[ganong] place-nomenclature OF NEW BRUNSWICK 24S 



given a French form by making it Lepreau. It therefore has no connection 

 with Le Préau, a meadow, as sometimes said. 



Lepreau.— P. 1857. Or course from the point. 



In Maliseet and Passamaquoddy it is (Jwn-S({Ue-niu-xufi'-sl(l:. 



Lepreau Basin. — Of course from the point. Upon some maps called Belas Basin, 

 a map name locally unknown, and origin uncertain. A plan of 1.S36 has 

 Bellas Rock near its entrance, while another has Bellows Bank (perhaps 

 given by Mahood). Possibly connected with Bela Lawrence, who about this 

 time owned mills at New River. In Passamaquoldy Keeh-am¥-ek, = 

 gravel bar, descriptive of its entrance. 



Lepreau Harbour. — Of course from the point. On Wright, 1772, Fox Harbour. 



Lepreau River. — Of course from the point. On plan of isiO as Le Proe River. 

 In Passamaquoddy WiF-e-amk-ay^-nis =^ gravelly river (Jack). 



Little Lepreau River. — On plan of 1810, Little River. 



Letang — French L'Etang = the pond; descriptive of its inclosed and usually calm» 

 condition. On Cornelli, 16S9, as Havre a Letano (a misprint for Letang, forait 

 appears thus in a Ms. map of about the same date). Boyd, 17()3, has Le 

 Tang. Laverdicre (Champlain, p. 1299 ), suggests that it may be named for 

 one Lestan, a messenger of La Tour, but there is no evidence for this. 

 In Passamaquoddy probably Men-ha-wa'' -dik. 



Letite Passage- — Probably French Le Tête === the head. As Le Tele in Boyd, 

 1763; Mitchell, 1764, has Leeteet; Owen, 1770, Le Tête; Lockwood, 1826, 

 Latete ; Wilkinson, 1859, Letite. Perhaps the name applied originally to 

 the high promontory of McMasters Island, which by Wright, 1772, was 

 called Bald Head Island. But possibly originated in petite; thus Popple has 

 here a Petit Passage, and on Allen's Ms. map, 1786, it is Petit Passage; but 

 improbable. In Maliseet it is Squa-so-dik-see-hah-lm' -mook = landing place- 

 passage or squaw look-out passage (?) Squa-so-dik being McMasters Island 

 (which see); also Wop-ka^-kook = the white rock (?) which Mitchell, 1764, 

 has as Wom-koo-cook, applied to a cove just N. W. of Mascabin Point. 



Lievre, Points-— {T^hree points W. of Pokeshaw River.) French = Hare points. 

 On .Jumeau, 1685, and others as C. au Heure ; upon a French chart of 1778 

 applied to three points, of which Grindstone and Norton are two ; translated 

 on English maps as Hare Points, and by Cooney and others, The Capes. 

 One of them, probably Norton Point, d'An ville calls Pansaguet Pte. 



Limeburners Lake. -Probably for Matthew Limeburner, one of the Penobscot 

 loyalists who settled in this vicinity. 



Limestone River. — Probably descriptive. On Wilkinson, 1859 ; also Augean- 

 quapsporegan. Compare Wapskehegan. 



Lincoln.— P. 1786. Probably suggested by its proximity to York, as in England. 



Linoville. — Seigniory, 1697. In Shediac. 



Little River. — (Victoria). In Maliseet, Es-kooV-took = trout river. 



Little River.— (Queens, Hampsted). On plan of 1787. In Maliseet, M'd-Jia^-sik. 

 This may be connected with the C. dosque on De Meulles, 1686 ; on Peachy, 

 1783, occurs Quisqtiibas in this region, which I cannot locate. 



Little River.— (Madawaska). On Bouchette, 1831, followed by others, Wababble 

 River, origin unknown. 



Little River.— (Victoria at Grand Falls). In Maliseet, Pah-kops-kee^-ok = falls 

 at mouth. Kops =:^ falls, kee-ok = mouth; (compare Pokiuk). 



On Bouchette, 1831, a branch is Raagaoubskihank, the same word mis- 

 printed. Falls River on some maps. ^- '. " , •.. 



