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     Egmont Bay Parish 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Catholic parish of Saint-Philippe and Saint-Jacques is 
     
     usually referred to as Egmont Bay parish since it borders on 
     
     the body of water that Samuel Holland baptized in 1765 in 
     
     honour of John Perceval, the second Earl of Egmont. The 
     
     Mi’kmag called the Bay Wegwaak, meaning “steep and rug- 
     
     ged point.” Before the Deportation, the French called it Grande 
     
     Anse (“Big Cove”). 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1812, when the Acadians first moved to this area, they 
     
     called their new settlement La Roche because of the jagged 
     
     rock on the coast at Maximeville. The English called that 
     
     landmark Dutchman Rock seemingly because, at some point, 
     
     it was shaped like a head wearing a German helmet (Dutch 
     
     being an anglicization of Deutch, meaning German). Despite 
     
     the fact that the rock broke off during a storm in 1909, Dutch- 
     
     man Rock is still indicated on the official map of the Island. 
     
     Parents used to tell the children in Maximeville that the 
     
     mysterious Mi-Caréme woman lived on the rock (see p. 36)! 
     
     The name La Roche has fallen into disuse in the Evangeline 
     
     Region, although it is sometimes used by elderly Acadians 
     
     from other parts of the Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     The entrance to 
     
     Wellington, circa 1955. 
     
     Wendell Ward’s house is 
     
     on the left and Ira 
     
     Barlow’s on the right. 
     
     (Raymond Bernard 
     
     Collection)