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<p>after <a href="page.php?w=Prince_Frederick%2C_Duke_of_York_and_Albany">Frederick</a>, second son of King <a href="page.php?w=George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom">George III</a>. It became the capital of the new colony, being considered to have a better defensive position than larger <a href="page.php?w=Saint_John%2C_New_Brunswick">Saint John</a>.</p>

<p>The streets were laid out in the typical grid pattern of the time, with the names reflecting loyalist tendencies: Charlotte, Brunswick, George, King, and Queen.</p>

<p>In 1785, it became the shire</p><p>
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