municipality. To be eligible for city or town status, certain minimum estimated population and total property assessment value criteria must be met. If those criteria are not met, rural municipality status can be granted if it

1650-527: The funding and support of the Garron Centre for Child and Adolescent, made the donation with a strong emphasis on supporting the completion of the Mental Health and Addictions Ecosystem. The money will go towards supporting a reimagined therapeutic environment for mental health and addiction services in Atlantic Canada. The IWK is a teaching hospital and is affiliated with Dalhousie University. The hospital

1700-543: The late 1970s to construct a new maternity facility for the Grace as part of the $ 120 million Camp Hill Medical Centre was postponed in 1982, forcing the Salvation Army to undertake an independent plan for a new Grace. By 1984, plans were underway to build a $ 30 million facility on the old site of the Halifax Children's Hospital which was adjacent to and immediately west of the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children that had opened in 1970. The new Grace facility opened in 1992 bounding

1750-419: The municipal elections in 2018, the MGA enables rural municipalities to elect a mayor and a minimum of six councillors. With general municipal elections occurring every four years, the next municipal election is scheduled for November 2022. Prince Edward Island has one municipality holding resort municipality status. The Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico

1800-455: The municipal elections in 2018, the MGA enables towns to elect a mayor and a minimum of six councillors. With general municipal elections occurring every four years, the next municipal election is scheduled for November 2022. Under the province's MGA , municipalities that previously held community status under the previous Municipalities Act , which originally came into force in 1983, were carried forward as rural municipalities. With

1850-429: The next municipal election is scheduled for November 2022. If the population of the lone resort municipality reaches 2,000 electors, it may be incorporated as a different type of municipality pursuant to the MGA . IWK Health Centre The IWK Health main campus is located in the south end of Halifax. The front entrance is on University Avenue between Robie Street and Summer Street. The IWK emergency entrance

1900-510: The north side of the intersection of University Avenue and Robie Street was transferred to Dalhousie University and became home to the Faculty of Dentistry and the Faculty of Pharmacology . The Grace Maternity School of Nursing opened in 1922 at the time the hospital itself opened, offering an 18-month course in Obstetrical and Newborn Nursing (these programs ended in 1959) and the school began

1950-546: The region's major employers is Northumberland Ferries , which operates a terminal in Wood Islands . This ferry service, which connects Prince Edward Island to Caribou, Nova Scotia , was first established in 1941. Two ferryboats, the MV ; Confederation and MV  Holiday Island , currently service the route. Belfast's major recreational component to their community include, Belfast Rec Center which includes one ice surface,

2000-607: The telethon. Various CBC stations stopped airing Children's Miracle Network telethons in 1995 except for CBNT-DT , which aired the telethon until 2011 for the Janeway Telethon. Steve Murphy has been hosting the telethon since 1996 on CTV Atlantic (formerly ATV) when CBC stopped airing the telethon in 1995. The original host was Don Tremaine (1985-1994). The new host is Todd Battis (same person appeared on CBC IWK Telethon). The CBC IWK Telethon has also aired on CBCT-TV and CBIT until 1995 with final CBC Telethon and used same logo as

2050-525: Was a farmer, fisherman and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 4th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1935 to 1959 as a Liberal. He was known for repeatedly working for his constituent. As a people person he was well regarded in the community of Belfast. He served in the province's Executive Council. His portfolio included Minister of Public Works and Highways, Minister of Industry and Natural Resources and

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2100-479: Was demolished. The Children's Hospital School of Nursing operated from 1916 until 1971, having trained and graduated 801 pediatric nurses over its existence. In 1906 The Salvation Army purchased an old school in Halifax's South End as a haven for " fallen women ". The facility was named Harrow House . Physicians there donated their time and the facility gained an excellent reputation for maternity care. The Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917 gave momentum to

2150-504: Was designed by Architect Isaac Smith in 1845 (notable for designing Province House (Prince Edward Island) ) and is the oldest lighthouse on the Island. The 18.2 m (60 foot) structure is also the only round brick lighthouse on PEI and one of the last of its kind in Canada. On the road to Point Prim Lighthouse is Hannah's Bottle Village, a local tourist attraction made up of several miniature buildings constructed of glass bottles and cement. There

2200-422: Was established as a resort municipality in 1990. The province's MGA allows this resort municipality to continue yet prevents the establishment of additional resort municipalities in the future. Starting with the municipal elections in 2018, the MGA enables the province's lone resort municipality to elect a mayor and a minimum of six councillors. With general municipal elections occurring every four years,

2250-601: Was immediately west and adjacent to the province's largest health care facility, the Victoria General Hospital , which was the teaching hospital associated with the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine ; the IWK would continue the Halifax Children's Hospital's affiliation with the Faculty of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics. Upon the opening of the IWK in 1970, the historic Halifax Children's Hospital

2300-525: Was located on the east side of Robie Street on the block bounded by University Avenue and South Street; in 1922 the Grace Maternity Hospital would be built on the opposite (north) side of University Avenue. This early pediatric facility had no private beds and, since health care in Canada at that time was private, surgical and medical staff donated their services without charge. The building expanded in 1919 to increase bed capacity to 50, followed by

2350-481: Was located on the south side of University Avenue. The initial facility could accommodate 65 mothers and 65 babies. Major renovations to the facility took place in 1956, 1962, 1973 and 1977. In 1975 the Halifax Infirmary announced that it would no longer handle maternity cases, forcing the Grace to absorb its patients. By the 1970s the Grace occupied half a city block with 126 adult beds and 166 bassinets with 40 in

2400-499: Was once more chosen speaker when the house convened in July. Macaulay stood by his people publicly and privately for more than a quarter of a century. He gave a plot of his own land in Point Prim for a cemetery (where he buried his own daughter). The Polly Cemetery is still used by locals today in the community of Belfast. d. 6 Dec. 1827. Dougald MacKinnon (December 15, 1886 – August 21, 1970)

2450-573: Was such a success that Mr. Mark returned in 2006 for "Revival in Belfast II" and was scheduled to be back in 2007 along with Pastor Paul Reid. Saint John's has the largest Presbyterian Sunday school east of Montreal . In addition to Saint John's, Belfast is home to two other churches, namely, Saint Michael's Roman Catholic, and Wood Islands Presbyterian. Many residents of the community attend worship services in Charlottetown or Montague . Students in

2500-562: Was the first Minister of Fisheries for the Province of PEI. He was also involved in the local Belfast Historical Society and served as President of The St Andrew's Society. The members of the band Paper Lions come from Belfast. The Community of Belfast was incorporated in 1972 and contains the following localities or settlements: List of rural municipalities in Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island

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