Pitts Island: Former name for an island in Mill River, Lot 5. Given by John Hill 1821 for William Pitt (1759-1806) Earl of Chatham.

Piusville: 7 mi W of Alberton in Lot 4. Given by Father James McDonald c1873 for Pius Gallant and Pope Pius IX, pontiff from 1846 to 1878. PO 1884-1905 and 1919- 1966. PO Piusville Station 1895—1919.

Platte: See Sherbrooke.

Platte, River: Flows N into Malpeque Bay, Lot 17. From French for “shallow river”.

Bayfield 1850 and Douglas 1925 Plat River.

Platt River: See MacDonalds River.

Pleasant Grove: 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 Suffolk Road 1870-1885; PO Pleasant Grove 1885-1920. School district in 1880 was Tracadie Road.

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 tie Roche; Meacham 1880 Point Deroche. (See also under Deroche).

Point Pleasant: 3 mi NE of Murray River in Lot 63. School district 1901. PO Fairchilcls 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

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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 Holman Island.

Poplar Grove: 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 Poplar Grove.

DesBarres was Lieutenant Governor of PEI from 1804 to 1813.

Poplar Island: In North River, Charlottetown 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 Cumberland Hill 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.