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Stanley.— S. about 1835, N. B. & N, S. Land Co. (p, 207) ; in honour of Lord 

 Stanlej', then Colonial Minister. 



Stanley. — P., 18:57 ; repealed, 1838; reestablished, 1846. Of course from the 

 settlement. 



Stewai'ts Brook. — In Micmac Kay-noos^-esk (Flinne). 



Stickney Brook. — Minsissuck on D. Campbell, 1785. 



Stonehaven. — S., 1873 (p. 208). By settlers from that place in Scotland. 



Strawberry Point. — (Newcastle). On Micheau, 1785. 



Studliolm.— P., 1840. In honour, no doubt, of Major Gilfred Stndholm, com- 

 mander at Fort Howe when the loyalists landed, afterwards a settler in this 

 parish. 



Sugar Island. — Probably descriptive of an abundance of sugar maples upon it. 

 In ^laWs^et So-ghe-a-rnen-iek^ = sugar island ( foglea, fiom. the French sucre 

 = sugar, and meneek = island), probably an Indian translation of an Acadian 

 name for it, not aboriginal. See letter in Footprints, p. 50. 



Sugar Loaf.— (Kings, near Clifton). On Campbell, 1788. 



Sugar Loaf. — (Restigouche). Descriptive. In Micmac ,S'çu«-(/ic/iA- = highest point. 



Sullivans Creek. — In Maliseet Mool-a-kcsk^ = it runs deep. 



Sunbury. — T., 1765; C, 1765 ; county with new limits, 1785. Origin unknown. 

 Sunbury is a village near London. Also occurs in Pennsylvania. 



Sunnyside.— S., 187ô (p. 208). 



Sunpoke Lake. — Possibly arose by confusion with Sce-im-ak-'-ik, the Maliseet 

 name of S. Oromocto Lake. 



Sussex. — P., 1786. Probably in honour of the Duke of Sussex, son of George III. 



Sussex Vale. — Occurs first in a S. P. G. repoi t of 1789 ; said earlier to have been 

 called Pleasant A^alley (Allison) ; called by the Maliseets S'Colkgc, of course 

 from the Indian College formerly located there (Raymond). 



Swan Creek. — An English familiarization of the Maliseet iS'e^'-H;a?;-/.i//=the cran- 

 berry bog (sfe-wcm =^ cranberry). In Munro, 1786, in its present form, and 

 on Campljell, 17ô8. On Peacliy, 1783, it is Seurank, which seems inter- 

 mediate between ^laliseet and English. 

 Sweep. — See Plumweseep. 



Tabusintac. — From the Micmac Tahoosimkik = a pair of them. (Taboo = two, 

 Rand) ; sometimes given = where two reside. Un Jumeau, 1685, as R- labo- 

 clnmkek : on Bellin, 1744, Taboquinquet ; Moll, 1713, and others, place here a 

 Jiandingo, wiiich I cannot locate. Rand gives (Legends, p. 212) a story of a 

 battle between Micmacs and Mohawks here. 



Loc. pro. Ta-boo^-sin-tac^ ; by Acadians Taboujamteck. 



Tantramar. — A corruption of tiie French Tintamarre = a " thundering noise, 

 racket, hubbub " ; applied to this river, some say, for the noise of its rush- 

 ing tides, others for the noise of the great flocks of geese, ducks, etc., which 

 once resorted here. In the Jesuit Relation of 1647, " tintamarres" is used 

 for great noises. In a document of 1749 as Tintamarre, and the same in 

 La Yalière's Journal, 1750-51. Mante, 1755, has Tantemar. The r has 

 come in lately ; its first occurrence is on Wyld, 1841, as Tantaramar. 

 In Micmac, Ad-a-maak' . 



Tanty Wanty Brook.— Origin ? Occurs also as a R.R. Sta. between Niagara 

 and Buffalo. 



