[ganong] place-nomenclature OF NEW BRUNSWICK 233 



EsnciiiH. — Seigniory, 1693. In Caraquette and Inkerman. 



Esnault, Point. — (Batlmrst Harbour E. side, also Dal3's Point.) Doubtless for 

 Esnault, a settler here in the seventeenth century. Cooney gives an 

 account of him, much of which is error. Pro. loc. Ee-no. 



Etienne River.— See Cains River. 



Fannens Brook. — No doubt for Col. David Fanning, loyalist, the famous leader 

 of Fanning's Corps of South Carolina, who owned land at its mouth. 



Five-finger Brook. — Said to be descriptive of its branching just above its 

 mouth. In Micmac, Kas-kes-ge-guay-ik, perhaps not aboriginal. 



Flatlands. — Descriptive. 



Florence ville. — Said to have been named at the time of the Crimean war in 

 honour of Florence Nightingale, in admiration of her good works. 



Folly Point. — Possibly for some business failure (p. 211). On Wilkinson, 1S59 ; 



on Des Barres, 17S1, Point Gilbert- 

 Fort. — Names of those at different periods in N. B., Beauséjour, Boishébert (see 

 Beauhébert), Cumberland, Drummond, Frederick, French (see Nid d'aigle), 

 Gaspereau, Howe, Hughes, La Tour, Martignon, Meductic, Monckton, Nerepis, 

 Moncton, Nashwaak, Shediac, St. John, St. Joseph. 



Fosters Island.— On Campbell, 1788. For its Maliseet name see Catons Island. 

 On Monckton, 1758, IsIp au Nois = isle of nuts, and on Peachy I. Fredie. 



Found Head. — Said to be a corruption of Fownes Head. 



Fojcerhi ca.—^^^x^^^one,(\ in Leland as a village twenty-five miles below Grand 

 Falls ; identity unknown. 



Fox Island. — Probably given by Des Barres in honour of Charles James Fox, 

 then minister of King George III., though perhaps descriptive. 



In Micmac, Oo-lan' -jeeclik = a big bark dish, said to describe its shape, 

 the higher margin with central basin. Jumeau, 1(385, seems to have /. 

 Isabel chrétienne, no doubt for some incident of his missionary labours, but 

 De Meulles gives this to Vin Id. Possibly this badly misprinted gives the 

 I. Burselle of Moll, 1713; De Meulles, 168(i, has I. au Pendu = hangman's 

 island, and it appears so translated on Sawyer, 1775 ; on d'Anville, 1755, and 

 others, I. Tenescou, possibly connected with Escuminac. 



Irancfort. — T. 17G5. Also called MacNutts, for its principal grantee. In Douglas, 

 Bright and Queensbury. 



Frederick, Fort- — Named probably by Monckton in 1758; perhaps in honour 

 of George III., one of whose names was Frederick, or perhaps in memory of 

 his father, the Prince of Wales, who died 1751. On Bruce 1761. Earlier 

 Yillebon's Fort (possibly Fort Bourbon. Notitia, p. 102). 



Frederieton. — Named in 17S5 by Governor Carleton in honour of Prince Fred- 

 erick, Bishop of Osnaburg, second son of King George HI. It occurs first in 

 an order in council dated February 22, 1785, " a town at St. Anne's Point, on 

 the River St. John, to be called Frederick Town, after His Royal Highness 

 the Bishop of Osnaburg." 



In early days sometimes called Osnaburg (Raymond). It is nicknamed 

 in the Province, the " Celestial City." Pr. loc. often Fredicton. 



In Maliseet it is See-dahn^-sis (or See-nan- sis), Little Saint Annes, the 

 name apparently having applied originally to near where ( îovernment House 

 stands. See-dahn is now Indian Village. 



By the French called Sainte Annes (which see). 



