Miminegash River and Miminegash Run . Little Miminegash is now called Roseville and the region between the community of Miminegash and Roseville is now called St. Lawrence . The name Miminegash is of Indian origin. There have been several meanings to this name. Robert Douglas did the first study of RE.I. in 1925 and he published his Place Names of Prince Edward Island . In this, he suggests Miminegash is from the word M'negash which means "what is carried" or "portage place." De Valiguy Pacifique, who wrote Le Pays des Micmacs in 1934, suggests that the name Miminegash originates from "Elmenigetjg" which means "forward land." Another meaning which many believe is the most probable is "wild goose pond" from its being a favorite resting place for migrating wild geese. The first white settler may have been Patrick Callaghan who came around 1830 after a career as a tinsmith in Halifax (1810) and Charlottetown (1822). The first Acadian was probably a Thibodeau who arrived around 1835. During the late 1800's until about 1945 there was a thriving trade industry between Miminegash and the coastal towns and vil¬ lages of New Brunswick . Farm products mainly oats, hay and horses were shipped to New Brunswick lumber camps in exchange for lumber in the form of planks, matched boards and shingles - along with some groceries such as barrels of molasses, flour and sugar. Shipbuilding was very popular during the early days. According to Progress newspaper (Saturday 17, 1866), Mr. George Farley was building a brigantine of about two hundred tons at Green's Bridge in Miminegash . Mr. Thomas Rix was a shipbuilder in Little Miminegash ( Roseville ) in the late 1800's. Even today, the seniors of the area recall the shipbuilder Captain Paul Costain who could neither read nor write but had a great reputation for the schooners he built from the 1800's until 1925. The Hibbert C. (60 ton), Florence C. (70 ton) and the Wild Briar (25 ton) were three schooners he built and are well remem¬ bered. Captain Paul Costain died in December, 1929 and is buried in the Miminegash United Church Cemetery. The Miminegash United Church was built during the years 1879 to 1881. It was then under the name of Methodist Church. At that time the minister was Rev. Joseph Seller . This neat little 26