Black Pond: In Lot Wright 1852. at . On : In Lot 46, 1 mi W of Red Point . Named for the dark shadow cast by sur¬ rounding woods. Early Scottish called it Loch Dim meaning "black lake". Black River : Flows NE into , Lot33.JnMeacham 1880. Black River : Flows NE into , Lot 35. Formerly shown on maps as and Mill Cove Brook . Douglas 1925 notes a Black River in Lot 37 from Meacham 1880 but he must have meant Black , a small brook lA mi W of Clarks Creek , now unnamed. Black Settlement : Sec 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. Blancs, Riviere des: See Homes Creek. Blockhouse Point : SW side of Charlottetown Harbour , Lot 6 5. For one or more block¬ houses built there. On Bayfield 1846. French map 1749 and Pichon 1760 Pte a la Flamme (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 cl 875 when the railway was built; named for Bloomfield , Ontario . PO Bloom- field Station from 1885. Formerly called O' for James O'Halloran who died cl890. 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. Blooming Point : 5 mi W of Mount Stewart in Lot 36. Selected for PO name 1882-1913; not named for any particular person, place or thing according to the postmaster in 1905. Formerly called Sand 11 ills and Glenaladalc. Also PO Blooming Point North 1907-1913. Meacham 1880 shows Bedford as the school district. The PEI map identifies the sand hills enclosing as Blooming Point , but there would appear to be no basis for this in local usage. Bluefield: School area at Hampshire , Lot 31, from cl 865 toe 1897. : Extends from Wilmot through Wilmot Valley and to Norboro . On undated plan cl 830-1 840. 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 Tower, Dumfries, Scotland . Noted in JHA 1839. PO from 1859. Bonwell .VO 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 1 840 and called Skye Settlement . Now part of Brookvale . 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 1918. Borden Point : Extends into Northumberland Strait at Borden. Named by Samuel Hol ¬ land 1765 Carlton Point for Sir Guy Carleton (1724-1808), 1st Baron Dorches¬ ter, Governor of Canada 1768-1778 and 1786-1796. Borden, Port: At Borden, Lot 28. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 Guv Cove for Sir Guy Carleton (1724-1808). 25