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lord of the Admiralty, 1765. On behalf of himself and his nine children and a number of naval and military officers, the earl proposed to settle the island on a feudal plan, his lord- ship to be lord paramount, but the request for a grant in fee of the island was rejected. See Perceval river and point; Enmore river and head. Rand gives the Micmac Indian name as Wegwaak. He is not sure of the meaning, which he gives variously as “it ends,” “rough, cross and ugly,” and “turning suddenly.”

Eldon; village, lot 57. The name dates from the 1870’s. Earlier known as Cross Roads.

Elibank; creek, lot 59. Holland, 1765. After Hon. James Murray of Elibank or his brother Patrick, 5th Lord Elibank, who in 1764 received a grant of 20,000 acres in West Florida; Refer to Murray. Browns creek on Wright and Cundall, 1874 and later maps.

Eliot; river, Charlottetown harbour. Holland, 1765. After Edward Eliot (1727—1804), 1st Baron Eliot, Lord Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 1760—76. Misspelled Elliot on charts and on Wright and Cundall, 1874, and Elliott on Department of Interior map, 1918. Riviére de l’Ouest (West river) of French regime. See Edward Creek. Edward Eliot was the oldest son of Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, Cornwall. He was born in London. He married in 1756 Catherine Elliston, cousin of Gibbon the historian. He possessed vast borough interests in Cornwall. He was M.P. for St. Germans 1748-68, Liskeard, 1768-75 and the county of Cornwall 1775-84, when he was created Baron Eliot of St. Germans, January 17, 1784. In 1751 he was appointed receiver general for the Prince of Wales in the Duchy of Cornwall, and from January, 1760, to March,11776, commissioner for the Board of Trade and Plantations. The ministry of North was supported by him in the early stages of the American war, but in March, 1776, he voted against the employment of Hessian troops and resigned from the Board of Trade. The Eliots were among the earliest patrons of Reynolds, and Lord Eliot was one of Sir Joshua’s most familiar and valued friends, to whom he sat for his portrait in March, 1781 and January, 1782. He belonged to the Literary Club and several of his sayings are recorded in Boswell. He brought under Johnson’s notice the account of Lord Peterborough in captain Carleton’s memoirs, and the introduction was repaid with the remark: “I did not think a young 10rd could have men- tioned to me a book in English history that was not known to me.”

Elizabeth; island, lot 5. Name on map, 1821. Ram island on chart, 1851. Refer to Hill river. Ellen; creek, Yorke river, Charlottetown royalty. Meacham, 1880. North creek of chart,

1845.

Ellerslie; settlement, with post ofﬁce, lot 12. Originally name of farm of settler named Wallace, which after Ellerslie, one of the manors of Sir Wm. Wallace, the Scottish hero. An adver- tisement in “The Palladium,” Charlottetown, April 19, 1845, offers the “farm of Ellerslie

for sale.”

Elliott; settlement, lot 2]. Also known as Elliott Mills. After Richard Elliott, early settler, ﬁrst postmaster, who held the ofﬁce for 35 years.

Elliottvale; settlement, lot 66. Elliotvale is the school district. The name goes back 40 years.

Ellis; river, lot 14. Holland, 1765. After Welbore Ellis (1713—1802), secretary for war 17 62—65,.

Baron Mendip, 1794. He married a sister of Sir Hans Stanley, Bart. Refer to Stanley. Grand river on chart, 1850. Quagmire river on Wright and Cundall, 1874. The Micmac

name is Amasiboogwek, meaning “long river.” Elm; point, lot 15. The most northerly point in the lot. Meacham, 1880.

Elmira; settlement with post ofﬁce, lot 47. Known as Portage because of portage from North to South lake. Name changed 1872 to Elmira, after Elmira, village, New York state, at the suggestion of George B. McEachern, school teacher. The name has no local signiﬁcance-

but was selected for its euphony from a gazetteer.

Elmsdale; settlement with post office, lot 4. From natural features. Earlier known as Adams Corner.

Elmwood; settlement, lot 31. A post ofﬁce September 1, 1895 to December 6, 1913.

Emerald; settlement with post ofﬁce, lot 67. An_Irish settlement. Named 1886 after the- “Emerald Isle.” Earlier known as County Line, being the line separating Queens and

Prince counties. _

Emmerson; railway station, lot 53.

Emyvale; settlement, lot 30. After Emyvale, Monaghan, Ireland, An Irish settlement. Name in use, 1862.

Enmore; river lot 12; head lot 15, settlement, lot 10. Holland, 1765. After Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore. Refer to Egmont.

Fairchild; point, lot 63. Fairchild’s. point in Meacham, 1883. Chart, 1849, has Townsend. A post ofﬁce, Fairchilds Point, ex1sted from May 1, 1913, to April 1, 1914.

Fairﬁeld; settlement, lot 47 . Wright, 1852. Fairview; settlement, lot 65. Named 1877 on removal of school from neighbourhood of Webster creek. Earlier known as Webster Creek. Webster Creek was a post ofﬁce in 1855.

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