mouth, and Souris Harbour at the town. An alternative origin could be Havre a l’Ec/iouerie, which would aptly describe the barred entrance to Souris River. De la Roque refers to havre a la Souris and to havre de l’Ec/zourie, which appears to be South Lake. Possibly this name resulted in the mistake name, Havre a la Souris, which became fixed as the result of the numerous plagues.
Souris West: 1 mi W of Souris in Lot 44. PO 1867—1916.
Southampton: 2 mi S of St. Peters in Lot 41. School district c1878. PO Haydens Mills 1891-1893; PO Midgell Mills 1893-1901; PO Southampton 1901—1913. Meacham 1880 indicates the school district as Cardi- gan Road.
South Arm: See Bradshaw River.
South Branch Pinette River: Flows NW into Pinette River, Lot 58. Formerly known as French Creek, noted in JHA 1892. Mea- cham 1880 French River.
South Granville: 6 mi NW of Hunter River and 2 mi S of Granville in Lot 21. PO 1891-1914.
South Kila'are: PO 1898-1902 at Huntley, 3 mi N of Alberton in Lot 4.
South Lake: 11 mi NE of Souris in Lot 47. PO 18794913.
South Lake: Adjacent to Northumberland Strait, Lot 47. De la Roque 1752 havre (1e l’Ec/zourie; Pichon 1760 havre de Z’Es- coussier,‘ Holland 1765, Caven 1899 and Douglas 1925 East Lake; Holland 1765 also notes the secondary name Riviere de
l’Escouss‘ier; Mcacham 1 880 and Cummins 1925 South Lake.
South Melville: 3 mi E of Crapaud in Lot 29. PO 1894-1913. Named for Robert Dundas (1771-1851) 2nd Viscount Melville. He
became the owner of the lot through his wife. grand niece of the original proprietor, Admiral Sir Charles Saunders. School dis— trict Melville Road c1864. When the P0 was established on the road S of Kellys Cross. the name South Melville was given.
Southport: Community on S side of Hills- borough River opposite Charlottetown. PO 1860—1967. Formerly known as Hills— borough Ferry and Charlottetown Ferry. Meacham 1880 Southport or Stratford. Stratford was a school district near Rose- bank 1858. Glen Stewart is in Meacham 1880 and in JHA 1877 for section adjacent to the present Catholic church. Douglas
1925 notes Hopeton as another name used in the area.
South Rustico: 3 mi SE of North Rustico in Lot 24. PO Rustico 1852-1967; PO South Rustico 1967-1968. Meacham 1880 shows the school as Anglo Rustico, the PO as S. Rustico and the area as Commercial C ross and S. Rustico.
South Shore, Bedeque: PO 1873-c1880 at Chelton, Lot 27.
Southwest: See Middleton; see also Kinkora.
Southwest Lot 16: 8 mi NW of Summerside in Lot 16. PO South-West Lot 16 c1875- c1897; PO South-West c1897-1932. A
section W of Nebraska Creek is known as Riverside.
Southwest Brook: Flows NW into Dunk
River, Lot 26. Meacham 1880 South Br. Dunk River.
Southwest Creek: Flows NE into Brooks
River, Lot 12. Mcacham 1880 SW. Branch of Little Channel.
Southwest River: See Nebraska Creek.
Southwest River: Flows NE into New London Bay, Lots 20 and 21.
Southwest River: See Nebraska Creek.
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