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British Admiralty. AVright appears only to have recorded the nameB 

 found by him in use among the fishermen, etc.. but DesBarres gave new 

 names in large numbers. These names were those of people, and in some 

 cases we tind in contemporary history the persons whom he probably 

 intended to honour, and in other cases they were probably friends of his 

 whose names are not preserved. Perhaps the petition from him and 

 fifty-nine other officers in 1*762 (Archives, 1804. 237) may exjjlain some 

 of the names. Most of them are extinct, but Courtney, Cape Spencer, 

 Salisbury Bay, Fox Island, Northumberland Strait, all apparently given 

 by him, survive ; and Waltham, applied to Portage Island, lingered for 

 a time. Others of his names will be found in the Dictionary. 



Some of the names of this period show interesting changes in the 

 transition from one language to another ; thus Mahogany is a familiari- 

 zation fiom the Maliseet, Manawoganish or Meogenes, and Swan Creek of 

 the Maliseet See-wan-kik. 



5. The Loyalist Period. 



It is difficult to make a division between the naines of this period 

 and that which follows it, but the following are associated with the 

 coming and settlement of the Loyalists. 



The Province, New Brunswick. 



The counties, with tlicir parishes : 



Westmorland, Salisbury. 



Charlotte, St. George, St. Patrick, St. Stephen, St. David, Pennfield, 

 "West Isles. 



Northumberland, Newcastle, Alnwick. 



Kings, Westfield, Sussex, Springfield, Kingston. 



Queens, Wickham, Waterborough, Hampstead. 



York, Fredericton, Kingsclear, Prince William, Saint Marys, 

 Queen sbury. 



Lancaster, Saint Martins, Lincoln, Sheffield. 

 Woodstock, Northampton. 

 Dorchester. 



Also Lake Utopia, Carleton, Ministers Island, Springhill, prob- 

 ably Lake George. 



A number of smaller streams took the names of their loyalist 

 grantees or residents, as Bulls, Greers, Longs. Gardens, Wards Creeks, 

 Menzies Stream ; Griffiths, Bliss, Pendletons Islands, and very many local 

 names of points, etc. ; and, in particular, the names of streets in St. John, 

 Fredericton and St. Andrews, all laid out at this time, have marked 

 loyalist names. 



It is remarkable that there is no name in the list which directly 

 recalls the loyalist movement itself, which, in this resjDect, is analogous 

 to the expulsion of the Acadians. 



