Sophiasburgh is an historic township in southern Ontario, Canada, one of the three original townships that formed Prince Edward County.
[3] It was named in 1798 after Princess Sophia, the fifth daughter of George III.
The township was amalgamated into the Corporation of the County of Prince Edward, a single tier municipality, on January 1, 1998.
After the American Revolution, a number of United Empire Loyalists who settled in the area of Picton Bay.
The White Chapel, north of Picton, was the first Methodist church built in the county.