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Place-nomenclature. 



Wickham. — P. 1786. No doubt for Wickham, in Hants, England, with which 

 Captain William Spry, who had extensive pre-Loyalist grants in this 

 vicinity, was in some way associated, as fully discussed in the Educa- 

 tional Review, XV, 160. 



Wilkinson Mountain. — In honour of John Wilkinson, New Brunswick geo- 

 grapher (Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. N.B., V, 333 and 445). 



Winiguit. — Has the same history as Waubigut. 



Wolves. — The name is very likely a translation and abbreviation of the 

 French name for seals — namely, loups marins or sea-wolves. 



Woodmans Point. — Mentioned in Allan's Journal of 1777 (Kidder's Revolu- 

 tionary Operations, 92). It is not of course, that now so called at the 

 mouth of the Nerepis, but was probably at the place where Randolph 

 and Baker's mills now are, opposite Indiantown (Coll. N. B. Hist. Soc, 

 I, 115), as Dr. Raymond writes me. 



Woodstock. — P. 1786. Named, without doubt, for the 3rd Duke of Portland 

 (the same for whom Portland, St. John, was named), who was Viscount 

 Woodstock. Discussed fully in the Educational Review, XVI, 13. 



Woolastook. — Discussed also by Chamberlain in N. B. Magazine, II, 107. 

 Mr. A. S. Gatschet writes me that as a result of his study of the 

 name: — "About Woolastuk there is a mystery; navigable (good) river 

 would be Woolatuk — now, what does the s mean?" He is inclined to 

 agree with a suggestion of the Indian, Louis Mitchell, that it is wool, 

 meaning good — ahs, meaning salmon-spearing, and tuk, meaning river. 

 Compare Aroostook, earlier. 



Recently applied to a railway station near Nerepis (see earlier, 

 in these addenda), formerly called Ballentines. 



The name wad proposed in li*ui lor the ulacial Lake which form- 

 erly occupied the basin of the lower St. John (Glacial Lake Woolastook), 

 in Bull. N. H. S. N. B., IV, 322. Two years later the name Glacial 

 Lake Acadia was proposed for it by Dr. R. Chalmers, who was appar- 

 ently unaware of the earlier name (Geological Report). 



Yoho. — Occurs first as Yahoo in a grant and on a map of 1810, very likely 

 given by the surveyors for some incident of their survey. As Toho 

 Stream in Land Memorials of 1818. (Yahoo occurs, of course, in Gulli- 

 ver's Travels, by Swift). Its origin appears to be locally entirely 

 unknown, though supposed to be Indian. The only other place in 

 the world where it occurs is in the Yoho Valley lately opened up in 

 British Columbia. I have found that in the latter place it is reported 

 to be Crée Indian, an exclamation of wonder and astonishment. 



York, County. — Certainly in honour of the Duke of York, for whom Fred- 

 ericton was named (Coll. N. B. Hist. Soc, II, 60). 



Youghal. — Named, no doubt, for one of the places of this name in Ireland, 

 from which country some of the early settlers came. 



