12 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bear; cape, lot 64. Holland, 1765. Cap a l’Ours of earlier French maps. A 1762 map has La

Petite cape a l’Ours. The Micmac name is Kwesowaak eskwodek, meaning “The end of the island cape.”

Bear; river, lot 44. Also Bear River; settlement with post office, lot 43.

Beaton; point, lot 47. After Donald Beaton, a native of Lochaber, Scotland, who came to Prince Edward Island about 1774. He died at the age of 96. He was in the militia service, Charlottetown, in 1776 when American privateers carried away the governor. Donald Beaton bought 1,000 acres of land in lot 47 and settled here before 1802, at least, in which year his son Angus was born here. A plan, December, 1808, has Betsey’s point and Betsey’s pond to the east.

Beaton Mills; settlement with post office, lot 60. Angus Beaton came to Prince Edward Island on the Polly in 1803 and settled here. His son Donald or Ronald built the mills,

1863.

Beaton Mills; settlement, lot 52. Beatons Mills in Meacham, 1880, which shows Donald and Kenneth Beaton, nearby settlers.

Beator:1 Road; settlement, lot 9. After John Beaton, son of Donald Beaton, lot 47, who set- tle here.

Bedeque; bay, south coast of the island. Also settlement with post office, lot 26. Corruption of Micmac Indian name Eptek, meaning “the hot place.” Halifax bay on Holland, 1765, With Bedeque as a secondary name. Bedec is the form on Bellin map, 1744. De la Roque, 1752, has Bedecque. Meacham, 1880, has Centreville settlement w1th Bedeque as the post fffice name. Central Bedeque is also a post office, lot 26. North Bedeque is a settlement, 0t 25.

Bedford; parish, Queens county, also settlement, lot 35. Parish name onHolland, 1765. After John (1710-1771), 4th Duke of Bedford, Who in 1762 asBritish minister plenipotentiary go the court of France signed at Fontainebleau the prehminaries of peace w1th France and

pain.

Beech; hill, lot 49. Also Beech Hill settlement.

Beech; point, lot 18. Chart, 1850. From a grove of beech trees. The Micmac name is Kwesomalegek, meaning “hardwood point.”

Belfast; village, cove and point, lot 57. Village name on map dated April 6, 1775. The site of the village was formerly a French settlement, but the French settlers were removed from it, 1758. The lot was granted in 1767 to Samuel Smith and Capt. James Smith, R.N., of The Seahorse. There was an unsuccessful attempt to plant a settlementhere in 1775 (Sutherland), by the proprietors in 1785 (Meacham), but not till 1803 was there any settle- ment, when 800 Highlanders, encouraged by the Earl of Selkirk, arrived. Megwasa, meaning “red bank,” is the Micmac Indian name. The 1775 map referred to contains a number of other settlement names, such as Dartmouth town, lot 14, Maryborough town, lot 31, Ponalls town, lot 31, Debsboroug town, lot 33, Hillsborough town, lot 33, where there Were no settlements at this time. In his diary, August 13, 1803, Lord Selkirk speaks of “the settlement at the old French village called Belfast.” Cove and pomt named on chart, 1846. The cove may be anse de la Boullotierre of de la Rogue, 1752.

Bell; point, lot 62. Lake, 1863. Bacons point of Holland, 1765. Meacham, 1880, shows no name on the point, but several nearby settlers named Bell. Angus Bell, from Scotland, was married here May 14, 1813.

Belle; river, lot 62. Holland, 1765. Evidently from a French name Belle riviere, meaning “beautiful river.” Department of the Interior map, 1914, misspells Bell river. The Micmac Indian name is Mooinawa—seboo, meaning “Bear river.” Sometimes called Belle creek.

Bellevue; cove and point, lot 48. Chart, 1846. So named by Wm. Haszard, U.S. loyalist, the original grantee of this property, from the beautiful outlook. The property is now owned by his grandson, Mr. Justice Haszard.

Bellevue; school district, lot 12.

Bellevue; settlement, lot 57. The post office name was changed to this from Murray Harbour Road, October 1, 1906. Post office closed September 1, 1913. ‘

Bells; pond, lot 35. Lake, 1863. ,

Belmont; settlement, lot 16. After Belmont, Colcliester county, N.S.

Belony; creek, lot 17 . After Beloni Perry, merchant, who owned land near the creek.

Bentinck; point and cove, Malpeque bay, lot 16. Holland, 1765. .May be after John Bentinck a naval officer who received a captaincy, 1758. Bentinck received a grant of 10,000 acres in West Florida in 1764. Meacham, 1880, has Bentinck or Gull point. Bentinck shoal is off the point. The cove is called Shemody on an early plan of the island, undated.

Berry; head, Cascumpeque peninsula, lot 5. Chart, 1851. Bethel; settlement, lot 48. Meacham, 1880. Named by James Douglass, who used to teach Sunday school in the old schoolhouse.