Surveyors and : See North Lake . Sutherland Creek : Flows NE into Southwest River , Lot 20. Meacham 1880 Warrens Cr ., with Jas. Warren and Jno. Sutherland as adjacent owners. Swanton Point : Extends into Northumberland Strait , Lot 45. Named by Samuel Holland 1765, possibly for Commodore Swanton of the vanguard at Quebec , 1760. ¬ field 1847. Department of Interior 1910 Swanson Point . Sylvester Point : See Jimmys Point . Tarantum : 6 mi SW of Mount Stewart in Lot 36. PO 1894-1910 and 1912-1915. The area was settled by Macdonalds 1772. A branch of the family settled in France 1746. Alexandre Macdonald , born at Sedan 1765, was created Due de Tarente 1806, for Taranto in Italy, which in Latin is Tarentum. Meacham 1880 Pond Settle¬ ment for (now Glenfin- nan Lake). A road in Lots 46 and 47 is known as . Taylor Point : Extends into , Lot 18. Census 1798 notes Donald Taylor in that lot. Meacham 1880 shows Wm. Taylor there. : In Royalty. In Meacham 1880 with Neil Taylor owning 88 acres. Cummins 1925 has Elmer E. Taylor there. : See . : In Lots 48 and 49, 4 mi SE of Char- lottetown. Probably named for the inter¬ section of by the road to Point . Also explained as a site where tea was spilled or where Labrador tea was gathered. Tenmile House : 10 mi NE of Charlottetown in Lot 35. Site of tavern in early 1800s. PO Ten Mile House 1884-1913. Terass and Point : See . : See . Thistle & Shamrock: See Shamrock . : In Murray Harbour , Lot 6 4. Origin unknown. Thompson Creek : Flows E into , Lot 59. Named for William Thompson , farmer and miller there. In Meacham 1880. Thompsons Point : Extends into Southwest River , Lot 20. Meacham 1880 shows Hiram Thompson there. : In Royalty. Meacham 1880 has Alex. Thompson with 31 acres at the pond. Meacham 1880 also shows Thompsons Shore, and this is on 11 L /12 1967, but it is unknown locally. : See and Rourkes Creek . Thorndyke : PO 1896-1912 at Brackley , Lot 33. Believed to be named for "thorn dykes" or hawthorne bushes at the front of farms there. Johnstone 1822 refers to thorns planted on dykes. : See . Thornton Point : Extends into , Lot 59. On Bayfield 1850. Meacham 1880 Sandy Pt ., with Richd. Thornton living there. Three Rivers: In 1800s used as an area name for the region at the mouths of the Cardi¬ gan, Brudenell and Montague Rivers. Derived from the French Trois Rivieres. See also Georgetown. Thrum Cap: See Poxy Point . 121