GEOGRAPHIC BOARD OF CANADA

Sheep; pond, lot 44. Sheep; river, lot 13. Wright and Cundall, 1874.

Shemody; point and creek, lot 16. Point name on chart, 1850. Greek name in Meacham,

1880. Micmac name meaning “spear-pole”; doubtless the neighbourhood was a place where spear—poles could be procured easily.

Shemody; river, lot 17. Another name is Ramsay river, after John Ramsay, one of six brothers who came to the island from Scotland in 1770 and settled on the banks of the river. He and his sons built many ships and latterly moved to Summerside. Still a third name is Chinnick.

Sherbrooke; school district, lot 17.

Sherwood; settlement, lot 33. Sherwood Station post office was opened July 1, 1910, and closed October 1, 1912.

Shipwreck; point, lot 43. Holland, 1765. Refer to N aufrage.

Shipyard; river and point, lot 18. River name on chart, 1850. Point name in Meacham, 1880. Ships used to be built here.

Short; point, lot 42. Holland, 1765. May be after James Short (1710-68), celebrated Scottish Optician. Surveyor General Holland used a telescope made by him. Big cape

0n7Department of Interior map, 1918. Short point or Big cape 0n Wright and Cundall, 18 4.

Silliker; brook, Wilmot river, lot 25. After Loyalist family of whom Jacob “Seliker” was a settler in lot 26 in 1786.

Silver stream; a creek, lots 66 and 38. Meacham, 1880. Sinnott Road; settlement, lot 39. After Peter Sinnott, first settler; road opened 1859.

Skinner; pond, lot 1. Name in Bayfield “Sailing Directions,” 1847. A local tradition is that it is named after the captain of a vessel wrecked in the vicinity (Rev. J. C. Macmillan), or at any rate a person of this name. Also explained as the translation of an-‘rlleged Acadian

name, étang des Peaux or Skin pond, corrupted to Skinner pond. Also \‘kinner Pond settlement. '

La Skye; brook, lot 30. Immigrants from the isle of Skye settled here 1858.

Smelt; creek, lot 55; creek, Rustico bay, lot 33; creek, Goodwood river, lot 12, and ri‘Vsr, Ellis river, lot 14. Presumably because of abundance of smelts.

Smelt; brook, lot 30. Meacham, 1880.

Smith; point, lot 61. Holland, 1765. May be after Co‘l. Marcus Smith of 4th battalion, Royal American regiment, which was Holland’s regiment; or General Edward Smith, “under or with whom I served” (Holland, May 14, 1789); or Captain Hervey Smythe or Smith (1734—1811), who served at Louisbourg and Quebec and accompanied the remains of Wolfe to England; or Captain James Smith of the Seahorse, which ship he commanded at the siege of Quebec. '

Snake; cove, lot 12. Plan, 1796.

Solander; point, lot 55. Chart, 1850. After Dr. Daniel Charles Solander (1736-82), Swedish botanist and pupil of the celebrated Linnaeus. Accompanied Captain Cook, 1768-71, in the Endeavour as assistant to Mr. (afterwards Sir Joseph) Banks. On this voyage Cook discovered and named New South Wales. On returning to England Solander remained in the service of Banks as secretary and librarian. In 1773 he was made keeper of the printed books in the British Museum. Solander rock, off cape Cook, Vancouverusland, BC, is named after him. Name doubtless suggested by Banks pomt on the opposrte s1de of Boughton river. The two names recur together on Vancouver island. Solander is the author with Banks of “Illustrations of Australian Plants collected in 1776 durmg Captam Cook’s voyage round the world in H.M.S Endeavour,” published in London 1n three folio volumes, 1800—05. 319 fine plates and three maps.

Souris; river and head, lot 44. Also Souris town, lot 45. Colville river on Holland, 1765. The river flows into Colville bay of Holland or “havre a la Sourls” of Belhn map, 1744. The head is cap a la Soury of de la Roque, 1752. The reference is to mice, of which there were three plagues here between 1720 and 1738 (“Prince Edward Island Magazme”, V01. 1). Wright and Cundall map, 1874, has Colville point or Souris head. Meacham atlas, 1800, has Souris cove, river, harbour, head and railway station. ' ‘

Southampton; settlement, lot 41. South Lake; school district, lot 47. South; lake, lot 47. See East lake.

South Melville; settlement, lot 29. Earlier known as Melville Road after Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851), sometime owner of. land in the lot, whlch came to him from his wife, Anne Saunders, grand niece and co—helr of Admlral Slr Charles Saunders, Original grantee of lot 29 in 1767. Refer to Crapaud roadstead. ‘ ; .

Southport; settlement, with post office, lot 48. Chart, 1845. South of Charlottetown. Known earlier as “The Ferry.” Here also are Stratford- and Hopeton. 1

Spear;'p‘oint, Princetown royalty. Meacham, 1880. 547—4