: Extends into Charlottetown Harbour on N side of West River . On Plan 1819. Verrier 1734 Pte. Catalogue . In Micmac Okoonaleet, "covered over here and there as though by snow in spots". Also known as Whites Point for David White who is noted there by Meacham 1880. : See . : See Alberton South . North River : 3 mi NW of Charlottetown on W side of North River . School York River until cl864 when it was changed to North River . PO 1872-1969. North River : Flows S into Charlottetown Harbour . Named by Samuel Holland 1765 Yorke River for John Yorke (1728-1769) Lord Commissioner of Plantations then. In 1800s both York River and North River were used with North River dominating toward the end of the century, although official maps continued to show Yorke River until the mid twentieth century. Called Riviere du Nord by the French. Map 1750 Port ou Riviere de la joie; in Micmac Nemtagag, "running straight up" (Pacifi- que 1934). : Named by Samuel Holland 1765 for Lots 1, 2 and 3 in . Rarely used and no longer referred to. North Rustico : Village incorporated in 1954 in Lot 24. PO from 1855. North Rustico Harbour is a community 1 mi E on North Rustico Harbour . North St. Eleanors : 4 mi N of Summerside in Lot 17. School district before 1880. PO 1895-1913. North Tryon : 3 mi NW of Crapaud in Lot 28. PO 1872-1913. School district in 1880 was North West. Lovell's Directory 1871 has Stanjield Mills; this was the pre¬ decessor of Stanfields in Truro. Northumberland Strait : S of PEL Named by J.F. W. DesBarres for HMS Northumber¬ land, the flagship of Admiral Lord Colville who undertook a survey of the Nova Scotia coast in 1764 at DesBarres ' request. Morris 1749 . Brooks River . of Little Channel : See North Wiltshire : 4 mi S of Hunter River in Lot 31. School district New Wiltshire cl846-cl875 when it was changed to North Wiltshire , possibly to agree with the CN station. PO New Wiltshire from 1863- 1967; PO North Wiltshire from 1967. Nortons Creek : Flows S into Brudenell River , Lot 53. Meacham 1880 names Edward H. Norton near it, and Cummins 1925 refers to Egerton Norton . Plan 1745 Rau de la mouliere. Norway : 4 mi N of Tignish in Lot 1. School cl868, possibly given because it was on the way to . : Lot 6 3. PO 1912-1914 in Pembroke , Oar River : Flows N into Gulf of St. Lawrence at Cable Head East , Lot 42. Origin un¬ known. In JHA 1861. Lake 1863 and Meacham 1880 Ore River . Douglas 1925 also gives Ore River , but he suggests that Oar River is probably the correct name. Bagster 1861 , one among "a lot of monosyllabic streams, nomenclatured, no doubt, from some facetious account of the animals that troubled or amused the ancient settlers". O'Brien Road : Former school district cl892, 4 mi NW of Alberton in Lot 4. Formerly called Wells O'Brien, with William and Sinclair Wells and Patk. O'Brien shown living on the road in Meacham 1880. 94