GEOGRAPHIC BOARD OF CANADA 13 Bideford ; river, lot 12, cove, lot 13. Chart , 1850. Refer to Bideford settlement. on Holland, 1765, after , Chichester, Sussex, one of the seats of the Duke of Richmond . or Bideford river in Meacham , 1880. Bideford ; settlement with post office, lot 12. After Bideford , Devonshire , England , home town of------Ellis, who settled on the southern side of lot 12 with------■ Chanter , also from Devonshire , in 1818. Mr. Chanter after some years built what became known later as Old house on the lot 13 side of Bideford river. The name was that of a residence near Bideford in England . East Bideford is also a settlement with post office in lot 12. Big Run ; settlement, lot 55. Meacham , 1880. Billhook; island, Malpeque bay. Billhook sand on Holland, 1765, with The Fishery on it. Fish island and Fishery island, in pamphlet, 1821. which describes the island as "convenient place for herring or cod fishery, Mr. Hill , owner." Called Fish island in 1827. * The Micmac name is Mimtoogopskeech, meaning "ball" island. Billhook; point, Panmure island, Cardigan bay. Chart , 1850. Birch; hill, lot 42. Meacham , 1880. Birch; point, lot 28. Chart name. Birch; point, lot 57. Chart , 1846. Pte au Boulleau of de la Roque. The clump of birchtrees on the cliff described by de la Roque, 1752, still marks the shore. ; settlement, lot 13. Meacham , 1880, which shows Edward Birch settler here. The name goes back to 1862. Black; brook, lot 30. Meacham , 1880. Black; creek, lot 54. Chart , 1850. A very muddy creek. Black spruce trees also grow here. Black Brook ; settlement, lot 45. Meacham , 1880. Black; point, Ellis river, lot 16. Chart , 1850. Black; point, lot 29. Black; point, Stephen cove, lot 11. On undated plan by George Wright , deputy surveyor general. Black; point and river, lot 33. Black point in Bayfield "Sailing Directions," 1847. Black; pond, lot 46. Also known by the Gaelic name of loch Dhu. From the blackness of shadows in it. Black; pond, lot 1. Wright, 1852. Black; pond, lot 60. Meacham , 1880. Black; river, lot 37. Meacham , 1880. Black Bank; peat bog, lot 11. Blacket; creek, lot 56. Blackets creek on plan, 1811, which shows Wm. Blacket, settler. Wm. Blackett, who died about 1896, aged 102, was born on the island. His father and grandfather, both named William, came from England . Blackett is present family spelling of name. According to census, 1798, Wm. "Blackett" was the head of a family in the lot. The Prince Edward Island Register, 1827, reports the building of ship in 1826 for Wm. Blacket. Blacket on chart, 1850. Black-pond; brook, lot 1. Meacham , 1880. Black Sow; point, Princetown royalty. Black Sow's point in Meacham , 1880. Blockhouse; point, lot 65. Chart , 1846. Pte a la Flamme (Pennant point) of French map, 1749. Blooming Point ; settlement, lot 36. Meacham , 1880. Selected name. Earlier known as Sand-hills. Bloomfleld; settlement, with post office, lot 5. Meacham , 1880. Named about 1877 after Bloomfield , Prince Edward county, Ontario . Earlier known as O'Halloran, after a settler. Old Bloomfield is now St. Anthony, New Bloomfield is at the railway. Bluefield; settlement, lot 31. Blueshank; settlement, lot 19. Refer to Kelvin . Bonshaw ; settlement with post office, lot 30. A post office name, 1855. The name is due to W. W. Irving , one of the first landowners in the locality, a native of Scotland , who called his new home after Bonshaw tower, Dumfriesshire, Scotland , the home of the Irvmgs In "The Palladium," Charlottetown , April 5, 1845, the "farm of Bonshaw " is advertised for sale. Borden; point and town, lot 27. The island terminal for the car-ferry steamer from the main¬ land and newest town in the province, founded 1917. Carleton point on Holland, 17o5. Renamed Borden, 1916, after Sir Robert Borden , then Premier of Canada , to avoid dupli¬ cation when it became car-ferry terminal. Bonwell ; settlement, lot 30. An Irish settlement. After Bonwell , county Tyrone . Bothwell ; settlement, lot 47. Named by Joseph McVean , early postmaster. Lake, 1863. Bottle; point, lot 63. Named 1913.