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454 GRANVILLE STREET |
Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : North Cape Coastal Drive
Description From Owner:
- Village incorporated 1965 in Lots 17 and 19 on N side of Wilmot River. Meacham 1880 Wilmot District and Wilmot Creek.
- Wilmot River: Flows W into Bedeque Bay, Lots 17 and 19. Samuel Holland 1765 named Wilmot Cove there for Montague Wilmot, Governor of NS 1764-1766
- The name of Dutch-born Capt. Samuel Holland (1728-1801) crops up frequently in this book. That's because as Surveyor General of British North America he dished out 191 names for geographic features on the Island during his 1765 survey.
- Bayfield 1849 Wilmot River; Meacham 1880 and JHA 1838 Wilmot Creek.
- With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
Address of this page: http://pei.ruralroutes.com/WilmotPEISumm
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