34 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Kingsborough; settlement, lot 47 . Named by Robert Bruce Stewart, proprietor of the lot, whose chief tenant was a James Macdonald after an estate of the Macdonalds on the isle of Skye. This estate generally spelled Kingsburgh was the hiding place for a night after the battle of Culloden of Prince Charles Edward and was Visited in 1773 by Dr. Samuel Johnson when his hostess was the celebrated Flora Macdonald, wife of Allan Macdonald. Kingsboro

is the school district name.

Kinglston; settlement, lot 31. Meacham, 1880. Hereabouts 1775 map shows Marlborough

own.

Kinkora; settlement with post office, lot 27. An Irish-Catholic settlement. Doubtless after Kincora ruins, near Killaloe, county Clare, Ireland. Earlier known as Somerset; earlier still as Southwest. First settlers here 1835.

Kinlock; settlement, lot 57. A post office July 1, 1897, to December 31, 1914. Probably after Kinloch, isle of Skye, Scotland.

Kinross; settlement, with post ofl‘ice, lot 57 . Meacham, 1880. After Kinross, town, Scotland.

Knutsford; settlement, lot 8. Named January, 1869.

Lady Fane; school district, lot 28. After Cecily Jane Georgina, fifth daughter of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland. Lady Cecily died December 4, 1874. Lady Cecily built a hall, and probably the school, and devoted all rents to the improvement of conditions in the lot. She never resided on the island, but often expressed a desire to do so in letters to her agent, Mr. Palmer. Refer to Crapaud roadstead.

Lake Verd; settlement, lot 49. Verd or Vert is French for green. Meacham, 1880. Earlier known as Monaghan Road. Lake Verd is here.

Lakeville; settlement, lot 47. Near Surveyors inlet, locally known as North lake.

Lansdowne Hotel; settlement, lot 28.

Launching; pond, lot 55. Also Launching Place settlement with post office, which latter on chart of Cardigan bay, 1839.

Lauretta; settlement, lot.3. A post office April, 1897, to October 15, 1913.

Leech; pond, lot 64. The reference is evidently to the animal. Plan, 1850. Meacham, 1880, spells Leach.

Lennox; island and channel between island and mainland, Malpeque bay. Lenox on Holland, 1765. After Lord George Lennox. colonel, February 20, 1762; major general, May 25, 1772, and lieutenant general, August 29, 1777, or his brother Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox. The island was a favourite camping place of the Micmac Indians. Refer to Richmond. Also Lennox Island post office. Kikchiseboogwek, meaning “the passage close in shore,” or “small passage,” is the Micmac Indian name.

La Belle Alliance; settlement, lot 17. See Miscouche.

Leoville; settlement, lot 1. A post office July 1, 1896, to June 13, 1914. May be after Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903), elected pontiff 1878.

Lewes; settlement, lot 60. A post oflice June 1, 1908, to July 1, 1918. A Scottish settlement. “The Lewes” is an expression synonymous with “The Hebrides.”

Lewistown; settlement, lot 5. After Edward Lewis, proprietor of the lot, 1775. Refer to Northport.

Lincoln; settlement, lot 22. A post office October 1, 1895, to April 1, 1914.

Linkletter; settlement and creek, lot 17 . A return dated April 18, 1786, mentions George “Linkleighter” as asettler in lot 17. Linkletter emigrated from Kirkwall, Orkney islands, with his father to the United States and settling near Hartford, Connecticut; married Martha, daughter of Rev. Josiah Peck, the first preacher in Connecticut, and son of Wm. Peck, who emigrated from England in 1648 and took up a large tract of land called Green- wich. George Linkletter and his father—in—law, Rev. Josiah, fought for the King in the revolutionary war, and afterwards Linkletter left for Canada with his wife and three sons, George, James and John. He settled first in lot 11 and then received a grant of land at Sedgwick cove, lot 17. The sons built one of the first mills in Prince county. George (junior) married a daughter of Daniel Green (refer to Summerside). When the Linkletters came to lot 17 they settled in a deserted French house. Vegetables of several sorts were growing, among them beans of the variety called “snapshots” or “old French bean.” Some of these have ever since been kept in the Linkletter family. They grow 15 feet high. A post office November 1, 1896, to December 1, 1915.

Little; river, lot 56. Little Bingay; settlement, lot 23.

Little Dutchman; rock, lot 15. Name in Bayfield “Sailing Directions,” 1847. May be associated with the seamen’s epithet of “squarehead” as applied to a Dutchman.

Little Pierre Jacques; river and settlement, lot 8. Little Pond; settlement, lot 56. After a nearby small pond. Little Sands; creek and settlement, lot 62. Plan, 1829. Refer to High Bank.