GEOGRAPHIC BOARD OF CANADA 43 raised 60th Royal Americans . He served under "Wolfe at Quebec , where he was wounded. On recovery, in 1760, he rejoined the 3rd battalion in Canada and having been promoted Lt.-Colonel March 20, 1761, took the battalion to the . In 1780, having served 22 years in and the , General Prevost returned to England and purchased the estate of , near Barnet, where he died, leaving three sons and two daughters. His eldest son subsequently became Governor General of Canada and was created a baronet. See Augustin cove. Sometimes mis-spelled Provost. Priest; pond, lot 46. The name antedates 1833, and probably was named after Priest (later Bishop) McEachran. Lake, 1863, has Prece. Prim; point and river, lot 58; island, Hillsborough bay. Holland, 1765, and usage since that date. The name is a corruption of "Prime," the first or south point of the compass. On the map of the island by Franquet , 1751, the point is called " Pte du Sud ou de Prime." Also reefs. Holland also shows Prim village, lot 57. Wejowitk, meaning "Beside the flowing current," is the Micmac Indian name of point Prim. Prim island is Munegooskek, meaning "little island." Primrose ; settlement, lot 54. A post office July 1, 1896, to May, 1899. Re-opened, it was again closed September 18, 1915. Primrose ; point, lot 32. Chart , 1846. Prince Edward ; island. In 1534 Jacques Cartier sailed along the north shore of the island, rounding North cape and proceeding some distance along the western shore, without real¬ ising that it was other than part of the mainland. The first mention of the island is in Champlain's work entitled "Des Sauvages," printed in Paris, 1603, where "Pisle de Sainct Jean" is spoken of as "about thirty or thirty-five leagues long and about six leagues from the land to the south" (quelque trente ou trente-cinq lieues de long et a quelque six lieues de la terre du su). On Lescarbot's map of 1608 there is no sign of Prince Edward Island . On Champlain's first map, made in 1611, it is not shown. In that of 1612 it appears as a small round island marked "ille St . Jean." In his last map in 1632 it is clearly and cor¬ rectly shown. In the 1632 edition of his voyages Champlain mentions being informed in 1623 by a pilot that the Basques had seized one of his vessels and taken it to a port they had fortified on "isle S. Jean ." The name St Jean, in its English form St. John, was retained after the British occupation of the island. However, in 1780 confusion caused by the resemblance of the name to St. John's, city, Newfoundland , and St. John city, New Bruns¬ wick, had led Governor Patterson to propose that it be changed to New Ireland, and an act was passed for the purpose July 17, 1780, but disallowed, the reason given being that the name of New Ireland was already appropriated. In November, 1798, an act with a sus¬ pending clause was passed by the provincial legislature to change the name to Prince Edward , after the Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, then in command of the troops at Halifax, N.S. The order was confirmed by the King, February 5, 1799, receipt of the order in council to that effect being acknowledged by Gov. Fanning on Juna 13, 1799, on which day the name appears to have been first used in official despatches from the governor. Epagwit, meaning "at rest on the water," is the Micmac name. Princetown ; settlement with post office, Prince county. Holland, 1765. After George Augustus Frederick , Prince of Wales , afterwards George IV (1762-1830). " Captain Holland named it Princetown but it never reached more than a plan on paper." Princetown ; point, opposite Grover island, lot 18. Chart , 1850. The Micmac name of Princetown royalty is Ankanegadakun, meaning "ancient cultivated field." ; settlement, lot 47. Lake, 1863. Punchbowl; pond, lot 21. Wright and Cundall , 1874. Devils Punchbowl is another name. Quagmire; river, lot 14. See Ellis. Quinn; brook, lot 13. Quinns on Meacham , 1880, which shows John Quinn , settler. Raasay; settlement, lot 60. There was a post office of this name, or rather Raasa, in 1855. A Scottish settlement. After Raasay island, Hebrides, Invernessshire, Scotland . Now Melville. Ram; island, Malpeque bay. See Grover. Ram; island, North port, Cascumpeque harbour. Refer to Elizabeth. Ramsay; creek, lot 13. Meacham , 1880. Plan, 1808, has Montgomery after Hugh Mont ¬ gomery. Widow Ramsay was head of family of nine at census, 1798. Raphael; river, lot 11. Name on undated plan by George Wright , deputy surveyor general. Rapley; cove, lot 12. Meacham , 1880. Plan, 1796, has Rably. Read Corner ; settlement, lot 17. After Ephraim Read , who came to the island about 1840, having lived in New Brunswick 32 years. Giving evidence before the Land Commission in 1860 he said he was brought up to farming till he was 21, after which he travelled with surveyors through the forests of New Brunswick for some years. Since coming to Prince Edward Island he had carried on tanning, currying, harness-making and boot and shoe making. Red; point, Panmure basin, lot 61. Meacham , 1880. Red; point, lot 55. Holland, 1765.