[ganong] place-nomenclature OF NEW BRUNSWICK 273 



while a point on Shippegan, probably Pigeon Hill, is called by him C. de S. 

 Martin, followed on late maps, but removed to the S. of Shippegan Gully. 

 There is a Sippican Harbour in ^Mass. 



Shippegan. — P. 1851. Of course from the island. 



Shippegan. Gully. — In Micmac, Umkoomabayw/k (alt. Rand) = icy bay. 



Siegas. — From the ^laliseet Saij-e-gosk' = hard to go through (?) In a grant of 

 17U4 as >SIde(jas ; Bonnor, 1820, has Shiegash or Trouble some River, no doubt 

 the translation. Pr. loc. Sy^-e-gas or Sy^gass. 



Simonds.— (St. John.) P. 1839. Doubtless in honour of Hon. Charles Simonds, 

 Speaker of the House of Assembly, but also perhaps for the Simonds 

 family so prominent in the early history of St. .John. 



Simonds. — (Carleton.) P. 1842. Doubtless in honour of Hon. Charles Simonds 

 (see above). 



Simpsons Island. — In Passamaquoddy Quak-ee-men-ee-'juo' -sis =bog on the little 

 island {Wqmik = bog, men-ce-rjuo-sis = little island). 



Sisson Branch. — Doubtless for a lumberman of that time. In Maliseet, Wa-ka/- 

 xonn. Compare Presquile. 



Sisson Ridge. — S. about 1876 (p. 208). Local name. 



Sisters Brooks. — Called by the lumbermen Miss Nashwaak and Sister Ann. 



Skiff Lake.— Origin ? On a plan of 1835- North Lake in Titcombs Survey of 

 1704. 



Soilhmges. — Seigniory, 1676. In St. Marys and Fredericton. 



Southampton.— P. lS3o. Probably suggested by its position relative to North- 

 ampton. 



South Bay.— Descriptive, and probably from the French. On Monckton, 1758, as 

 Baye de S. W., probably its Acadian name ; South Bay on D. Campbell, 

 1785. In Maliseet Mr. Chamberlain gives A-ku-ma-kwi^-këk (Alt.) 



Southesk. — P., 1879. Suggested doubtless by its position relative to Northesk. 



Spencer, Cape.— Origin?. On Des Barres chart of 1776, and, perhaps, named 

 for a friend of his (p. 203). 



Spe?/ River. — See Madawaska. 



Spoon Island.— Origin uncertain ; supposed to describe its resemblance to the 

 bowl of a spoon, and possibly a translation from the Indian. On D. Camp- 

 bell, 1785. 



Its Maliseet name is uncertain, by some given as Am-quah'-nis = spoon 

 island [Am-qmn = a, spoon); Peachy, 1783. calls it Id. Amquains, followed by 

 others. By some Indians the latter is given to the point below the island on 

 the east side, where the " old French Fort " is ; Monckton, 1758, has it there 

 as Amiquonish Mr. Jack gave me for the island Hay-yei-paon-nac-cook, which 

 seems in part like an Indian corruption of Cueiller= French for spoon, and 

 for it, or some place near, one Indian gives me Am-ivee-nes-og-ne-chuk=]a,\vs. 



Spragues Falls.— Doubtless for Abiel Sprague, a pre-loyalist settler on the St. 

 Croix, who later had a farm near there. 



Springfield. — P. 1786. Origin?. A common name elsewhere. 



Springhill.— From the name of the residence of Chief Justice Ludlow, who named 

 it after Springhill, the residence of Governor Colden of New York (Foot- 

 prints, p. 101). 



Spruce Island.— Seems to be the Bald Id. of Wright, chart, 1772. 



Spryliampton.—^&mQ of a grant of 1774 to William Spry in Canning and 

 Cambridge, and, of course, named for him (p. 202). 



Squaw Cap.— Descriptive, particularly as seen when coming down the Resti- 

 gouche. In Micmac Pec-dam-kee^-jos, probably not aboriginal. 



