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Neguac Island. — Origin uncertain, but from the Micmac. Rand gives Negwelc 

 = it springs up out of the ground. The Micmacs now call it Pee-memp- 

 kee'-ok = Sand Island. Perhaps it comes from Anegaijwayok, the name for 

 Hay Island (which see), transferred by mistake to this.. In Marston's 

 diary, 17S5, as Negayack : Acadian, Nigaouec ; pro. loc, Nigger whack. 

 Nelson. — P. 1S14. Doubtless in memory of Lord Nelson, who died at Trafalgar 



in 1S()5. 

 Nepisiguit, River. — From the Micmac Win-peg-if-a-tvik = rough water, which 

 describee it throughout. A ^laliseet defined it as "cross" or " bad tem- 

 pered " river, i.e., towards the canoe-man. 



In the Jesuit Relation, 1643, as Nepegigovit, applied to the river, which 

 shows the transition to our form. Creuxius' Latin map 1000, has Nepegi- 

 guitius. Denys, 1672, has Ncplgiguil and Nepiziguit. The minor names were 

 fixed, no doubt, by Peters' survey of 1832. 

 Tlie smaller branches of Nepisiguit are in Micmac : 

 Red Pine Brook ISIeg-o-nee-ga-way . 



Gordon Brook O-wok'-un. 



Gilmores Br. Sit-koo-ju-a-yok. 



Nepisiguit Br. A-loo'-oo-see- 



Nine Mile Br. See-bes^-ko. 



Foity Mile Br. Pa-book^-chich. (On De Meulles, 1686, 



Papaukchich.) 

 Foriy-two Mile Br. Cos-ok^-un. 



Second Falls Br. Met-a-wopskw'. 



Forty -four ]Mile Br. Nul-os-koo^-dich. 



Grants Br. Wok-chu-bech^. 



Devil's Elbow Br. Wok-chu-waych. 



Big S. Branch Ka-gikqu (De Meulles, 10S6 has Kagout). 



Portage Br. Ow-iin-jeech ? 



Little S. Branch Pa-at-qu-nok. (On De Meulles, 1680, R. 



Attououik. ) 

 I\ loose Br. Pa-at-qu-nok-chich. 



The Lake Goos-pemk. 



Nepisiguit Lake.— On Jumeau, 16S5, Lac cm Cler ; on De Meulles, 16S0, is 



marked Oniguen = a portage, between it and Nictau Lake. 

 Nerepis. — From the Maliseet Nd-cr-peechk' , meaning unknown. On De Meulles 

 1080, as Nércpisxc ; Villebon, Journal, 1090, has "fort des Sauvages de Nere- 

 pisse" ; Monckton, 1758, has Nirapis. Munro has Beauhers River, misprint 

 no doubt, for Beaubears. (See Beauhébert Fort). D. Campbell, 1785, has 

 Narrow Piece, a familiarization of the above. Bouchette, 1815, has Versnes, 

 probably only a bad misprint. Pr. loc. narrow peas. 



The fort here was afterwards occupied by Boisht'bert (see Beauhébert 

 I'ort! in 1749. 

 New Ban don. — No doubt for Bandon in Ireland from which most of the settlers 



came. The parish erected in isSl. 

 New Brunswick — Named when set ofl" from Nova Scotia in 17.s4, no doubt in 

 compliment to thé reigning house of England. 



Earlier a part of Acadia and Nova Scotia. By Sir William Alexander, 

 1624, it was named New Alexandria and Nova Scotia was New Caledonia. 

 Piirdy in his maps of 1814 and later, makes it a part of Cabotia. 



There is evidence that at onetime it was proposed to call it Pittsylvania, 

 in compliment to William Pitt (Raymond, 02). 



