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Hermanville; settlement, lot 45. After Herman McDonald, early settler. Hermitage; creek, Charlottetown royalty. Hermitage; settlement, lot 49. The name goes back to 1828.

Herring; island, Murray group, Murray harbour. Chart, 1849. Mr. J. F. Herring, Murray Harbour, writes: “My great grandfather, Wm. Herring, came from Cornwall, England, with three of his sons, Frank, William and Pasco, and settled on Murray islands, about the year 1828. They were farmers by occupation but worked at ship carpentry in later years. Before they settled on the islands, the Micmacs used to come and stay on them during the shooting season.” This, island is also known as Reynolds island after David C. Reynolds, 17810 came from Dartmouth, N.S., in 1869. It is designated 3rd or Indian island on plan,

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Hervey; point and cove, lot 46. Holland, 1765. May be after Hon. Wm. Hervey (1732—1815), captain, 44th regiment, British soldier who spent the years 1755-63 in North America, major of Brigade, Three Rivers, 1762. .Little harbour of later maps is here. Havre a l’Anguille of Berlin map, 1744. Harvey of chart and Lake, 1863. Red point of Wright and Cundall, 1874, and of Meacham, 1880.

Higgins Road; settlement, lot 13. After John Higgins, settled; died about 1865.

High Bank; settlement with post ofﬁce, lot 64. Named from the nature of the shore or bank along the strait of Northumberland, the bank for a distance of three miles being about 75 feet in height, composed of cliffs of red sandstone. The bank falls off gradually to a low sandy shore at either end, called White Sands at the east and Little Sands at the west.

Hill; point, Cascumpeque peninsula, lot 5. Chart, 1851. Refer to Hill river.

Hill; river, lot 5. Chart, 1845. Johns river on Hill map, 1821, which applies the name Hills river to present Mill river. Hills Town is shown on Hill map, 1821, at site of present Northport. A pamphlet and map published anonymously in London in 1821 refers to “John Hill, Rotherhithe, Surrey, who carries on a mercantile concern on the island and is in the habit of sending vessels every season and who has a son at Lewistown [Hillstown of the map], a ﬁne harbour on the north side of the island.” A newspaper advertisement, 1827, states that the business of Wm. and S. S. Hill will in future be carried on by S. S. Hill. There are also references in this year to John Hill of Exmouth, Devon. The names Hannah creek, Johns river, Harriet point, Julia river, Samuels point and Henry’s river on the map accompanying the pamphlet appear to commemorate members of the Hill family, as may also Williamstown. According to evidence given before the Land Commission, 1860, Edward Lewis, the proprietor of the lot in 1775 sent out John Hill from England, about 1780, to report on the nature of the country. On the basis' of this report, Lewis contracted to supply the Admiralty with lumber and Hill came out again and erected a saw mill, presumably at Lewistown. The project did not pay and Lewis found Hill was a partner in the proﬁts, but not in the losses. Lewis committed suicide and Hill, putting in large claims against the estate, succeeded in getting lot 5 sold, which he purchased. Hill again came to the island about 1813. A visit was made to Newfoundland and later Hill returned to England and published a pamphlet, which seems to be the anonymous one before referred to.

Stavordale; cove, is the name on Holland map, 1765. After Stephen Fox—Strangways (1704-76), Lord Ilchester and Stravordale (1747), 1st Earl of Ilchester, 1756. He was the eldest brother of Henry Fox, Lord Holland, both being sons of Sir Stephen Fox.

Hillsborough; parish, river, settlement and bay. Holland, 1765. After Wills Hill (1718-93), Earl of Hillsborough (Ireland) 1751, Lord Harwich (Great Britain) 1756, Viscount Fairford and Earl of Hillsborough (Great Britain) 1772 and Marquess of Downshire 1789, 1st Lord Commissioner of Trade and Plantations 1763, joint postmaster general 1766, secretary of state for the colonies 17 68-72; in 1799 he was reappointed secretary and became one of the leaders of the administration which had to bear the unpopularity of the American war. The bay is the creek of Port la Joye 0r ance a la pointe Prime of de la Roque, 1752. The river is riviere du Nord-Est of the French regime, or Northeast river. Mimtugaak, meaning “running straight up,” is the Micmac name of the river. Elsetkook, meaning “ﬂowing close by high rocks,” is the Micmac name of the settlement.

Hilson; point, lot 17, east of Summerside. .After the ﬁrst bricklayer to settle near Summerside. Chart, 1841, published 1849. He acquired considerable land along the shore, including the point. His son married a sister of Sir Charles Tupper.

Hoar Bush; settlement, lot 1. Meacham, 1880. Hog; island, lot 13. The Micmac name is Petawegek—munegoo, meaning “barren island.’ ’

Holland; cove, lot 65. Chart, 1846. Observation. cove on Holland, 1765. Surveyor General Holland had a house here and took observations. The cellar of the house could be seen 20 years ago, but has since been washed away. Samuel Jan Hollandt was born at Nimeguen, Holland. In the record of his burial at Quebec in 1801 at the Anglican cathedral his age is given as 73 years, which places his birth in 1728. In his teens he enlisted in an artillery corps of the army of his. native country and he records that he fought with the Black Watch at the siege of Hulst, In 1747, by the French. Enjoying the friendship of British army ofﬁcers, the Duke of Richmond among them, upon the outbreak of war between Britain

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