Melrose: Former name for a community in Lot 55 between St. Georges and DeGros Marsh . A road there is still called . Melville: 13 mi SW of Montague in Lot 6 0. School cl 864. Probably named for Robert Dundas (1771-1851), 2nd Viscount Mel¬ ville. PO Beatons Mills 1875-1966. For¬ merly called Raasa for the school district 1838, which was named for Raasay, an island in the Hebrides. Merchine, banc: On Plan 1745 on the NW side of present Panmure Island . Mermaid : 5 mi NE of Charlottetown in Lot 48. PO Mermaid Farm 1870-1921. Named for the farm of John Farquharson who was the first postmaster. Farm named for HMS mermaid, which was commanded by Wil ¬ liam Johnston in 1764-1765 at Port La Joie. Mermaid Cove : Adjacent to Hillsborough River at Mermaid . Named by Samuel Hol ¬ land 1765 Dean Cove for Capt. Joseph Deane who visited PEI in 1764 and 1765 in HMS mermaid. Bayfield 1 846 and Mea- cham 1880 Dean Cove . Plan 1830 and Blanchard 1964 anse aux Morts. : See MacEacherns Pond. Mesgig Onigen: Micmac, meaning "great portage", describing the three-mile route from to (Paci- fique 1934). Middle Creek : See Black Bridge Creek . : See . Middleton: 6 mi NE of Borden in Lots 26 and 27. It is located exactly midway between Northumberland Strait and the Prince -Queens boundary. School district cl855. PO C1864-1912. Formerly called Southwest , from Southwest Brook , a tribu¬ tary of Dunk River . Middleton: See Lewes. Midgell : 3 mi W of St. Peters in Lots 40 and 41. PO 1879-1965. School district cl 880. Mills: PO 1893-1901 at Southamp¬ ton, Lot 41. Midgell River : Flows N into St. Peters Bay , Lots 40 and 41. Possibly named for an Indian chief such as Micael Michell who is noted in JHA 1832, seeking redress of problems. It is believed locally to be of Indian origin, although Douglas 1925 sug¬ gests it may be a corruption of French Michel. Noted in JHA 1827. Midmeadow Point : See Red Point . Milburn: 5 mi SE of Morell in Lot 40 . Named by Frederick Brecken , Postmaster of Char¬ lottetown, cl885. Named Milltown cl845 by Samuel Kehoe for grist mill of Edward Webster on Marie River . When PO estab¬ lished there were too many Milltowns in Canada . PO 1882-1914. Milburn: 4 mi SW of O'Leary in Lot 8. Prob¬ ably derived from the sawmill operation of William McWilliams on Little Pierre Jacques River . School district 1894; for¬ merly called Little Pierre Jacques . Milford: On Lake 1863 in Lot 6 2. See Wood Islands . : Former community name on between Brookfield and Wheatley River , Lot 24. Possibly named for a sawmill on Wheatley River . Noted in JHA 1854. Also . Mill Brook : Flows E into , Lot 24. In Meacham 1880. Ells 1884 . Mill Brook : See Clarks Creek . Millcove : 9 mi NE of Charlottetown in Lot 35. Although Mill Cove Brook appears on 84