The term “river” applies to the full range of flowing-water features, from the long tidal inlets like Hillsborough River to the 1,000-foot long Goose River in Lot 42. “Creek” applies only to tidal estuaries, and its application on maps above tide level is usually cartographic licence. “Brook” is the universal term for flowing— water features above tide, with two instances of “run” for similar features. “Run” is also used for entrances through sandbars, examples being Tigm'sh Run and Miminegash Run.

There are very few natural “lakes” in Prince Edward Island. The only one in Prince County is Portage Lake. In Prince Edward Island National Park are Lake of Shining Waters and Dalvay Lake. Moss Lake, Lake Verde, O’Keefes Lake and Afton Lake are in eastern Queens County. In Kings County are St. Peters Lake, East Lake, North Lake and South Lake. The remaining standing water features, both natural and artificial, are called “ponds”.

The impressive sand dunes facing the Gulf of St. Lawrence are called “beaches” in the area of Prince Edward Island National Park, but those in front of Malpeque and Cascumpec Bays are called “sand hills” (commonly pronounced like “sandals”).

Terrain features extending into water are commonly called “points” in the province, but there are several named “capes” as well. Moreover, there are instances where Samuel Holland used “point” that local usage has changed to “cape”, examples being Charles Point to Winchester Cape, Terras Point to Cape Sharp and Eglington Point to Abells Cape. The word “head” is found in several names, from Horse Head in the western part of the province to Basin Head in the eastern part. There is another use of “head” in describing places at the upper limits of water bodies: examples are Cove/read, Head of Hillsborough, Head of Cardigan and Head

of Montague.

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