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Prince Edward County

Appellation

Prince Edward County is a VQA Ontario designated viticultural area in Canada.

Limestone peninsula in Lake Ontario where vines are buried in winter to survive the cold. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
VQA Ontario designated viticultural area (O. Reg. 359/24)
Area
107,847 ha outline of the administrative units
Centre
44.0065° N, 77.2547° W
Legal basis
Ontario: O. Reg. 359/24 under the VQA Act, areas defined by roads and natural features. British Columbia: GIs under the Wines of Marque Regulation, defined by watersheds and schedule maps.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Prince Edward
Nearest city
21 km south of Belleville 50,716 people
To the sea
230 km
Rivers nearby
Moira (21 km)
Lakes nearby
Ontario (4.1 km)
Same latitude
Châteauneuf-du-Pape (France), Šumadija (Serbia), Carmignano (Italy), Segarcea (Romania), Ново село (Bulgaria)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
52–154 m
Mean elevation
95 m

Measured over the whole outline on 22,869 elevation cells of about 220 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 19

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Sources

geoBoundaries CAN ADM3 (2016) (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0)

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