have survived from the French period of settlement (1719-1759), although 10 of these have survived in translation. Among the latter are Cape Bear, Canoe Cove, Governors Island, St. Peters Bay, St. Peters Island, Skinners Pond (7) and Wood Islands. Other French names that have survived include Bay Fortune, Fortune River, Cape Traverse, Scentia Road, Belle River, Courtin Island, DeGros Marsh, Point Deroche, DeSable River, Fortune Cove, Gallas Point (7), Gaspereaux, Grande Digue Point, Grand River, Jacques River, Marie River, Morell River, Naufrage River, Pinette, River Platte, Point Prim, Rustico Bay, Savage Harbour and Souris River.

It may have been the French influence that promoted so many minor water— courses and tidal estuaries to the generic term “river”. Certainly the term receives common usage for numerous short streams that elsewhere in the Maritimes would be called “creeks”. The French term “barachois” is used in three areas of the Island to describe ponds enclosed by bars at sea level.

Distinguished British Persons

Samuel Holland is responsible for most of the names derived from dis- tinguished British persons. He personally named 191 features for prominent military and political figures. Of these, 92 names that Holland gave remain in official use; several of these, however, are little known locally and may be dropped or replaced in the future. The following table identifies the Holland names retained.

TABLE 1 Names Given by Samuel Holland 1765 Remaining in Official Use

* *Amherst Point * *Bacon Cove Boughton Bay Boughton Island Brudenell River Cardigan River * *Colville Bay Darnley Basin

* *Durell Point Cape Egmont *Fox Point Frederick Cove Georgetown Haldimand River Hope River Hunter River Kildare River

* *March Water Murray Islands * *Orby Head Panmure Island *Pownal Bay Prince County

* *Amherst Cove * *Beaver Point Boughton Point **Bouquet Point Brudenell Point Charlottetown Conway Cove *Deane Point Eglinton Cove *Carleton Cove Fox River

* *Cape Gage

* *Gordon Cove Hillsborough Bay Howe Bay Johnstons River Kings County Montague River Murray River Orwell Bay Panmure Point *Pownal Point Queens County

Augustine Cove *Bentick Cove Boughton River * *Bouquet Cove Cardigan Bay Chichester Cove * *Cumberland Cove Dunk River Egmont Bay Enmore River Foxley River **Gascoigne Cove **G0rdon Point Hillsborough River * *Howe Point Cape Kildare *Lennox Island Murray Harbour North Cape Orwell River *Percival Bay **Prevost Cove Rice Point