﻿Amherst I. 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I9IO I43 



C Gen. William Amherst — a name given by the Coffin pat- 

 entees. The old French name is Havre Aubert and this is 

 the post office name today. Aubert was commissioner for 

 . ' the islands at an early day and the " Havre " has refer- 



vre Aubert I ence to the interior lagoon which has been at various 

 i times open for small vessels. 



Pleasant bay ] The broad bay on the east coast of Amherst, a deadly 



Baie au Plaisance X anchorage in an easterly gale. 



Cabin cove ) On the south shore of Amherst. Has reference to 



L'anse aux Cabanes X Micmac lodges there at an early day. 



West point -\ 



Sou'west point I On Amherst. 



Sou'west cape J 



f The little triangle of land at Amherst wharf. Gridley was an 

 Ml Gridley J American who established the first lobster fishing here about 

 1763. 



Demoiselle hill 



On Amherst. Takes its name from its symmetrical shape 

 which the French thought resembled a maiden's breast, 

 in which respect it is like all the volcanic-gypsum hills 

 on Grindstone, Alright and Entry. 



Basque harbor ^ A 



H b r Basaue L name dating to the 1000 s when the Basques were m 



Hivre aux Basques f Possession. 



Grindstone I. 



I 



The English name translates the French; all are due to 



>■ the coarse white sandstone which forms the principal 

 Isle aux Meules headland> Cape Meule . 



Isle Blanche J 



{Named for William Leslie, early pioneer of the lobster busi- 

 ness, and still there after 40 years' residence. This is the 

 post office name of the eastern part of Grindstone I. 



Red cape, Grindstone I. Its blood-red sandstones. 



Caoe le Trou J Grindstone I. Stands on the hydrographic chart but does not 

 ! seem to be known to the residents. 



Vic. Cap. XXXVIII, 1895, and 60 Vic. Cap. XIV, 1897) a repayment to 

 the tenant of one-third the amount necessary to effect the freehold. 



While writing this note, I am informed of a new organization, the Eastern 

 Canada Fisheries, Limited, which is reported to have taken over all the assets 

 of the insolvent Magdalen Islands Development Company and which pro- 

 poses to take full advantage of the great natural wealth of the sea in those 

 islands. 



