be on the rock of Barra" in reference to the barrenness of the land. School district c1851. PO 1879-1914.

Roe/(forts Pond: See Ramsays Pond.

Rocky Point: 2 mi SW of Charlottetown in Lot 65. PO 1883-1958. School district 1880 Ringwood.

Rocky Point: Extends into Conway Narrows, Lot 12. Named for a rare exposure of rock along a marshy and sandy shoreline.

Rocky Point: Extends into Egmont Bay, Lot 15. Named for the only exposure of rock for several miles along this shore. In Mic- mac Coondul Kweesowagwaagul, “rocky point”. Pacifique 1934 has Goesaogonteo— apsiag.

Rocky Point: Extends into Charlottetown Harbour, Lot 65. On Bayfield 1846.

Rodgersons Creek: Flows S into West River, Lot 31. Meacham 1880 shows Allan Rodgerson there, and Cummins 1925 names Wm. Rogerson on the same proper- ty. Map 1775 Colemans R.; Bayfield 1846 Mabey Creek. Douglas 1925 states it was named for Paul Mabey, a House of Assem- bly member.

Rollo Bay: 3 mi W of Souris in Lots 43 and 44. PO el854-l888 and 1896-1904. PO Rollo Bay Cross 1873—1904; PO Rollo Bay Centre 1904-1914; PO Rollo Bay West 1904-1914. School districts in 1880 were Rollo Bay East and Rollo Bay West. See also Lower Rollo Bay.

Rollo Bay: Adjacent to Northumberland Strait, Lots 43 and 44. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 for Andrew Rollo (1700- 1765) 5th Lord Rollo, who took PEI from the French 1759, and later distinguished himself in the capture of Canada and in fighting in the West Indies. De la Roque 1752 Hat/re c2 Mat/lieu. Pichon 1760 anse

a Marie”. Turin Mathicu had a family of

ten near East Point in 1752. He had been there since 1719.

Rollo Bay East: PO 1904-1914 in Lower RolloBay.

Rollo Point: Extends into Rollo Bay, Lot 43. Meacham 1880 Rollo Point with William A. Aitken at the point; Cundall 1851 Aitkins Cape.

Rona: School district c1850 and PO c1874- 1899 at Mount Vernon in Lot 62, 6 mi W

of Murray River. Rona is a small island in the Hebrides.

Ronaghan Brook: In Douglas 1925 for a minor tributary of South Branch Sturgeon River. Meacham 1880 Monag/ians Brook

with Mich]. and Jno. Ronaghan local residents.

Ronalds Island: See Reynolds Island.

Rosebank: 5 mi W of Alberton in Lot 4. School district 1894. PO 1905-1913.

Rosebank Point: Extends into Charlottetown Harbour, Lot 48. Named by Charles Stewart for the red sandstone shoreline. On Bayfield 1846. Verrier 1734 Pte. aux bou- laux; French plan 1749 Pte ti la Pirogue. In Micmac Medubunageak, presumably meaning “steep red bank” (Rand). Rose- bank is the adjacent community name.

Roseberry: 14 mi SW of Montague in Lots 58 and 60. Probably named for Lord Rose- bery, British Prime Minister 1894—1895. PO 1895-1915.

Rosehill: 6 mi NW of Summerside in Lot 16. Named Rose Hill by Thomas Archibald 181 1 for his farm where the French earlier had a small clearing that abruptly fell to the water, and where many roses were

planted. PO Rose Hill 1901-1913. R oselzill Creek: See Clarks Creek.

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