1. Bedeque and Area (Summerside, 9km)
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2. Holman Island (Summerside, 9km)
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In Bedeque Bay. De la Roque 1752 Isle de Bedec; Holland 1765, Chart 1849, Wright and Cundall 1874, Meacham 1880, and Department of Interior 1914 Indian Island. |
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3. McDonald Point (Summerside, 9km)
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The point extends into Dunk River and is named for Alexander McDonald. His father, Capt. Allan McDonald, purchased 4,046 hectares (10,000 acres) of land from Sir Alexander Campbell in 1774, intending to settle here. |
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4. North Bedeque (Summerside, 9km)
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4 mi SE of Summerside in Lot 25. P.O. 1860-1913. |
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5. Reads Corner (Summerside, 9km)
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2 mi E of Summerside in Lot 19. Named for Ephraim Read who came to PEI after living in NB for 32 years. |
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6. Schurmans Point (Summerside, 9km)
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The point extends into Wilmot River and is named for William Schurman who bought land here around 1784. Schurmans Creek flows NW into Wilmot River. The creek was earlier called Silliker Brook for Jacob Silliker, an early Loyalist settler. |
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7. Summerside (Summerside, 9km)
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Town incorporated 1877. Seat of Prince County from 1876. P.O. from c1852. |
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8. Travellers Rest (Summerside, 9km)
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3 mi NE of Summerside in Lot 19. Named for a public house owned by a Mr. Baker c1810 halfway between Malpeque and Bedeque Bays. |
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9. Waites Creek (Summerside, 9km)
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The creek flows N into Webber Cove off Malpeque Bay N of Sherbrooke and is named for George Waite who settled here in 1804. Earlier names were Webber Creek and Mill Creek. |
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10. Bedeque (Kinkora, 8km)
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5 mi SE of Summerside in Lot 26. PO from 1827. Noted in JHA 1806. Meacham 1880 has Centreville with Bedeque P.O. Formerly called Hooper's Corner. |
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11. Central Bedeque (Kinkora, 8km)
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Village in Lot 26. P.O. from 1884. Formerly known as Weatherbie's Corner and Strong's Corner. School 1864 Mount Stowe. |
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12. Freetown (Kinkora, 8km)
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4 1/2 mi S of Kensington in Lot 25. Said to be named for the large amount of freehold land in contrast to land rented elsewhere. P.O. from 1854. Formerly called Burns Settlement. |
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13. Inkerman (Kinkora, 8km)
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Former name for N part of Westmoreland, Lots 29 and 67. Named for Anglo-French victory in Crimean War 1854. The road from Westmoreland to Breadalbane is called Inkerman Road. |
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14. Kinkora (Kinkora, 8km)
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Village incorporated 1955 in Lot 27. Probably named for Kincora near Killaloe, Ireland. Formerly called Somerset as school district name. Settled from Ireland c1841. P.O. Somerset 1867-1887; P.O. Kinkora from 1887. |
15. Lot 25 (Kinkora, 8km)
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16. Lot 26 (Kinkora, 8km)
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17. Lot 27 (Kinkora, 8km)
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18. Lower Bedeque (Kinkora, 8km)
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4 mi SE of Summerside. P.O. 1904-1913. |
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19. Lower Freetown (Kinkora, 8km)
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5 mi SW of Kensington in Lot 25. P.O. 1867-1913. |
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20. MacCallums Point (Kinkora, 8km)
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The point extends into Summerside Harbour off Bedeque Bay between the Dunk River mouth and Salvation Cove. |
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21. Maple Plains (Kinkora, 8km)
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5 mi NW of Crapaud in Lot 27. School district No Man's Land c1870c1892, when it was changed to Maple Plains. P.O. 1896-1912. |
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22. Middleton (Kinkora, 8km)
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6 mi NE of Borden in Lots 26 and 27. It is located exactly midway between Northumberland Strait and the Prince-Queens boundary. |
23. Murray Island (Kinkora, 8km)
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24. Newton (Kinkora, 8km)
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7 mi S of Kensington in Lot 26. Known as Newtown as early as 1831; the school in 1865 was Newtown. Formerly called Black Woods. P.O. 1871-1913. |
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25. Rose Valley (Kinkora, 8km)
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6 mi N of Crapaud in Lot 67. Named by John Mackay c1864 for a school. In Meacham 1880 on top of a hill at the head of various tributaries of Dunk and Westmoreland Rivers. |
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26. Ross Corner (Kinkora, 8km)
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5 mi SE of Summerside in Lot 25. Named for Murdock Ross who settled there c1856, and died 1896. P.O. 1894-1913. |
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27. Scales Pond Provincial Park (Kinkora, 8km)
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On Dunk River, Lot 26. Austin Scales owned property there in recent years. Scales Pond Provincial Park is located there. |
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28. Shamrock (Kinkora, 8km)
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6 mi NW of Crapaud in Lots 27 and 67. School district 1867 Thistle & Shamrock because Irish and Scottish settlements met at the school. P.O. 1884-1914. |
29. South Freetown (Kinkora, 8km)
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30. Stanchel (Kinkora, 8km)
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6 mi SW of Hunter River in Lot 67. Named by Mrs. Allan Nicholson for a new school 1893 after Stenscholl, Isle of Skye, Scotland. P.O. 1896-1914. |
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31. Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, 11km)
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32. Linkletter (Linkletter, 12km)
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2 mi w of Summerside in Lot 17. Settled by George Linkletter, Loyalist from Connecticut 1785 and his three sons, George, John and James. P.O. 1896-1915. Linkletter Creek and Linkletter Shore are adjacent features. |
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33. Belmont Lot 16 (Miscouche, 16km)
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6 mi NW of Summerside in Lot 16. Named for Belmont, Colchester County, NS. School area Belmont c1877. P.O. Belmont 1888-1913. |
34. Belmont Provincial Park (Miscouche, 16km)
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35. Burnt Point (Summerside) (Miscouche, 16km)
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The point extends into Malpeque Bay at Belmont and is shown on an 1863 map as Bruly Point, likely from the French, 'brulé,' burned. The Mi'kmaq called it Shemody Point, 'spear pole.' |
36. Central Lot 16 (Miscouche, 16km)
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37. Ives Point (Miscouche, 16km)
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In 1851 it was called Crossmans Point and by 1925, Miscouche Point. Origin of any of the names has not been recorded. |
38. Linkletter Provincial Park (Miscouche, 16km)
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39. Lot 16 (Miscouche, 16km)
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40. Lot 17 (Miscouche, 16km)
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