The location used to be called Kangaruma Junction, but was renamed after Alan Prince, its founder.

[1] Princeville was established in the late 1980s by a group of Amerindians who felt that it was necessary to create an area to develop their culture and to have access to rich farmlands.

Men and women are engaged in fishing, farming and hunting activities.

The traditional communal lifestyle is maintained in this village where labour and food is shared among the residents.

The village lacks electricity, residents use privately owned generators.