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Place-nomenclature. 



Alamec. — Called by the Acadians of Shippegan and vicinity Lamcc (com- 

 monly spelled L'Amec, or Lameque, etc.), while the English residents 

 in the vicinity usually call it Alamec. It is no doubt from the first 

 two syllables of the Micmac El-nîhg-wa-da-silc, — " the head is turned 

 to one side" (Rand, Micmac Reader). First occurs as Petit and 

 Great Nanibeque on a plan of 17S4. 



Aldouane. — I am told by the Indian teacher at Big Cove, Richibucto, that 

 the Micmacs pronounce this name Wald-won, but are doubtful If the 

 word is Micmac. They have also another name for it, Sgapagnetj. It 

 is possible that this name has some connection with a French vessel, 

 with cannon on board, traditionally said to have been sunk at the 

 mouth of that river (see later under the Acadian Period), in which 

 case the name would be homologous in origin with St. Simon and, 

 perhaps, Bay du Vin. 



Allabanket. — A place on the lower Main Southwest Miramichi; the name is 

 still in use, and, no doubt, of Micmac origin. 



Allandale. — Said locally to be so named for a resident " at the end of the 

 road" (Lieut. Adam Allan?) with the addition of dale. 



Allans Creek (near Meringuin). — Said locally, and probably correctly, to be 

 so named because the American partizan, John Allan, landed there 

 when he escaped from Cumberland in a boat after the Eddy Rebellion 

 in 1776. 



Alma. — P. 1855. Hon. A. R. McClelan tells me the name was suggested by 

 the heights behind it recalling the place of the great victory the 

 year before. On this occasion the New Brunswick Legislature sent 

 an address to Her Majesty congratulating her upon the success of 

 her arms at that time. 



Almeston. — No doubt a mis-spelling of Osmaston, the ancestral home in Der- 

 byshire of Sir Robert Wilmot. who had an early grant within this 

 Township, and who was uncle of the then Governor of Nova Scotia, 

 Hon. Montague Wilmot. (Fully discussed in Educational Review, XVI, 

 12.) 



Alston Point. — First used on plan of 1828. Alston is a New Brunswick family 

 name, and hence may have been given for a resident. Could it be 

 a corruption of Allen's, name of the first grantee of the point? 



Alva, Loch. — As pointed out in Acadiensis, III, 16, the origin of this name 

 still eludes me. I am now inclined to think, however, that there is 

 some connection between a Loch Lomond a few miles east of St. 

 John and a Loch Alva of about the same size about the same dis- 

 tance west of the city. Loch Lomond was named about 1810 by 

 Lachlan Donaldson, a Scotchman, and early mayor of St. John, who 

 had a grant of land near it; I am inclined to think that Loch Alva 

 was named by Hon. Hugh Johnston, who received a grant of land 

 on the Musquash River, in 1808. The proprietors of Alva House 



