Figure 20 - , Souris (Public Archives of Souris: Town incorporated 1910. PO cl830- 1867 and from 1967; PO Souris East 1867-1967. Named New Bristol by John Cambridge in 1820. Formerly known as Grand Haven, Mouse Harbour , Red Cliffs and . Head: Extends into Northumberland Strait , Lot 44. De la Roque 1752 cap a la Soury; Pichon 1760 Cap de la souris: Wright and Cundall 1 874 or Head; Meacham 1 880 Head. Souris Line Road : 3 mi N of Souris in Lot 45. School districts were called Granville and Milton. PO cl 871 -1914 and PO Charmvood 1894-1914. Souris River : Flows SE into , Lot 44. Named for various plagues of mice in the 1700s. Marsden 1816 reports: "It is a singular circumstance, that every few years, the mice so completely overrun [ Prince Edward Island ], that they cut off every thing in the shape of food that comes within their reach; and though the people sur¬ round the fields and provision with trenches filled with water, they pass these in such vast numbers, they make a bridge of their drowned companions, and cross by myr¬ iads". Bellin 1 744 has havre a la Souris for . Holland 1765 Colville River By the French Riviere Souris ; Meacham 1 880 also shows Cove at the river's 115