York Prince Edward Island Map

About York, Prince Edward Island

York is a community in Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. York is located at 46.3160°N, 63.0975°W.

York, Prince Edward Island, unfolds itself as a quiet observer along the North Shore, a landscape painted in broad strokes of emerald fields meeting the restless grey-blue of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It lies 8.9 km north-north-east of Charlottetown, PE (from Charlottetown, PE: bearing 19°T), and is situated 10.0 km east of Miltonvale Park. The land here is softly contoured, a gentle rise and fall that invites the eye to wander across the cultivated land, punctuated by stands of birch and spruce that whisper secrets on the salt-laced breeze. The air carries the distinct tang of the sea, a constant companion that softens the edges of the day and lends a pearlescent sheen to the fading light. Small farmsteads, their roofs weathered to a muted red or grey, are scattered like thoughtful punctuation marks across the rolling terrain, each a testament to generations who have worked this soil, their lives intimately bound to the turning of the seasons and the bounty of the earth. The history of York is etched into its very being, a story of hardy settlers who, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, found their footing on this fertile coast, drawn by the promise of land and the sheltering embrace of the shore. The local economy, for generations, has been deeply rooted in agriculture and fishing, the scent of ripening potatoes mingling with the briny aroma of lobster traps hauled ashore. While modern life has brought its own currents, the essential character of York remains that of a place where neighbourly spirit thrives, and where the pace of life is dictated not by clocks, but by the ebb and flow of the tide and the ripening of the crops. The community itself feels like a well-worn quilt, each patch a story of resilience and connection, held together by the shared understanding of life lived close to the land and the sea.

About This York Map Page

Explore York, Prince Edward Island, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.315983, -63.097506. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for York includes the postal code (C1C), telephone area code (782, 902). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for York is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.