Black Pond: In Lot 1 at Pleasant View. On Wright 1852.

Black Pond: In Lot 46, 1 mi W of Red Point. Named for the dark shadow cast by sur- rounding woods. Early Scottish called it Lot-Ii D/iu meaning “black lake”.

Black River: Flows NE into Brackley Bay, Lot 33. In Meacham 1880.

Black River: Flows NE into Tracadie Bay, Lot 35. Formerly shown on maps as Mill Cove Creek and Mill Cove Brook. Douglas 1925 notes a Black River in Lot 37 from Meaeham 1880 but he must have meant Black Run, a small brook 1/4 mi W of Clarks Creek, now unnamed.

Black Settlement: See Arlington.

Black Sows Point: Former name for a point

extending into Darnley Basin, 1 mile NE of Malpeque. In Meacham 1880.

Black Woods: See Newton. Blanc's, Riviére des: See Homes Creek.

Bloekhouse Point: SW side of Charlottetown Harbour, Lot 65. For one or more block— houses built there. On Bayfield 1846. French map 1749 and Piehon 1760 Pte :3 la Flanime (meaning “‘pennant”); plan 1819 Beacon Point, with a notation of 1848: “Block House and Battery in Ruins”.

Bloomfield: 8 mi SW of Alberton in Lot 5. Given c1875 when the railway was built; named for Bloomfield, Ontario. PO Bloom- field Station from 1885. Formerly called O’Halloran Road for James O’Halloran who died c1890. Douglas 1925 has: “Old Bloomfield is now St. Anthony, New Bloomfield is at the railway”, but this is incorrect.

Bloomfield Corner: 6 mi SW of Alberton in Lot 5. Site of early Bloomfield school. PO Bloomfield 1866-1868 and 1870-1914.

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Blooming Point: 5 mi W of Mount Stewart in Lot 36. Selected for P0 name 1882—1913; not named for any particular person, place or thing according to the postmaster in 1905. Formerly called Trar'udie Sand Hills and Glenaladale. Also PO Blooming Point North 1907-1913. Meacham 1880 shows Bedford as the school district. The PEI National Park map identifies the sand hills enclosing Tracadie Bay as Blooming Point. but there would appear to be no basis for this in local usage.

Bluefield: School area at Hampshire, Lot 31, from C] 865 to c1897.

Blueshank Road: Extends from Wilmot through Wilmot Valley and Kelvin Grove to Norboro. On undated plan c1830-1840. The station at Kelvin was first called Blue- shank. The origin is unknown.

Bonshaw: 8 mi SE of Crapaud. Named by W. W. Irving who came from near Bonshaw Tower, Dumfries, Scotland. Noted in JHA 1839. PO from 1859.

Bonwell: PO 1891-1913, 4 mi SW of Hunter River in Lot 30. Said to be for a noted Irish horseman, Arthur Bon. Also said to be for a place in Ireland. Settled from Scotland 1840 and called Skye Settlement. Now part of Brookvalc.

Borden: Established 1917 when it became the PEI terminal for ferry service to the main- land. TOWn incorporated 1919. Named for Sir Robert Borden, then Prime Minister of Canada. PO Port Borden from 191 8.

Borden Point: Extends into Northumberland Strait at Borden. Named by Samuel Hol- land 1765 Carlton Point for Sir Guy Carleton (1724-1808). lst Baron Dorches- ter, Governor of Canada 1768—1778 and 1786-1796.

Borden, Port: At Borden, Lot 28. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 Guy Core for Sir Guy Carleton (1724-1808).