28 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Gordon; cove and point, lot 27. Holland, 1765. May be after Lt.- Col. Gordon Graham (refer to Graham) or Capt. Wm . Augustus Gordon, who fought at and Quebec , grandfather of General Gordon of Khartoum. Gordon; point, Brudenell river, lot 53. Chart , 1850. Governor; island and shoals, Hillsborough bay. Governors island on Holland, 1765. Trans¬ lation of the original French name ile Gouverneur, which on Franquet , 1751. Refer to St. Peter island. The Micmac Indian name is Okosik, meaning "the place where goods are landed." Gowanbrae ; settlement, lot 44. Meacham , 1880. Evidently named from the mountain daisy, Scottish "gowan." Graham; head, lot 26. Holland, 1765. Possibly after Lt.- Col. Gordon Graham , who received half lot 47, 1767; major 42nd regiment in , 1761, or after George Graham , maker of monthly astronomical clock used by Holland. Graham; pond, lot 63. Name in use, 1829. Grand Pere; point, Rustico bay, lot 24. Grand Pere or Simeon's point, in Meacham , 1880. Grandview ; settlement, lot 57. Descriptive name given about 1885. Earlier known as Road. Grangemount ; settlement, lot 19. A post office June 1, 1910, to November 30, 1911. Granville; settlement, lot 45. Granville and South Granville; settlements, lot 21. May be because in Grenville parish. Refer to Grenville. Grave; point and island. Lot 59. Chart , 1850. Snugburry point in Meacham , 1880. Graystone; creek, lot 55. Chart , 1850. The name is derived from gray rocks near where the creek empties into Boughton river. Greek; river, lot 63. Holland, 1765. Kuhtowedek, meaning "reverberating echo," is the Micmac name. Green Bay; school district, lot 30. Greenfield ; settlement, lot 51. Descriptive name given 1904. A post office August 1, 1904, to July 1, 1913. Greenfield ; school district, lot 66. Greenhill ; settlement, lot 8. Meacham , 1880. Greenmarsh ; settlement, lot 58. There was a Green Marsh post office in 1855. Greenmount ; settlement, lot 2. Meacham , 1880. ; settlement, lot 30. Greens; brook, lot 29. Meacham , 1880. Greenville ; settlement, lot 23. Meacham , 1880. Greenvale is the school district name since 1862. Greenvale ; settlement, lot 46. Named 1842 by Daniel Mooney , who had left county Antrim, Ireland, 1821. Greenwich ; settlement, lot 40. Map, 1794. After Greenwich , London, England . Greenwich ; school district, lot 21. Name in use since 1864. Grenville; parish, Queens county. Holland, 1765. Probably after Rt. Hon. George Gren ¬ ville (1712-70); treasurer of the navy, 1760; secretary of State, 1762; 1st lord of the Treasury and chancellor of the Exchequer (Prime Minister), 1763-65. His sister Hester married William Pitt (1708-78), Earl of Chatham. Refer to New London bay. ; settlement, lot 67. Lake, 1863. Grigg; creek, lot 12. Griggs creek in Meacham , 1880, which shows Wm. Grigg, settler. Grover; island, Malpeque bay. Holland, 1765. Known locally as Ram island. Guerite (pointe de la); point, north of Alchorn point, lot 65. French name on Franquet , 1751, meaning watch-tower point. Guernsey ; cove, lot 64. Name on plan, 1829. Lot 6 4 was settled by emigrants from Guernsey , Channel islands, in 1806 and later years. It is said that the region was selected because well wooded, and, being coopers, the settlers needed the wood in business; while it was also thought that land that would grow such large trees would when cleared give equally bountiful crops. Mellish, in his history of Methodism in Charlottetown , says that in May, 1806, seventy-three men, women and children arrived in Charlottetown from Guernsey ' The diary of Benjamin Chappell , postmaster of Charlottetown , has the fol¬ lowing entries in 1806: " Charlottetown , May 15—arrived this afternoon the ship from Guernsey . June 3—The Guernsey people go to Murray harbor—eight families of them.' In the winter of these early days the settlers used to make up a quantity of barrels, kegs products of their labour by various kinds and in the spring join together and send the and household utensils of water to Charlottetown , where they found a ready market. Many household articles now made of metal were then made of wood. Guernsey settle¬ ment is also commemorated by the name Machon point. A-