New Annan, Prince Edward Island
Rural unincorporated community in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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New Annan is a Canadian rural community located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is named after Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.[1] [2]
New Annan | |
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rural unincorporated community | |
 New Annan | |
| Coordinates: 46°25′10″N 63°42′42″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Prince Edward Island |
| County | Prince County |
| Founded | 1800s |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Canadian Postal code | C1N |
| NTS Map | 011L05 |
| GNBC Code | BABWL |
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Cavendish Farms, Prince Edward Island's largest private sector employer, maintains two large frozen foods processing plants in New Annan.[3]
An 1875 gazetteer refers to New Annan Mills as a "small village in Prince co. [County], 6 miles from Summerside. Pop.[Population] 80."[4]
November 2011 murder-suicide
On November 13, 2011, two people died in suspicious circumstances in New Annan. A car parked at the roadside with a man and a woman in it was found on Highway 2 in New Annan, between highways 110 and 120. The woman was dead due to stabbing and the man later died in hospital due to a self-inflicted stab wound.[5]
