Souris (Points East Coastal Drive, C0A 2B1)
1. Annandale-Little Pond-Howe Bay Your Host(s): Municipality, Phone: (902) 583-3156 - Leave a Public Review
2. Bay Fortune Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
At mouth of Fortune River, Lot 43. Pichon 1760 havre de la fortune; Holland 1765 Bay of Fortune Creek.
3. Bear River Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
6 mi NW of Souris in Lots 43 and 44. P.O. 1876-1968. School districts in 1880 were Bear River Road North and Bear River Road South.
4. Bear River South Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Bear River flows N into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and got its name around 1820 when Roderick MacDonald killed a 272 kilo (600- pound) bear after a four-hour fight.
5. Black Pond Bird Sanctuary Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
6. Chepstow Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
2 mi E of Souris in Lot 45. Named by a settler from Chepstow, Monmouth, Wales. Noted in JHA 1845. P.O. 1878-1913. Chepstow Point is an adjacent feature. Meacham 1880 notes Chepstow, Chepstow Point and as well, Chepstow Cove.
7. Clearspring Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
8 mi NW of Souris in Lot 44. P.O. Clear Springs 1878-1883 and 1902-1914; P.O. Clear Springs 1883-1902. School district Clear Spring 1895. Meacham 1880 Clearspring, with the note 'spr' on property of Caius Gillis. Formerly called Big Bush.
8. Colville Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
It was named in 1765 by Samuel Holland for Alexander, 7th Lord Colville of Culross (1717-70) who commanded naval forces from Quebec to the Bahamas in 1763.
9. Eglington Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Adjacent to Northumberland Strait, 1 mi S of Bay Fortune, Lot 43. Named by Samuel Holland 1765 Eglington Cove for Alexander Montgomery (1723-1769) 10th Earl of Eglinton.
10. Fortune Bridge Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
6 mi W of Souris in Lot 43. P.O. 1889-1914.
11. Fortune Harbour / Abell's Cape Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The cape extends into Rollo Bay between Rollo Point and Howe Point. First named Eglington Point by surveyor Samuel Holland for Alexander Montgomerie (1723-1769) 10th Earl of Eglinton.
12. Gowanbrae Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Probably named for John & Peter Macgowan ( John was an early sheriff of Kings County), mill operators on Souris River.
13. Harmony Junction Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Railway junction 3 1/2 mi N of Souris in the community of Souris Line Road, Lot 45. Possibly derived from New Harmony Road 112 mi E where farmers of French, Scottish, Irish and English nationalities had settled and presumably lived amicably.
14. Hay River Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The river flows N into Naufrage Harbour on the Gulf of St. Lawrence just E of St. Margarets. It was named for the profusion of hay along its banks.
15. Hermanville Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
7 mi N of Souris in Lot 45. Named for Herman McDonald, first settler c1850 and postmaster, who was still living in 1905. P.O. Lot 45 1854-1884; P.O. Hermanville 1884-1914.
16. Howe Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
8 mi SW of Souris in Lot 56. School district c1880. P.O. Sailor's Hope 1884-1913.
17. Howe Point Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Earlier names were Cap à David and Eglington Cape.
18. Jimmys Point Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
In 1765 Samuel Holland named it Silvester Point for Eusebius Silvester, Solicitor and Clerk of Reports at the Board of Trade and Plantations. Later re-named for James Campbell who was living there in 1880.
19. Little Harbour Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
3 mi E of Souris in Lot 46. P.O. 1872-1913.
20. Little Pond Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
9 mi SW of Souris in Lot 56. The pond is the enclosed water body shown on NTS 11 L/8 as Spry Cove. P.O. 1886-1913. School district before 1880.
21. Lower Rollo Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
2 mi W of Souris in Lot 44. P.O. Lower Rollo Bay 1888-1904; PO Rollo Bay East 1904-1914.
22. New Acadia Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
7 mi NW of Souris in Lot 43. Named by Eusebius Peters c1885 for his Acadian forebears. P.O. New Acadie 1889-1914.
23. New Harmony Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
4 mi NE of Souris in Lot 45 and 112 mi E of Harmony Junction. P.O. 1891-1910. New Harmony Road noted as early as JHA 1844.
24. New Zealand Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
5 mi NW of Souris in Lot 44. Given in jest 1858 because settlers were going to this place at the same time as some people were departing from Charlottetown for New Zealand.
25. Old Ferry Spit Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
A spit almost blocking off Boughton River at its mouth to Boughton Bay named for a former ferry service that operated between Annandale and Launching Place.
26. Red House Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
7 mi w of Souris in Lot 56. Named for a house built by Edward Abell, the land agent for the area.
27. Rock Barra Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
8 mi NE of Souris in Lot 46. Named for a rock offshore, now washed away, and for Barra in the Outer Hebrides.
28. Rollo Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
3 mi W of Souris in Lots 43 and 44. P.O. c1854-1888 and 1896-1904. P.O. Rollo Bay Cross 1873-1904; P.O. Rollo Bay Centre 1904-1914; P.O. Rollo Bay West 1904-1914.
29. Sailors Hope Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for the home of William Cooper (1786-1867), a land agent who became a leading figure in the land reform movement.
30. Salvation Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
A large, sandy inlet locally known as Big Pond. In the summer of 1765, Lt. Peter Frederick Haldimand (1741-1765) ran out of food and supplies here.
31. Souris Your Host(s): Municipality, Phone: (902) 687-2157 - Leave a Public Review
Town incorporated 1910. P.O. c1830 1867 and from 1967; P.O. Souris East 1867-1967. Named New Bristol by John Cambridge in 1820. Formerly known as Souris East, New Bristol, Grand Haven, Mouse Harbour, Red Cliffs and Colville Bay.
32. Souris Line Road Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
3 mi N of Souris in Lot 45. School districts were called Granville and Milton. P.O. Cherry Grove c1871-1914 and P.O. Charnwood 1894-1914.
33. Souris River Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Flows SE into Colville Bay, Lot 44.
34. Souris West Your Host(s): Municipality, Phone: (902) 357-2894 - Leave a Public Review
1 mi w of Souris in Lot 44. PO 1867-1916.
35. Spry Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named by Samuel Holland in 1765 for Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Spry (1715-75) who saw service at the siege and capture of Fortress Louisbourg in 1758. Nearby Durell Point was named at the same time.
36. St. Catherines Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
3 mi E of Souris in Lots 45 and 46. Noted in JHA 1844.
37. St. Charles Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
9 mi NW of Souris in Lots 42 and 56. Named for the Catholic Church there. P.O. Mansfield 1886-1904; P.O. St. Charles 1904-1914. Formerly called Groshaut Settlement. Meacham 1880 has Grosheaut Road there.
38. Swanton Point Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The point extends into Northumberland Strait at Souris and was named in 1765 by Samuel Holland for Commodore Swanton of the Vanguard at Quebec, 1760.
  39. Bear River North Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  40. Big Pond Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  41. Fortune Beach Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  42. Lot 43 Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  43. Lot 44 Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  44. Lot 45 Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  45. Rollo Bay West Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  46. Souris Beach Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  47. Townshend Woodlot Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review