14 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

» Boughton; bay, river point and island. Holland, 1765. After Boughton, Northants, England. Refer to Cardigan. Holland shows Boughton island as three islands, which he names Boughton islands. Weibooktoojech, meaning Little Red river, is the Micmac Indian name of Boughton river. Boughton Island is a post office name.

Bouquet; cove and point, lot 26. Boquet on Holland, 1765. After Lt.—Col. Henri Bouquet (1719—65), a Swiss soldier of fortune who joined the British forces in America and performed

notable services during the seven years’ war and the Pontiac uprising. His official and personal correspondence, which is in the British Museum, forms an important source for Canadian and American history. Born at Rolle, in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, he entered the army when quite young, and after serving in Holland became commandant of the Swiss Guards. Entering the British Army, he came to America in 1756, as lieutenant colonel in the Royal American regiment. In 1757 he proceeded to Charleston to take command of the troops raised for the defence of Georgia. In 1758 he served in New York, joined the expedition against Fort Duquesne under Forbes and was appointed adjutant— general. From 1759 until the outbreak of the Pontiac conspiracy he remained in charge of the western posts. He died of fever at Pensacola in September, 1765. Speaking of his campaign of 1763, and more particularly of his fight at Bushy River, Kingsford says : “Bouquet’s leadership presents as brilliant a chapter in the history of the continent as may be found in its annals.” A later writer, Lewis Butler, adds “The almost startling question forces itself upon us, had Bouquet lived, should we have lost America?” - , Bovyer; creek, lot 48. Rev. Stephen Bovyer and family came to the Island from Providence, Rhode Island, after the American revolution. John Bovyer and Stephen Bovyer, farmers, were resident in Charlottetown in 1788. In this year they purchased land in Kings county, 1,816 acres and 1,712 acres respectively. In April, 1788, Stephen Bovyer is also said to have bought 500 acres in lot 5 from Edward Lewis, of Berkeley Square, London, England.

According to another statement, the family settled at Covehead in lot 34, whence a son, John, who later married a Miss Auld of Covehead, moved to the Fullerton Marsh farm at

the present creek before 1798, naming the homestead built there Bunbury, after the ancestral home in England. The census, 1798, shows Stephen Bovyer, not yet 60 years of age, as head of a family of eleven, five males and six females, in lot 34, and John Bovyer and another man, presumably a brother, in lot 48. The diary of Benjamin Chappell, New London, has the following entries: “July 18, 1802. From Capt. Bowyer 3 more letters. Feb. 4, 1804, Stephen Bowyer and myself. . . .”

Bowley; pond, lot 40. Bowley’s on Lake, 1863.

Brackley; point and railway station, lot 33. John M. Macleod in “History of Presbyterianism on P.E.I.”, Winona, 1904, says the point was named after “Mr. Brackley who came out from the old country with governor Patterson August 30, 1770. Mr. Brackley held a government office and was much thought of by the people.” The only references to Brackley known to the writer occur in the diary of Benjamin Chappell, New London, as follows: “Wednesday, February 1, 1775, Mr. Allen returned from Charlottetown having been gone 13 days with Mr. Brakely. February 10, 1775, at 10 o’clock came Messrs. Binns, Brakely, Winter and the surveyor on business.” Breckley on McGregor, 1832. Also Brackley Beach settlement.

Bradford; settlement, lot 28. After Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Selected name. A post office August 1, 1898, to December 14, 1912. Earlier known as Big Clear.

Brae; settlement, river and island, lot 9. Scottish word meaning “hillside.” Settled about 1828 by Scottish Highlanders. The island is Holland’s Sand island. Sandy or Brae island , and Brae river on survey plan, 1842, by A. Anderson. Brae island on Wright and Cundall, 1

1874. Brae Harbour is also a settlement name. , Brander; pond, lot 20. Brander’s pond on plan, 1.826, which shows James Brander settler 1 near. The Branders came from Scotland. : Breadalbane; settlement with post office, lot 67. After Breadalbane, Perthshire, Scotland. Usually found misspelled, Bradalbane. Brehaut; point, lot 57. Wright and Cundall, 1874. Buchanan point on chart and Depart— ment of the Interior map, 1914. According to a return dated April 18, 1786, John Borhou (Brehaut) and Jacob Sansabaugh (Sencebaugh), Huguenots from Guernsey, Channel

islands, were loyalist settlers in lot 32.

Bridgetown; settlement with post office, lot 55. From a bridge over Boughton river. Earlier known as Grand River. Meacham, 1880.

Brighton; suburb of Charlottetown. Name in use 1827. After Brighton, England. For decades owned by English residents. Named by one of them.

Brilliant; point, south of March water, lot 18. Meacham, 1880.

Bristol; settlement with post office, lot 40. The post office name was changed from Lot 40 to

Bristol, June 1, 1901. Britain; creek, flowing into Stukely pond, lot 39. Brittain in Meacham, 1880. Refer to

Stukely. Britain; pond, lot 39. Now known as Stukely. Refer to Stukely.