Sherwood, Prince Edward Island

For other uses of "Sherwood", see Sherwood (disambiguation).

Sherwood is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Sherwood is centrally located in Charlottetown on the border of Queens Royalty and the township of Lot 33.

Originally the settlement was known as Sherwood Station, as it was located on the mainline of the Prince Edward Island Railway running from Charlottetown to Royalty Junction (where the line bifurcated east to Mount Stewart and west to Emerald. Sherwood Station was incorporated as a village in 1960 and its name was shortened to Sherwood in 1983. The village was amalgamated into the city of Charlottetown on April 1, 1995.

Sherwood was largely a farming district, located east of the royalty's common pasture land (present-day Agriculture Canada experimental farm). It bordered Charlottetown and West Royalty on the west, Parkdale on the south, and East Royalty on the east.

One of the biggest changes that came to Sherwood occurred in 1938 when a 300-acre (1.2 km²) parcel on the northern edge of the community was purchased by the city of Charlottetown to create an airport. The Charlottetown Airport remains a defining landmark in the north-central part of the city and has had a major influence on Sherwood's post-war development. During the 1960s-1990s, much of the remaining farmland in Sherwood was developed in housing projects which resulted in many single-detached homes constructed throughout the area, making Sherwood one of PEI's top-five communities in terms of population.

Sherwood is home to the Sherwood Falcons of the Island Junior Hockey League, as well as the Sherwood Metros of the Prince Edward Island Junior C Hockey League.

Presently a neighbourhood, Sherwood has a mix of housing, commercial and light industrial districts.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Neighbourhoods	Brighton Downtown East Royalty Parkdale Sherwood Spring Park West Royalty Winsloe

History and culture	Charlottetown Conference Charlottetown Festival Confederation Centre of the Arts Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst Victoria Row

Government and politics	Clifford J. Lee (mayor) Past Mayors Charlottetown City Council Charlottetown City Hall

Transportation	Charlottetown Airport T3 Transit Hillsborough River Bridge

Health and safety	Queen Elizabeth Hospital Hillsborough Hospital Charlottetown Police Department

Education	University of Prince Edward Island Holland College English Language School Board Commission scolaire de langue française

Media	Charlottetown Guardian CBCT-DT CBAF-FM-15 CFCY-FM CHLQ-FM CHTN-FM CIOG-FM CKQK-FM Island Media Arts Cooperative

Sports and recreation	Charlottetown Islanders Island Storm Eastlink Centre Charlottetown Driving Park Victoria Park, Charlottetown

Buildings and structures	Province House Government House St. Dunstan's Basilica All Souls' Chapel (Prince Edward Island) St. Peter's Cathedral (Charlottetown) Hotel Charlottetown Jean Canfield Building

Coordinates: 46°17′N 63°08′W / 46.283°N 63.133°W / 46.283; -63.133

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