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(N. E. Branch) (McDougall Stream). 



Jack-knife Islands Long: Rips. 



Hawkins Rips. Turnover Island. 



Flume Falls. Scrabble Hili Br. 



Flume Islands. Coxs Islands. 



Bolt Reach. Pull and be damned. 



Sparkit Rips. (Red Rock Stream). 



.Toe Lee Islands. Snider Rock. 



(Kedron Brook). Stones Rips. 



High Rocks Matheson's Point. 



Skulkin Rips 

 Magundy. — Perhaps from the INIaliseet. As Magundy Creek on a plan of 1823. 

 Mahalawodon, Biver. — Map name only ; locally Little River. Probably Mic- 

 mac. Plan 1794 Mahalawodiac, which is found down to Wilkinson, 1859, 

 which introduces the above spelling. Also Meladawadon, etc. 

 Mahogany. — See Manawoganish. 



Maliget. — From the ilicmac Mal-e-ag-et (Flinne). Cooney, 1S32, has Maallehagit. 

 JVLcvlpec Brooh-—rOn an old plan for a brook next S. of Blacklands Point on 



Miramichi. 

 Mamozekel. — From the Maliseet He-be-se^-kel-sisk = a bushy stream (?). He-be-se- 



kd is applied to a brook (Bread Brook?) on the right hand branch. 

 Manawoganish. — From the Maliseet Ma-na-iuag-on-ess^-ek = place for clams 

 essek, clams, .Tack). Often contracted to Meogcnes, and corrupted to 

 Mahogany. On De MeuUes, 16S6, as Menagoniche, and thenceforth variously 

 spelled, as Âgoniché, etc. 

 Jlainie- — River mentioned by Leclerq, 1691, at Miramichi ; identity unknown. 

 Manners Sutton. — P. 1855. In honour, no doubt, of Hon. H. T. Manners-Sutton, 



then Lieut.-Oovernor of N. B. 

 Maquapit. — From the ^laliseet Ma-quali' -pak = red (like wine, raa-qua, red) ; 

 why so called ? In a grant of 1 7SG as Maquapit. On Lockwood, 1826, and 

 others, Quaco Lake. 



Probably this is the Rivière de Maquo of a seigniorial grant of 1672 to 

 Sieur de Martignon. 



The thoroughfare between this and Grand Lake in Maliseet Po-kesk = 



narrows (Jack). 



Maringouin, Cape. — French = Mosquito Cape ; presumably descriptive- On De 



Meulles, 1086, C df^s Meringouins ; in Church, 1704, as Mosquito Point. Pr. 



loc. Mangwin. 



Marsh Creek.— (St. John.) In Maliseet See-hes-kastah-gan (Raymond), which 



appears in documents. 

 Martello Tower.— Completed 1813. Theories of the name are given in the 

 Century Dictionary: (1) From Italian word for a hammer used to strike the 

 alarm bells in them; (2) from the name of their inventor, aCorsican; (3) 

 from Mortella in Corsica, where one of them resisted the English in 1794, 

 To these may be added their remarkable resemblance in form to the tonib 

 of Metella near Rome; probably only a coincidence. 

 Martiijnon. — Seigniory, 1672. In Lancaster and Westfield. On Franquelin, 



16it() (Marcel Atlas, No. 40), is Fort Martinnon in Carleton. 

 Martins Head- — Origin uncertain, but probably suggested by the name of the 

 parish, and originally St. Martins Head. On Bonnor, 1820, in the present 

 form. On the Admiralty chart of 1S24 it is St. Martins Head, as it is alsa 



