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Place-nomenclature. 



Walkemik. — Name proposed in 1904, a restoration of a Micmac Indian name, 

 for the upper nortli brancli of tlie Little Southwest Miramichi. It, 

 with the many local names in the vicinity is discussed in Bull. N. H. S., 

 N.B., V, 332. 



Wapskehegan. — Occurs in 1819 as Wapskehagan. In a MS. left by Edward 

 Jack it is said to mean " arrowhead river," because on it was found 

 jaspar good for the purpose. 



Wards Creek. — The connection with Lieut. "Ward, given by Lawrence, is 

 questioned by L. Allison (letter), who finds no evidence for it. 



Washademoac. — Called Lac Dagidemouaclc in a document of 1755 in the Park- 

 man MS (New France, I, 243, in Library of Mass. Hist. Soc). 



Waterford. — P. 1874. Said locally to have been named by Mr. \. McAfee, 

 from Ireland, presumably for that place in his native home. 



Waubigut. — Appears first in the Geological Survey Map of 1881, and placed 

 there by Dr. Ells (or his assistant. Dr. Adams), who obtained it from 

 a guide who had hunted much with the Indians. 



Waugh River. — (Locally pronounced Wa-oo, and supposed to be Indian). 

 For a former resident. 



Wauklehegan. — Name of a lake, no doubt Indian, near McAdam Junction; 

 see Bull. N.H.S., V, 47. 



Weldford. — Name compounded from the names of the two members of the 

 local legislature from Kent in that year (1835), John W. Weldon and 

 John P. Ford, as shown in the Educational Review, XV, 160. 



Welsford. — Named by Dr. Robert Bayard, a resident there when the railroad 

 was built, in honour of Major Welsford, a friend of his son, who was 

 killed while leading an attack on the Redan (Information from the 

 late I. Allen Jack, and also so stated in a notice of Major Harvest, in 

 the St. John Sun, Jan. 18, 1902). 



West Passage, Campobello. — Called by Champlain Petit passage de la rivière 

 Salncte Croix (Voyages, Ch. XV). This name (Petit Passage) was 

 applied to it also in 1756, or later, as shown by testimony in the 

 Boundary MS. 



Whatley, Mount. — The statement here given is confirmed by Mr. A. D. 

 Richard, Registrar of Deeds for Westmorland, who tells me his records 

 show that Robert Whatley lived there in 1794. 



Mr. Trueman tells me it was earlier called Camp Hill, because 

 of the camp established there by Jonathan Eddy in the Eddy Rebel- 

 lion (amply confirmed in Archives, 1894, 362). 



White Horse. — A MS. letter of 1796, by David Owen, gives this as " pinguin- 

 hors or outer penguin, now corrupted into White Horse." I do not 

 understand this reference, but presume it is one of Owen's fanciful 

 etymologies, mentioned at the close of this Dictionary. 



