GEOGRAPHIC BOARD OF CANADA 17 qualities that made Carleton what he afterwards became. He was given a liberal education, and at the age of eighteen entered the army with the commission of ensign. He saw service on the continent, and steadily rose in rank. He entered Canadian history in 1758 at the siege of . On December 30, 1758, he was appointed quartermaster general and colonel in America. Serving under Wolfe before Quebec, he was wounded at the battle of the Plains of Abraham, September 13, 1759, when in command of the Grenadiers. He was appointed lieutenant governor of April 7, 1766, and became the administrator of the colony after Murray's departure in June, 1766. He received his commission as governor of Canada on April 12, 1768. In 1770 he went to England on leave of absence, and was made a major general May 25, 1773. During his stay in England he was largely instrumental in securing the adoption of the Quebec act of 1774, which represented his views. He returned to Canada the same year, and was appointed commander in chief of the British forces in Canada . Before he could establish the new form of government, the Americans invaded the province in 1775. General Montgomery having captured St. John and entered Montreal, Carleton, who had no army, retired to Quebec . He fortified the town, organized the French and British militia, defeated Montgomery in his attack on December 33, 1775, and, upon the arrival of a British squaaron, May, 1776, put to rout the besieging army, and in a few weeks forced the Americans out of Canada . In reward for saving Quebec and Canada to England, he was nominated a knight of the bath July 6, 1776. Carleton's first term of office as governor terminated in June, 1778, but he returned as governor and as Baron Dorchester in October, 1786, and held office during the following ten years. He did all in his power to secure fair treatment for the loyalists who were in the revolting colonies that had obtained their independence, and, with all the means at his command, he assisted the loyalists who came to Canada . It was during this second term that Canada was divided into the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada , and an elective legislature given each. He took his final departure from July 9, 1796. He was raised to the rank of general in the army in 1793. He died suddenly on November 10, 1808. Carleton Corner ; settlement, lot 27. North Carleton is also a settlement, lot 27. Caroline; point, Mill river, opposite Fortune cove, lot 5. Name on map, 1821. Refer to Hill. Carr; pond, lot 14. Carrs on Wright and Cundall . 1874. The Carrs came m the Arabella to Princetown in 1770 along with the Ramsays, Mclntoshes and others. Suffering much hardship that winter from lack of food, they removed to lot 14 in the following spring. Cascumpeque ; bay, harbour and point, Prince county. Micmac Indian name (Kaskamkek) meaning "bold sandy shore." Casquembec is the form on Bellin , 1744. Holland, 1765, has "Holland harbour by the French Cascumpeque " and "Holland bay" of chart 2027 is styled " Cascumpeque harbour," the term bay not being used. Jumeau map, 1685 names Cascumpeque bay, R. S. Catherine and Malpeque bay R. S. Philippe , further east bemg R. Babochemik and R. S. Antoine de Pade ( St. Anthony of Padua river). Franquelm map, 1686 has R. Ste . Caterine , R. St . Philippe , R. Babochinek and R. St . Antoine. Cavendish; settlement, lot 23. The name Cavendish is due to William Winter , an army officer who was granted lot 23 by Governor Patterson . Winter, whose commission as lieutenant in the 12th regiment of foot is dated May 20, 1761, served in Germany under the command of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick and fought at the battle of Minden. He came to the island about 1771 or 1772, and having brought with his family a few servants and trades¬ people, established himself on the north shore of the lot fronting on the gulf of St. Lawrence , where Cavendish now is, a name he gave to his residence in honour of his patron, one oi the Cavendishes, probably Field Marshal Lord Frederick Cavendish, colonel of the 34th loot, for which regiment a Mr. Winter was for a time the London agent. The diary of Benjamin Chappell , New London , has the following entries referrmg to Winter: "May 16,1775. Being short of provision, we went to Winter's cove for oysters, the storms such as we could not get back. May 17, 1775, brought home our boat loaded with oysters. May 23, 1775, Giddes and myself went up a river by Winters after fowl, but found little. At the out¬ break of the American revolutionary war in 1775, Winter returned to England and re¬ entered the army and saw service in the . He was gazetted lieutenant in the 99th (Jamaica) regiment of foot June 3, 1780, and lieutenant-captain and captain, November 1, 1782. After the peace of 1783 he obtained the appointment of provost marshal ot Prince Edward Island , and, returning to the island, settled on Hunter river near the eastern boundary of lot 23. Winter river, lot 24, is not far distant In 1805 Captain Winter went to England , where he died. The Micmac Indian name is Penamkeak, meaning the sandy Cavendish; inlet and channel, lot 11. Holland, 1765. Possibly after Lo^^jg^ dish (1729-1803), field marshal and colonel 34th Foot ; Colonel May 7, 1759; Major-General March 6, 1761; Lieutenant-General, April 30, 1770; general, November 20, 1782. See Cen«af poSt, lollo. Chart , 1846. Meacham , 1880, has Finley's point and shows Pat Finley CentofB^eVue'^Sement, lot 26. First called Weatherbie's corner, then Strong's corner, the latter name being frequently used to this day. Centreville; settlement, lot 26. Refer to Bedeque . ^ a a Charles; point and shoal, lot 16, Malpeque bay. Holland, 1765. Refer to and Bunbury . Charlotte; parish, Queens county. Holland, 1765. 547—2 *