: Former name for an island in Mill River , Lot 5. Given by 1821 for William Pitt (1759-1806) Earl of Chatham. Piusville : 7 mi W of Alberton in Lot 4. Given by Father James McDonald cl 873 for Pius Gallant and Pope Pius IX, pontiff from 1846 to 1878. PO 1884-1905 and 1919- 1966. PO 1895-1919. Platte: See Sherbrooke . Platte, River: Flows N into , Lot 17. From French for "shallow river". Bayfield 1850 and Douglas 1925 Plat River . : See MacDonalds River . : 9 mi NE of Charlottetown in Lot 34. Named by W. W. Duck , first post¬ master, after someone remarked that a group of beech trees made a "pleasant grove". PO 1870-1885; PO 1885-1920. School district in 1880 was . Pleasant Point : See Beachgrove Point . Pleasant Valley : 6 mi W of Hunter River in Lot 21. School district 1866. Pleasant "View: 8 mi SW of Tignish in Lot 1. School district 1899. PO 1906-1913. Point Deroche : 4 mi NE of Mount Stewart in Lots 36 and 37. PO Point de Roche 1900- 1913. JHA 1839 Point De Rouge; JHA 1843 Pointe de Roche; Meacham 1880 Point Deroche . (See also under Deroche). Point Pleasant : 3 mi NE of Murray River in Lot 6 3. School district 1901. PO Fairchilds Point 1913-1914. Point Poplar : PO 1886-1892 and 1896-1914 at Poplar Point , Lot 55. Point Prim : 14 mi SE of Charlottetown in Lots 57 and 58. PO 1870-1913. In French period also called Grande-Sanction. (See also under Prim .) Pollard Brook : Flows NW into Northumber¬ land Strait at Cape Wolfe , Lot 7. This sur¬ name occurs in neither Meacham 1880 nor Cummins 1925. Douglas 1925 notes Pol¬ lard Cove in the same area. Pooles Corner : 3 mi N of Montague in Lot 52. There were mills operated by a Poole there in 1852. Meacham 1880 shows Edward Poole at the corner, and Cummins 1925 notes Mrs. Christina Poole , a widow, there. Several by the name of Poole still live in the area. Lake 1863 Wellington. Pond Point : Extends into Northumberland Strait , Lot 58. On Bayfield 1846. Origin unknown. Pond Settlement : See Tarantum . Pope's Island: See . : 5 mi N of Tyne Valley in Lots 11 and 12. School district 1878. PO 1896- 1914. The residence of J. F. W. DesBarres (1722-1824) in Halifax was . DesBarres was Lieutenant Governor of PEIfrom 1804 to 1813. : In North River , Royalty. Douglas 1925 notes that it was named for small poplar trees formerly growing on it. Name in use 1830. Plan 1786 York Island . Poplar Point : 7 mi NE of Cardigan in Lot 55. Former schools were and Big Run . PO Point Poplar 1886-1892 and 1896-1914. Poplar Point : Extends into Boughton River , Lot 55. Douglas 1925 notes that "poplar trees, rare in this section of the country, are found in abundance here". Poplar Point : See Seatrout Point . Portage : 9 mi SE of O'Leary in Lots 10 and 11. PO from 1904. 99