22 ALL AROUND THE BAY OF PASSAALiQUODDY 



Gardner's lake, in Machias township, is called Nemdamsw' agum, the 

 term n^mdani designating a species of fresh-water fish rushing up 

 brooks and channels (nem, upward) ; dgnm, "lake." 



Grand Manan, New Brunswick, a large island with high shores, south 

 of Passamaquoddy bay, is the Menaniik of the Indians. The name 

 probably signifies "at the island" in the Micmac dialect. 



Herring cove, a large sea-beach on the east side of Campobello island, 

 facing Fundy bay and Grand Manan island, is called Pitchamkfak, 

 " at the long beach ; " pitcheyu, il is long ; amk, gravel ; -kie, beach; 

 locative case, -kfak. This cove has lately been made accessible by 

 a good road leading to it from the Tyn-y-coed hotel, and with its 

 picturesque views and its multicolored pebbles forms quite an attrac- 

 tion to visitors. 



Indian island. New Brunswick, forms a narrow strip of one and a half 

 miles' length at the southwestern entrance to Passamaquoddy bay, 

 and was inhabited by these Indians before they crossed over to 

 Lincoln's point and Pleasant point, Maine. They call it Misik-negus, 

 ' ' at the tree island." The name of Cherry island (q. v.) is a diminu- 

 tive of this. 



Kendall's head, a bold headland in northern part of Moose island and 

 facing Deer island. New Brunswick, upon the "western passage" of 

 St Croi.x; river, is called by the Indians Wabigenek, or " at the white 

 bone," or Wabigen, "white bone," from the white color of a rock 

 ledge on its top; wabi, white ; -gen or -ken, bone; -k, at. 



Kunaskwamkuk, abbreviated frequently into Kunaskwamk, is a com- 

 prehensive name given to the town of St Andrews, New Brunswick, 

 to the heights above and north of it, where the Algonquin hotel is 

 erected, and to the coast between St Andrews and Joe's point. The 

 name signifies "at the gravel beach of the pointed top;" liuna, 

 " point," referring to a sandbar projecting into the bay ; kunaskwd, 

 "pointed top or extremity;" ^mk, "gravel," and here "gravelly 

 beach ;" -uk, locative ending, at, on, upon. 



Lubec, a village south of Eastport, at the narrows between Campobello 

 island and the mainland of Maine, is called Kebamkiak, "at the 

 beach forming the narrows." Kebe-ik means " at the narrows," and 

 is the same word as the Cree and Montagnais: Kebek, Quebec, in 

 Canada ; -kiak is the locative case of kie, " a^the beach or beaches." 



Machias and East Machias, two towns on the southern trend of the 

 Maine coast, in Washington county, which were settled from Scar- 

 borough, in Maine, represent the term metchi(^ss, partridge. 



Meddybemps village and Meddybemps lake, drained by Dennys 

 river, Dennysville township, are called after a fresh-water fish, niMe- 

 bess'm, or the hanpoiU. 



Moose island. (See Eastport.) 



Moosehead lake, in the interior of Maine, Piscataquis county, is called 

 in Passamaquoddy Ktchi-saguk, "at the wide outlet." A literal 

 translation of the English name would be Musatp aggmuk ; miis, 

 " moose deer ; " -atp suffix referring to " head ; " tigemuk, " at the 

 lake." Chesuncook is in Penobscot dialect the name of a lake to the 



