Rural Routes Prince Edward Island

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5110 RTE 3
Vernon Bridge, Prince Edward Island
C0A 2E0

Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : Points East Coastal Drive

Description From Owner:

Flows SW into Orwell Bay. Lots 50 and 57. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 for Sir Edward Vernon (1723-1794), uncle of Lord Orwell; Vernon is famous for diluting spirits which was called grog because he wore a grogram coat.
Grogram, originally gros gram (appeared in literature in 1562), is defined as a coarse, loosely woven fabric of silk, silk and mohair, or silk and wool.
The word 'grog' in time came to refer to the sailors' daily rum ration and that tradition ended in 1970 for all Royal Navy ratings.
The adjective gros means thick or coarse, originally from the Old French gros, itself derived from the Latin grossus. (Wikipedia)
In Micmac Megoaseg gisna Megoesei Sipo (Pacifique 1934).
With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011

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Nearby:	Hermitage, 1km Glencoe, 2km Avondale, 4km Alberry Plains, 3km Millview, 3km Lot 66, 4km O'Keefes Lake, 5km Uigg, 5km Orwell, 6km Lake Verde, 5km Kinross, 6km Vernon Bridge, 5km Seal River, 5km Lake Verde, 5km Clarkin, 6km Lot 49, 5km Elliotvale, 6km	Orwell Corner / Cove / Bay, 8km Summerville, 6km Lyndale, 7km Newtown Cross, 9km Brush Wharf Provincial Park, 8km Moss Lake, 7km Watervale, 8km Lot 57, 10km Village Green, 7km Dromore, 10km China Point, 9km Cherry Valley, 8km Greenfield, 8km Lower Newtown, 11km Grandview, 10km Head of Montague, 9km Peakes, 11km	Pisquid East, 12km Fodhla, 12km Mount Mellick, 9km Iona, 12km Mount Albion, 9km Auburn, 11km Lot 51, 9km Baldwin Road, 10km St. Teresa, 11km Valleyfield, 11km Waterside, 10km Eldon, 13km Bellevue, 13km 48 Road, 11km Birch Hill, 10km Lord Selkirk Provincial Park, 13km

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