Summerside is the second largest city in Prince Edward Island, Canada and is located on the Northumberland Strait in the western part of the island. Summerside was first settled in 1840 when a wharf was constructed and a road was built to St. Eleanors, the shire town of Prince County at the time. A shipyard was soon built at the wharf by Joseph Pope, and the town began to grow. Summerside became a seaport that shipped goods such as potatoes to the mainland. In 1877 Summerside was officially incorporated.