[ganong] place-nomenclature OF NEW BRUNSWICK 255 



Musquash Harbour.— Origin uncertain. Either descriptive or else a corruption 

 of the Maliseet name. In Church, 1696, as Mushquash Cove. In Maliseet, 

 Mes-gos^ -guelk (compare Coal Creek). On De Meulles, 16S6, is pte. dc MlcheoaT' 

 cors, which is probably the same, and which becomes Mechascor, Mechecas- 

 tor, etc., on French maps of the last century, from which possibly JMaces Bay 

 was derived. In Passamaquoddy called also Tlun-quah-dik := treaty place, 

 which is explained by a legend, which is the same as that for Hardwood 

 Creek (see p. 196). 



Mya Point. — This, with Pecten, are names of molluscs, and were probably given 

 by officers of the Admiralty survey, for Mya appears first upon one of their 

 charts of 1839. 



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Naeawieac River. — From the Maliseet Nel-gu-a-uee^-gel^ In the Seigniorial grant 

 to Sieur de Lellefond, 1690, Nerkoiouiquek ; Munro, 1783, has Nexuquequish ;: 

 Morris, 1784, Narcaidgack. 

 Nantucket. — Origin unknown, but, perhaps, in remembrance of the island iI^ 

 Massachusetts by early settlers : there is evidence that whale-fishers from 

 Nantucket, Mass., settled in this vicinity. In 1806, in INIcDonald's report. 



Napan River. — From the Micmac Xapan=^a good place to get camp poles- 

 (Rand) ; also Man-a-han (Flinne). In Marston's diary, 1785, as Napan. 



Napudogan Brook. — From the iNIaliseet Nn-pud-ua^-gun = (possibly) brook to 

 be followed, i. e., in going to Miramichi Lake (Jack). Plan of 1787 has La 

 Budagan, for this or Budagan (which see). Suggests the Micmac o-woV- 

 un = a portage. 



Nash's Creek. — Said locally to be for a Captain Nash, a refugee who lived there 

 for a time. On plan of 1831, as at present. In Micmac Soon-a-ge-de-jeech^ . 



J^'ashivaak, Fort- — See Saint Joseph, Fort. 



Nashwaak River. — From the Maliseet Nah-uiy -e-wauk, oï Mncexi&m meaning;. 

 Trumbull gives a similar word as common in New England, Nasliatvake ^^\a,ndi 

 between a half-way place, but of course a different word. The same name 

 applied to Hammond River, and is preserved in Nauwigewauk statiom 

 (which see). Norrigewock in Maine is, perhaps, the same. 



In the Seigniorial grant of 1676 to the Sieur de Soulanges, as Nachovac:- 

 Occurs frequently in early records, variously spelled. 



Nashwaaksis. — Maliseet=Little Nashwaak. In grant of 1765, as Natchouakchick 

 or Nashua kchich. On maps like that of Peachey, Petite Rivière = Little 

 River, probably its Acadian name. Pro.loc, Nash-wa-sis^. 



Nauwigewauk. — R. R. Sta. From the Maliseet Nah-niy-e-icauk, their name for 

 Hammond River, and also for the Nashwaak (which see). 



Navy Island. — (Charlotte). Probably for some naval use. Admiralty chart 

 of 1824. 



In Passamaquoddy probably Qm-ee-kan'-sHs, from a small and peculiar 

 bark wigwam that used to be there (Mrs. Brown). In Mitchell, field-book, 

 1764, called Hatchers Id. (Fletcher was an early trader to the bay about 

 1760, Courier, xxxvii.) On Wright, 1772, St. Andrew's Island, and later 

 often so called. 



Navy Island.— (St. John). Probably for some naval use. On a plan of 1784. 



Negro Head.— Origin? Occurs first on a chart of 1844. It is perhaps the Cap 

 St. Jean of Champlain, 1612, and others. On Dee Barres-, 1776, it appears to^ 

 be Point William. 



Sec. II., 1896. 17. 



