24 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 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 m fee of the island was rejected. See pTceval 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 . Flibank- creek lot 59 Holland, 1765. After Hon. James Murray of Ehbank or his brother latrick 5th Lord Elibank , who in 1764 received a grant of 20,000 acres m , 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 %Wn|p 1918 Riviere de l' Ouest (West river) of French regime. See . Edward Eliot was the oldest son of Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, He was born m London He married in 1756 Catherine Elliston , cousin of Gibbon the historian. He possessed vast Cough interests in Cornwall . He was M.P for St . Germans 1748-68, L *keard1768-75 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 m the D /chy'of Cornwall , and from January, 1760, to March,! 1776 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 SnSlds and Lord Eliot was one of Sir Joshua 's most familiar and valued fiends to whoi/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 Eduction was repaid with the remark: "I did not think a young lord 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, Fllerslie- settlement with post office, lot 12. Originally name of farm of settler named Wallace, which after"rslTe 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 Ellershe Elliott ;Tettlement, lot 21. Also known as 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 Ellis^river lot 14 Holland, 1765. After Welbore Ellis (1713-1802), secretary for war 1762-65, EUl Baron 'Mendip, f794. 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 , 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, existed 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.