Forest Hill: 4 mi S of St. Peters in Lot 41. Noted in JHA 1865. PO c1878—1913.
Forestview: 3 mi NW of O’Leary in Lot 6. School district c1905 Forest View.
Forgan’s Hill: School district in Watervale, Lot 48, established c1880. Possibly it was named for William Forgan, an agent for Lord Selkirk in the early 18005.
Forkey Creek: In Meacham 1880 and Don- glas 1925 for unnamed creek flowing S into North River between Lot 32 and Charlotte- town Royalty.
Fort Amherst National Historic Park: In Lot 65 at Rocky Point. Site of Port La Joie, French settlement 1720, captured by Bri- tish 175 8. Fort constructed then and named for Sir Jeffery Amherst (1717—1797).
Fort Augustus: 5 mi SW of Mount Stewart in Lot 36. Named by Father John Macdonald, probably for Fort Augustus, Inverness, Scotland. Formerly called Five Houses. PO 01853-1966.
Fortune, Bay: At mouth of Fortune River, Lot 43. Pichon 1760 lzavre de la fortune; Holland 1765 Bay of Fortune Creek.
Fortune Bridge: 6 mi W of Souris in Lot 43. PO 1889-1914.
Fortune Cove: 5 mi SW of Alberton in Lot 5. POc1889-1915.
Fortune Cove: On S side of Mill River, Lot 5. Probably derived from French anse a la Fortune. On Hill 1821.
Fortune Head: In Douglas 1925 as a railway station in Lot 46 and a school district in Lot 56. The railway station name was Fountain Head.
Fortune River: Flows E into Rollo Bay and Northumberland Strait, Lot 43. From French riviére a la Fortune, possibly mean- ing “river of riches”. Douglas 1925 notes
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that Sicur Laborde bought the ship La Fortune from the English in 1754, but he also notes that de la Roque shows Riviere a la Fortune in 1752. Bay Fortune is the name of the bay at the mouth and the name of a community.
48 Road: 5 mi NW of Cardigan in Lot 51. Situated on 48 Road, which leads from Cardigan to Lot 48. First used as a station name; now applies to a rural community.
Founds Mills: 7 mi E of Kensington in Lot 21. Meacham 1880 notes Richard Found there on Founds River, but mistakenly calls the place Fountain Mills. Noted in JHA 1861.PO 1895-1913.
Founds River: Flows E into Stanley River, Lot 21 . Probably named for Richard Found who had mills there in 18005. Formerly called Old Mill River.
Fountain Head: Former station NE of Souris in Lot 46.
Fox Cove: See Mill River. Fox Cove: See Nicolle Cove.
Fox Island: At the mouth of Mill River, Lot 5. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 Fox Head, probably for Henry Fox (1705- 1774) lst Lord Holland or his brother, Stephen Fox~Strangways (1704—1776) lst Earl of Ilchester.
Foxley River: Flows NW into Cascumpec Bay. Lot 11. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 for Henry Fox (1705—1774) lst Baron Holland of Foxley.
Fox River: Flows NE into Murray Harbour, Lot 64. On Holland 1765. In Micmac Wokweswaseboo, “fox river”.
Framboise, Pointe a la: See Seatrout Point. Franklin Point: See York Point.
Frasers Point: See Finleys Point.