Distinguished A mericans

Only the name of President Garfield can be found among current names given for Americans. President Lincoln was honoured with the name of a post office at St. Patricks from 1885 to 1914, but Lincoln did not displace the local name.

Prominent French Persons

Both St. Peters Bay and St. Peters Island honour comte de Saint-Pierre, and Governors Island was given for gouverneur de Gotteville. A provincial park near Alberton has been named for Jacques Cartier. In the early 19005 Cartier was a school name near DeBlois.

Crimean War

Alma is listed here, but since it was named over 20 years after the Crimean battle at Alma River, it may be a transfer name or even a personal name. Near Crapaud are Balaklava Road and lnkerman Road, and lnkerman Shore is in Charlottetown.

Vessels Features named for vessels include Astyanax Rock, Canceaux Cove, Can- ceaux Point, Diligent Pond, Mermaid, Northumberland Strait and Rifleman Shoal.

Transferred from British Isles

An impressive number (110) of the current names in Prince Edward Island may be traced to places in the British Isles. Especially notable are the names derived from Scotland, probably due to Scottish settlement in areas spurned by others (e.g., the hills southwest of Montague and southwest of Hunter River) and to the proclivity of Scottish settlers to prefer rural areas to the urban communities. In addition, nearly half of the total population in the mid-1800s, when many names were being affixed to the land, was of Scottish origin (Clark, 1959, 91).

From Scotland: No less than 74 different places in Prince Edward Island have been named for Scottish places. However,‘ 15 of them have either been replaced or have disappeared. One wonders why Strathalbyn was dropped in favour of Rose Valley, Stanchel and Springton, why Blooming Point was preferred to Glenaladale, why Mount Vernon was chosen to replace Rona, and why Armadale, the name of both the school district and post office, was unable to supplant the railway designation, Selkirk. Other Scottish names that have become obsolete are: Arisaig, Skye Settlement, Caithness Cove, Gairloch, Glasbhein, Gretna Green, Mount Stowe, Portree, Raasa (twice) and Sconser. Several other names, such as Allisary, Campbellton (Lot 21), Glencorradale and Kentyre Road are little used, and may not be far from extinction. Names of Scottish origin in current use are: Afton Road, Allisary, Annandale, A ppin Road, Argyle Shore, Bannockburn Road, Bonshaw, Brae, Breadalbane, Caledonia, Campbellton (twice), Canavoy, Cardross, Clyde River, Corran Ban, Culloden, Dalvay Beach, Dock River, Dog Creek, Dun- blane, Dundee, Dundee Road, Dunedin, Dunstaffnage, Ellerslie, Fort Augustus,