Portage : See Elmira. Portage : See Urbainville . Portage Creek : See Black Brook . Portage Creek : See Rayners Creek . Portage Lake : In Lot 10 , 1 mi NW of Portage . The only natural body of water in Prince Co . Said to be bottomless. In Micmac Meskekumpudas, "deep pond". Portage River : Flows N into Trout River , Lot 10 , at one of the narrowest points between gulf and strait waters (2.2 mi). Derived from French through Micmac oonigun, "portage". Maps 1762 and 1764 Commu¬ nication River. Port Borden : PO from 1918 at Borden. : 2!/2 mi E of Tyne Valley in Lot 13. Named by early settlers for Porthill , a resi¬ dence near Bideford , Devonshire , England . PO 1832-1969. In Micmac Mogulawijik "brant place" (Douglas 1925), but Paci- fique 1934 places this at Gillis Point . Port La Joie: Site of largest French settlement near Rocky Point , S of Charlottetown in early 1700s. In 1721, 100 people were living there. Portland: School district in late 1800s on , Lot 50, 2 mi SW of China Point . : See Newtown River . Port Selkirk : Former name at in Lot 57, 1 mi W of Orwell Cove . Named for Thomas Douglas (1771-1820) 5th Earl of Selkirk . Port Wood : PO 1908-1915 in the E part of Wood Islands , Lot 6 2. Formerly called Woodville . Poudre Point : See Hardy Point . : Sandbar between Murray Harbour and Northumberland Strait . Prob¬ ably named because it had no vegetation. Named by the French Pointe au Sable. Hol ¬ land 1765 Sable Point , but it is not known locally, although on 11 L /l 1966. Pownal : 8 mi E of Charlottetown in Lot 49. PO Lot 49 c 1854-1871; PO Pownall 1871- 1940; PO Pownal from 1940. : Adjacent to , Lots 49 and 50. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 for John Pownall , Secretary of the Board of Trade and Plantations 1758- 1761, and later Secretary of State . DesBarres ; Bayfield . In Micmac Ntuagwo- kun, "good sealing place". Called by the French Le Marais. : On Map 1775 in the area of Meadow Bank, Lot 31. Named by Thomas DesBrisay , probably for John Pownall , Secretary of the Board of Trade and Plantations. : In Georgetown Harbour , Geor¬ getown Royalty. The outer part was once an island, and on it smallpox victims were isolated. Plan 1745 /. Dangers; Holland 1765 Gooseneck; Cundall 1851 Thrum Cape; Meacham 1880 Thrum Cap. Plan 1745 has Barachois de Rossignol behind the point. Prevost Cove : Adjacent to Northumberland Strait , 4 mi SE of Borden, Lot 28. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 for Major Gen ¬ eral Augustin Prevost (1723-1786) who fought with Wolfe at Quebec . The point on the E side of the cove was formerly named Prevost Point . : 9 mi NE of Souris in Lot 46. PO 1881-1892; the PO was moved 1 mi W to Bayfield in 1892. 100