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Pleasant Valley, — A. Native settlement, formed 1831 by expansion from older 

 parts of the Petitcodiac. (Loc. inf.). 



Plourde, — M. Acadian settlement, formed before 1879 under the Free Grants 

 Act and settled by expansion from the St. John. (Loc. inf.). 



Plymouth, — Cn. Settled first about 1820 by mixed Irish, English and native 

 settlers. (Loc. inf.). 



Pocowogamis Settlement, — Y. Native expansion, apparently formed about 

 1845 by expansion from the St. John river. (Loc. inf.). 



Pointe de Bute, — W. See Pont à Buot. 



Pokemouche, — G. Indian (Micmac) reserve of 2477 acres, established May, 

 1804, but not now occupied, though there was apparently an Indian 

 village here in 1761. (Smethurst; Perley, Ind., C. CXIII, CXXVII). 



Important Acadian settlement (Lower or Isle Pokemouche. or 

 Poquemouche), founded by Isidore Robichaud, from Bonaventure, in 

 1797. It has grown steadily and expanded to other parts of the country. 

 (Gaudet, newspaper articles; Winslow Papers, 501; Gesner, 199; Cooney, 

 177; loc. inf.). 



Upper Pokemouche is an English and Irish immigrant farming, 

 fishing and lumbering settlement, between Isle Pokemouche and the 

 Indian reserve, formed between 1825 and 1830. (C. L. R.; Cooney, 177). 



The settlements on the north side of the river are Acadian and 

 of later date, some recent. 



Pokeshaw, — G. Irish immigrant, an extension of Xcw Banâon. (Loc. inf.). 



Pokesoudie, — G. Settled by Acadians, about 1816 and later, apparently an 

 expansion from Caraquet. (C. L. R.). 



Pokiok Settlement, — T. Irish (Protestant) immigrant, formed between 1820 

 and 1830. (Loc. inf.). 



Pomeroy Ridge, — C. An expansion from Scotch Ridge. 



Pont a Buot, — W. Early small Acadian settlement and fortified French post 

 near a former bridge across the Misseguash; destroyed by the British 

 in 1755. The permanent settlement of the vicinity was commenced 

 by New Englanders in 1761 as part of Cumberland township, and in 

 1772 and later a number of Yorkshiremen purchased farms here, origin- 

 ating the present village of Point de Bute. (Hist. Sites, 285; a full 

 account in Trueman's Chignecto Isthmus). 



Poodiac, — K. Native settlement, formed in 1S20 or soon after, apparently 

 by expansion from older Loyalist settlements. (C. R.). 



Portage, — W. Former small Acadian village, founded probably in the early 

 18th century as a post at the junction of the land and water part of 

 the Misseguash-Baie Verte Portage, and destroyed by the British in 

 1755. The vicinity was settled about 1800 by expansion from Cumber- 

 land. (Hist. Sites, 287). 



Porter Settlement, — C. Laid out 1852, on the road from St. Stephen to 

 Little Falls, but never settled. (C. L. R.). 



