Nail Pond
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Tignish, PEI (Nearby: St. Felix, Tignish Shore, Greenmount-Montrose, St. Louis, Alberton)

289 CHURCH STREET
Tignish, Prince Edward Island
C0B 2B0


Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : North Cape Coastal Drive

Description From Owner:
  • N of Tignish in Lot 1. Tradition has it named for nails found after a shipwreck c1825.
  • Because “Neal's' is on some early references Douglas 1925 suggests that it is probably for a person by that name.
  • A family by the name of Noil of Dutch origin, which had become Acadianized, settled in PEI during its early history.
  • In 1833 a petition was presented to the House of Assembly praying for a road from 'Neal's pond' towards Cascumpec and Hillstown.
  • JHA 1834 Nail Pond. Holland 1765 Sandy Inlet. In Micmac Nioetig, 'dry' (Pacifique 1934).


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