18 . DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Charlottetown; the only city of the island, Queens county. Charlotte Town on Holland. ’

1765. After Queen Charlotte, the consort of George III. Charlotte Sophia, daughter of Charles Louis, reigning Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, was born May 19, 1744. Her marri- age took place September 8, 1761, and she died November 17, 1818, leaving nine sons and six daughters. Portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte by Reynolds hang in the Assembly chamber of the Parliament buildings at Fredericton, NB. Also Charlottetown harbour, chart, 1846 which Port Lajoie of Franquet, 1751, Port la Joye of de la Roque, 1752 and Port Joy on Holland, 1765. Booksak, meaning “narrow passage between cliffs,” is the Micmac Indian name.

Charnwood; settlement, lot 45. A post office July 1, 1894 to March 1, 1914. May be after Charnwood forest, Leicestershire, England.

Chelton; settlement, lot 27. A post office, May 1, 1895 to'April 1, 1924.

Chepstow; point, cove and settlement, lot 45. Named by a settler from Chepstow, Monmouth, Wales. Lake, 1863, names point. Meacham, 1880, names point and cove. Chart names point only. Chepstow was a school district in 1862. ,

Cherry Grove; settlement, lot 45. Earlier known as Granville, which still school district name. Granville (Cherry Grove PD.) in Meacham, 1880.

Cherry Hill; settlement, lot 38. Meacham, 1880. From the abundance of cherry trees on it»

Cherry Valley; settlement with post office, lot 50. After the nearby estate of Captain Joseph Beers, a loyalist settler. “Joseph Beers, ensign, Kings Rangers,’ ’ is one of the signatories to a testimony published in New York Royal Gazette, March 5, 1783, and dated Island of St. John, November 30, 1782, pointing out to loyalists the eligibility of Prince Edward Island as a place to repair to. A great-grandson, Mr. Geo. W. H. Beers, of Charlottetown, writes: “When he first came to this province he was stationed at a fort at the mouth of what is now known as Charlottetown harbour. Here a small garrison was stationed, he being either in command or second in command. This was about the year 1783. Later he was given 'a grant of land in a place known by the French as Marguerite and which he named Cherry Valley. It consisted of 1,000 or 1,500 acres and here in the year 1785 he built a two—story old English style of house. This house stands intact and inhabited to this day. Its timbers are of pine and show no sign of decay. Cherry Valley was the name of the place in one of the New England states that he came from. The Beers came from Devonshire, England, and I think the place they came from in Devonshire was called Cherry Valley.” Lord Selkirk lodged a night at Cherry Valley in 1803.

Cheverie; creek, lot 45. After family of this name. Meacham, 1880, spells Chevirie.

Chichester; cove and point, lot 18. Chichester cove on Holland, 1765. Chichester point on chart, 1850. Goodwood, a seat of the Duke of Richmond, is at Chichester, England. The point is named Mills on Wright and Cundall, 1874.‘ Kadagakun, meaning “the eel trap,’ ’ is the Micmac name of the cove.

China; point, lot 50. Also China Point settlement. Name in use, 1828. Mr. W. S. N- Crane, China Point, writes: “I have heard my father William Spenser Crane, who was born in 1796, say that the place was called after a man named Chaney, whom he had heard tell of as the builder of a vessel near that place before he was born. Amongst the old people china tableware was called ‘chaney’* and when that word came to be pronounced properly a change also took place in pronouncing the name of the settlement. I remember hearing both pronunciations. The man referred to must have been an old French settler.” A map, undated, but before 1790, from a survey for Robert Clark, gives the names of settlers in the lot. South of present Vernon River post office were located the families of Vanider— stine, Jenkins, Young, Laws and China. When Joseph de la Roque made a census of the island in 1752, Jean Chainay, fisherman, 25 years a settler on the island, resided at Savage Harbour. Abadomkeak, meaning “the sandy shore winding and turning,” is the Micmac name.

Christopher Cross; school district, lot 1. School opened 1878. After family named Chris— topher, which long kept a blacksmith shop on the corner of the cross road opposite the school-

Church; creek, lot 3. Meacham, 1880, shows “English Church” on this creek.

Churchill; settlement, lot 30. After Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, British Cabinet Minister; war correspondent in South Africa when the name was given, 1900. A post oflfice November 1, 1900, to December 6, 1913.

Church Road; school district, lot 40. Named 1895 because on road to church.

Clark; point, lot 28. Name on late editions of chart of Crapaud road.

Clarke; point, lot 59. Chart, 1850. Meadow Foot point of Meacham, 1880. Census, 1798, shows Jos. Clark a settler in lot 59. ‘

Clarktown; settlement, lot 37. After Capt. Richard Clarke (‘3), original owner of land in the neighbourhood; died 1876. Clarkstown 1n Meacham, 1880, which shows A. Clark, G. Clark and J. and A. Clark, nearby settlers.

Clearspring; settlement, lot 44. Formerly Crooked River.

‘Compare Lord Frederic Hamilton’s “The Days before Yesterday,” p. 196: “In the 1870’s some of the curious tricks of pronuncmtion of the eighteenth century still survxved . . . . My aunts always drank tea out of a ‘chaney’ cup.”

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