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Whitehead Island.— Descriptive. On Wright, 1772. Doubtless the Pierre 

 blandw of the Jesuit Relation of IHll ; and perhaps the Ille gravée on 

 Champlain 1(512 map; he had to repair his ship there in lb06 ; the word may 

 be connected with the English graving, as in graving dock. 



White Horse. — Origin? Perhaps suggested by its appearance. In Mitchell's 

 Field Book, 1764, as White hors; Owens Diary, 1770, has the present form ; 

 D. Owen map, 179ii, has Plngulnhors, white horse. 



In Passamaquoddy said to be Ug-u'n-snp-sq' = a place for shags (a 

 kind of dnck). 



White Marsh Creek. — On Lockwood, 1820. In Maliseet, Wa-bay-ik-cha-cha- 

 quis-?ee-hoo-oo' -sis = White ^larsh Creek ; probably a translation of the 

 English name. 



Wickham. — P. 1786. Occurs in Hampshire, England, and once in Quebec. 



Wicklow.— P. 1833. Origin? Occurs in Ireland near Dublin. 



Williamsburg.— N. B. and N. S. Land Co- settlement (p. 207). Perhaps in honour 

 of King William IV. 



Wilmot.— P. 18()9. In honour of Hon. L. A. Wilmot, who in 1S68 became the first 

 native Lieut.-Governor of N. B. 



Wilsons Beach.— For Robert Wilson who settled here in 1766, and his descen- 

 dants- 

 Windmill Point. — (Campobello). Doubtless pre- Loyalist and descriptive. Des 

 Barres' view of Campobello, 1778, shows a windmill on the point. 



Winigut Lake. — Said by the Micmacs to = ugly or crooked foot, reason 

 unknown (Flinne). Compare Rand Winekat ^^= an ugly foot. 



Woodnid )is l'oint. — Occurs in Allen's Journal, 1777 ; probably opposite 

 Indiantown where a James Woodman formerly lived. 



Woodmans Point.— (Mouth of Nerepis). For an English family who settled 

 tliere about 50 years ago. 



Woodstock. — P. 17s6. Origin unknown; Raymond thinks descriptive of the 

 "stock of wood," which impressed the early settlers (Raymond, p. 42), 

 more probably suggested by its nearness to Northampton as in England (p. 

 204). 



Woolaslook. — The ^laliseet name for the St. .lohn. They pronounce it Wool-ahs^- 

 took, or Oo-lahs'-took, with a slight sound of \v prefixed ; this is their 

 form when near it ; when speaking of it from a distance it is Wool-ahs-la- 

 gooiy (see p. 193). Said by them to mean good river, i.e. for canoeing, or 

 liandsome river; and nearly all students (Rand, Laurent, etc.), agree upon 

 this though other meanings have been given. I believe the meaning is not 

 good or beautiful in an aesthetic but in a practical sense, good for navi- 

 gation, etc., and it may be best expressed in English as goodly river. 



In Rasles' Dictionary, 1691, p. 493, as Oorusiegoo (Woolastagook with r 

 for 1 (see p. 19h), in Morse (Archives, 1884,) 1784, as Oraftook ; its first 

 occurrence with 1 instead of r is on Bouchette, 1831, as ]VaUoostook. It is 

 surprising that a word of such importance does not [appear in any of the 

 French maps or records, unless possibly as Arassaluk on de Rozier, 1699. 

 Probably persists in Aroostook. 



Wolves. — Origin ? probably descriptive ol' the savage character of these rocks, 

 and their arrangement resembling a pack. On Southack map, 1707, as 

 Wolfes ; in 1710, in .lournal of Col. Winslow (Trans. N.S- Hist. Soc, I.) in 

 present form. Bellin, 1757, has it translated /. avx Loups. 



In Passamatiuoddy A-dog-en-a-desk' , which, perhaps = storm bound 

 (Mrs. Brown). Champlain in 1604, named them Isle Jumelles for a kind of 



