8555 CAVENDISH RD |
Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : Green Gables Shore
Description From Owner:
- Northern parts of Lots 20 and 21 with P.O. 1827-1969 at Clifton in Lot 21. Named by Robert Clark 1773 for a port at French River in then Grenville Bay, now known as New London Bay.
- New London Bay: Adjacent to Gulf of St. Lawrence, Lots 21 and 22. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 Grenville Bay for George Grenville (1712-1770) then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Holland also adds the secondary name as used by the French, Petite Havre. Bellin 1744 Havre Quiquibougat; Map 1750 R. quiquebougouet;
- Map 1758 Kikibougat Harbr.; JHA 1832 has both Grenville Bay and Granville Bay; JHA 1836 New London Bay. In Micmac Kicheboogwek Booktaba, 'bay of shoals', or 'enclosed bay'.
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace is at 6461 junction of Routes 6 & 20. She was born in 1874 in a modest house in which exhibits replicate her wedding dress, scrapbooks and copies of her poems and stories.
- Open mid-May-mid-Oct. Other Anne of Green Gables and Montgomery sites are at Cavendish.
- With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
Address of this page: http://pei.ruralroutes.com/NewLondon