[ganong] place-nomenclature OF NEW BRUNSWICK 261 



occurs also on the Tobique and Magaguadavic. Perhaps Petitcodiac is 



related to it (see). 

 Patrieville. — S. 187.s, (p. 208). French Patrie — fatherland. 

 Faivlett, Mount— '^i^'à Mount Pawlett. 

 Pecten Point. — See My a Point. 

 Peel. — P., 1859. Probably in honour of Jonathan Peel, Secretary of War in England 



in that year. Or possibly in memory of his brother, Sir Robert Peel, English 



htatesman, who died in 1850. 

 Peltoma Lake. — Origin uncertain ; said locally, and probably correctly, to be for 



an Indian hunter of that name. Peltoma is Passaioaquoddy for Pierre Toma, 



a common name among them. He was, perhaps, a guide of Mahood's, for the 



name occurs first upon a plan of his, of 1830, in its present form. Also given 



to a settlement of 1856 (p. 208). 

 Pendleton's Island. — For Thomas Pendleton, loyalist, who owned it. 



In Passamaquoddyf7m4-M6-a-/mmA'^, probably = a bar nearly covered, in 



allusion to the low place between its two high parts. Occurs in a letter of 



1780 (Courier, 1.) as Odcobha.hommitek. 

 Pennfield. — P-, 1786. Originally Penn's Field ; given in memory of William Penn, 



by its first loyahst settlers, who were Pennsylvania Quakers (Courier, ixxii.) 

 Penniac Brook. — From the Maliseet Pan-wee^-ok = opening out or level land; 



(perhaps the oppcsite of Po-kee'-ok; see Pokiok). In Munro, 1783, as- 



Pamouyack. v 



The island called in Munro, Pietetry, is now Peter's Id. 

 Penobsquis. — R.R. Sta. A name manufactured by the R.R. surveyors (p. 209), 



for Stone's Brook, near which it is ; from the Maliseet Penoh><q'= a stone, 



and sips=& brook. In its present form it is near the Maliseet Penobsques 



^a chub, and is sometimes so translated. 

 Fere, Point a,i^,—(Bathurst Harbour). French = Point of the Father, i i?., Priest. 



The tradition is that French priests were once buried there ; confirmed by 



an old plan which reads, " so called from having a French priest buried 



here." Here possibly stood Denys' Fort ; on old plans, also, Allen's Pt., for 



a Capt. John Allen, who had a grant here in 1770. 

 Perigny- — Seigniory, 1693. On Grand Manan. 

 Perth.— P., 1833. Origin ? There is a Perth in Scotland. 

 Peter's River.— Probably for one Peter Hagerty, who lived there early in the 



century, and had a grant at its mouth in 1829 (p. 205). On a plan of 1811 as 



R. Pierrau. 



In ^ficmac Ad-wee-gan-eech\ 

 Petersville.— P., 1838. Said to be in honour of Hon. Harry Peters, of Gagetown, 



then Speaker of the Flouse of Assembly. 

 Petitcodiac. — From the Micmac Pet-koat-kwee^-ak. Rand gives Pet-koot-kite-ak = 



the river bends round in a bow. There can be no doubt that this is the 



correct origin. It is popularly derived from the French words Petit Coude = 



Little Elbow, referring to the bend at Moncton, though it is not explained 



how Coude becomes Codiac;nor did the French use this form in any of their 



records, and, without doubt, it represents the effort of the English to restore 



a French form to a word supposed to be of French origin (p. 200). 

 In a document of 1702 as Pécoudiak (Rameau, ii., 335). 

 In Pote's Journal, 1745, as Pettcochack, applied by mistake to the Wash- 



adem')ac ; on Morris, 1749, as Patcotyeak, and in several documents of 1755 ; 



d'Anville map, Patcoulieuk. A common spelling in French documents is 



