10 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Allanby; point, lot 18. Better known as Darnley point. In this lot map, 1810, shows Allanby settlement, a name not now in use. The reference is to Captain Wm. Allanby, 40th regiment, who got lot 18 in 1767. On map, 1775, he is described as Wm. Allanby, PM. (provost marshal). “Prince Edward Island Magazine,” pril, 1904, quotes an afﬁdavit of Allanby

dated April 22, 1785 and signed “receiver of quit rents and collector of customs,” in which Allanby states he came to the island in the same ship as Governor Patterson in 1770. Allanby was a member of the Governor’s council which met February 17, 1773.

Allen; cove, lots 30 and 65. Holland, 1765, chart and Department of Interior, 1914. May be after Admiral John Carter Allen, present at capture of Louisbourg, 1758, or after Lt. James Allen, 44th regiment, wounded at Louisbourg. Wright, 1852, and Meacham, 1880, have

. Canoe cove. Here is Canoe Cove settlement.

Alliston; settlement, lot 63. After John Allis, a British soldier settler who died about 1895. Earlier known as Peters Road. A post oﬁice November 1, 1896', to March 1, 1914.

Alm§u7zettlement with post ofﬁce, lot 3. Post ofﬁce opened during the year ending August 31,

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Amherst; cove and point, lot 28. Holland, 1765. After Field Marshal the Rt. Hon. Sir Jeffery Amherst, K.B., P.C., 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal, Kent. Jeffery Amherst was born in Kent, January 29, 1717. His father’s neighbour, the Duke of Dorset, took him as a page, and got him an ensigncy in the guards in 1731. He served as A.D.C‘. on the staff of General Ligonier, commanding in Germany, at Roucoux, Dettingen, and Fontenoy, and on the Duke of Cumberland’s staff at Laffeldt and Hastenbeck. In 1756 he became colonel of the 15th regiment. He attracted the attention of Pitt, by whom he was given the rank of major-general and command of the expedition against Louisbourg which sailed from Portsmouth in May, 1758. As a reward for the success of this undertaking, he was appointed commander in chief in North America. During the next two years he took personal com- mand on the Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence frontiers, and received the capitulation of Canada at Montreal on September 8, 1760. He was then appointed governor general of British North America, and in 1761 received the thanks of Parliament and was made a knight of the bath. In 1763 he returned to England. In 1770 he became governor of Guernsey, and in 1772 a privy councillor, lieutenant general, and acting commander in chief of the forces. His steady support of the war against the American colonies increased his favour with the King. In 1776 he was created Lord Amherst, in 1778 he became a general, and in 1.793 commander in chief. This last oﬂice he resigned in 1795 to the Duke of York, and in 1796 the King made him ﬁeld marshal. He died at Montreal, his seat in Kent, on

August 3, 1797.

Anderson; creek, lot 22. Robert Anderson, born at New London of Scottish parents, settled here about 1816.

Annandale; village, lot 56. The name was given about 1868 in deference to James Johnston, pioneer shipbuilder and trader who was born in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1837, and came to Prince Edward Island in 1840 with 1118 parents who settled in Lower

Montague. Mr. Johnston began business in Annandale in 1855, when it was known as Grand River Wharf. It was not till the year 1876 or 77 that the name Annandale became general

in use. The post oﬂice name then as now was Lot 56.

Annarowe; settlement, lot 65. A post ofﬁce of the name was opened about 1889 and closed March 1, 1898.

Appin Road; settlement, lot 30. Wright and Cundall, 1874. Doubtless after Appin, Perth- shire, Scotland.

Appletree; creek, lot 35. Chart No. 1711, survey 1843-44.

Argyle Shore; settlement, lot 30. Argyle became settled in the early part of last century by immigrants from Argyllshire (Argyleshire), Scotland.

Arisaig; settlement, lot 35. Wright and Cundall, 1874.

Arlington; settlement, lot 14. The name dates from 1869 when a school district was formed. At a meeting on February 14 it was named Arlington. Earlier known as Black Settlement.

The name Arlington has no local signiﬁcance.

Armadale; settlement with post ofﬁce, lot 42. Meacham, 1880. Armadale is the name of three places in Scotland—in West Lothian, in Sutherland and in Skye.

Ashton; settlement, lot 42. Astyanax; rock, Hillsborough bay. Name on chart of Hillsborough river and harbour of Charlottetown surveyed by George Wright, surveyor general and George Peacock, 1839.

Probably after a ship.

Auburn; school district, lot 36.

Augustin; cove, lot 38. Holland, 1765. After Col. Augustin Prevost. Refer to Prevost cove and point. Also Augustin Cove settlement. ‘

Auld; creek, lot 34. Auld’s in Meacham, 1880, which shows James and Wm. Auld nearby settlers. Auld’s Mills were here in 1844.