West Cape : 9 mi W of O'Leary in Lots 7 and 8. PO West Cape cl852-1913. School dis¬ trict Greenhill before 1880. West Covehead : 11 mi N of Charlottetown in Lot 34. PO West 1870-1913 (sometimes listed as ). West Devon : 6 mi SE of O'Leary in Lot 10 . School district cl859. Probably named for Devon, England , but why "west" was add¬ ed is a mystery, except perhaps because it was on the . PO 1891-1968; also PO Lot 10 1871-1913. Cundall 1851 Pilgrim's Rest. : PO 1862-1912 at Carleton, 4 mi SE of O'Leary in Lot 6 on the . West Lake Creek : Flows E into Kildare River , Lot 4. Bayfield 1851 Gordon Creek . Westmoreland : 2 mi N of Crapaud in Lot 29. School district before 1880 was Upper Westmoreland . PO Upper Westmoreland 1891-1914. Harbour : See Victoria Harbour . Westmoreland River : Flows into Northum¬ berland Strait, Lot 29. Named for the Countess of Westmorland ; the mother of Lady Fane who owned property there, which she visited cl840. On Cundall 1851 as secondary name to R.; in Mea- cham 1880. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 Brockelbys R for Richard Brockles by (1722-1797) a physician. Pichon 1760 riviere aux Crapaux; M'Gregor 1832 Riv. des Crapauds. In Micmac Tulesipkees, meaning unknown. West Newton : PO 1883-1913 in Newton, Lot 26. West Point : 9 mi SW of O'Leary in Lot 8. School district before 1880. PO cl872- 1914. See also Woodridge. West Point : Extends into Northumberland Strait , Lot 8. Holland 1765 West Cape , but this is now a place 4 mi N. Maps 1762 and 1764 from the French Moyaque, which was derived from Micmac Mooeak, "sea duck". DesBarres 1779 West Point . : See Miminegash . West Royalty : 3 mi NW of Charlottetown . PO 1908-1917. West St. Peters : 4 mi W of Morell in Lots 38 and39.PO 1876-1916. West River : Flows E into Har¬ bour. Derived from the French riviere de I' Ouest . Named by Samuel Holland 1765 for Edward Eliot (1727-1804) 1st Baron Eliot, Lord Commissioner of Trade and Plantations 1760. Commonly written Elliott River . Both names competed for acceptance, but West River , being pre¬ dominantly used locally, was officially ap¬ proved 1970. In Micmac Tjigaoegatig, "bass place" (Pacifique 1934). West River : See Kingsboro . Westville: Former port on West River in Lot 6 5, % mi N of New Dominion . Wheatley River : 4 mi E of Hunter River in Lot24.PO 1856-1952. Wheatley River : Flows NE into , Lot 24. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 , probably for Thomas Whately , politician and horticulturist. An old tradition that a man called Wheatly built a hut there and then disappeared cannot be substantiated. Bouchette 1832 . Wheatly: See Oyster Bed Bridge . : 3 mi SE of Montague in Lot 59. School district cl844. PO 1908-1913. Cross PO was formerly at Kilmuir . The meaning is unknown, but 127