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Place-nomenclature. 



Corneille, Ruisseau. — A name applied in 1686 apparently to French Fort 

 Cove, Miramichi. (Compare later under " Settlement of Richard Denys 

 de Fronsac") 



Coude, Le. — M. Gaudet tells me this settlement was at the Bend (Moncton) 

 not above it. 



Courtenay Bay. — Historically the better form, and that used locally on maps, 

 though in pronunciation shortened to " Courtney." 



Cowassaget Brook. — On Tabusintac, at northernmost bend of tidal part of 

 river. As Couassagets Brook in Land Memorials of 1808. Used locally 

 and pronounced Cô-wass'-a-get (g hard). Undoubtedly Micmac, but 

 meaning unknown to me. 



Crocks Point (above Keswick). — No doubt for an early Acadian resident, 

 surnamed Croc (see Raymond, Canadian History Readings, 336). Con- 

 firmatory of this is the occurrence of the name Crock in the Mada- 

 waska census of 1820, and of a Crocks Island below the mouth of the 

 St. Francis. 



Crooked Creek (Shepody). — Descriptive, and used in the Calhoun diary of 

 1771. 



Dalhousie. — The hill back of the town was formerly called Charleforts hill. 

 The Crown Land Records show that one Pascal Charlefort had a grant 

 here in 1832. 



Damascus. — In a Post Office Directory of 1857 in this form. Said locally 

 to have been given on the spur of the moment to an inquiring " map- 

 maker " by a resident as a kind of joke; but, placed on the map, it 

 became adopted in earnest. 



Deep Creek (near Newburg). — Called Monomocook, doubtless its Indian name, 

 on Johnson's map of 1817. 



Demoiselle, Cape. — As Cap de Moselle in the Calhoun Diary of 1771. At this 

 point is the place locally called "the Rocks," where the soft sand- 

 stones are wonderfully carved into pillars, arches, etc. It is very 

 probable that some one of these took the form of a woman, this giv- 

 ing origin to the name. 



Digdeguash Lakes. — The nomenclature of these lakes is given in the Bull. 

 N. H. S. N. B., V, 47. Locally the name is shortened to Digity or Dikety 

 Lakes. 



Dipper Harbour. — Thus on a plan of 1784. Said by Reynolds (N. B. Maga- 

 zine III, 53, and confirmed in Fisher's Sketches, 51) to have been called 

 Dippoo in early times. 



Dochet Island. — Its various names are fully discussed in the Monograph on 

 this island in these Transactions, VIII, ii, 142. 



