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Cavendish | |
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unincorporated rural area | |
 Cavendish Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park | |
  Cavendish in Prince Edward Island | |
| Coordinates: 46°29′29″N 63°22′43″W / 46.49127°N 63.37867°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Prince Edward Island |
| County | Queens County |
| Parish | Greensville |
| Lot | Lot 23 |
| Time zone | Atlantic (AST) |
| Canadian Postal code | C0A 1N0 |
| Area code | 902 |
| NTS Map | 011L06 |
| GNBC Code | BAAQT |
| Website | http://cavendishbeachpei.com/ |
Cavendish is an unincorporated rural community in the township of Lot 23, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
The community's primary industries are tourism and agriculture supporting a very small year-round population. Cavendish is the largest seasonal resort area in Prince Edward Island with an average daily population in the months of July and August of approximately 7,500 residents. It was also home to Lucy Maud Montgomery, writer of Anne of Green Gables (1908). She said she loved sitting by a window and writing while looking out the windows onto the fields of Cavendish, which was the inspiration for the book's setting of Avonlea.