50 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ; creek, Charlottetown royalty. Name adopted for chart by Bayfield 1843-44. Probably anse aux Morts (Deadman cove) of Franquet , 1751, etc. Springfield ; school district, lot 59. Springfield ; settlement, lot 67. From numerous springs on the hillsides. Named by Thomas and Ben. Haslam, who settled here, 1818. Springfield ; settlement, lot 8. Lake, 1863. ; school district, lot 13. ; school district, Queens county. Springton ; settlement, lot 67. Name antedates 1862. Springvale ; school district, lot 32. Name antedates 1862. Spring Valley ; settlement, lot 18. A post office August 1, 1897, to September 1, 1913. Spry ; cove and point, lot 56. Holland, 1765. The conjunction on the map of the names Spry point and Durell point, after Admiral Philip Durell (See Durell ) seems to indicate a refer¬ ence to his fellow naval officer, Rear Admiral Sir Richard Spry , who was in command of the Orford at the siege of . He came, to America with Admiral Keppel in 1754 and was sent home in March following with despatches. He was promoted to the Fougueux, 64 guns, and returned to America with Boscawen. He was in command of a small squadron at Halifax during the winter, taking a number of prizes, in particular three valuable trans¬ ports with stores, provisions and ammunition and the Arc-en-Ciel, a ship of 50 guns. He was afterwards appointed to the Orford. His active service after was outside of American waters. He died in 1775. Or, the reference may be to Captain Wm . Spry , a member of the engineers staff at Quebec , 1762, at the same time as Holland. Spry went to Prince Edward Island with General Rollo after to build fortifications and in 1776 prepared two plans for the defence of the island which were forwarded to the secretary of state. In 1767 Richard Spry got lot 62 and Wm. Spry half of lot 37. Squaw* bay &~d point, lot 49. Chart , 1846. The reference is to aborigines. was a pop/ office name in 1855. The Micmac name is Ogosikcheech. Ogosik means "place where gc >ds are landed." Squirrel; ji'eek and point, lot 12. Plan, 1871. Stanchel ; settlement, lot 67. When a school district was formed about 1890 a public meeting was ci led to decide on a name. Unanimity seemed out of the question till Mr. Roderick Nicholson stood up and addressed in Gaelic an old lady present, Mrs. Allan Nicholson , "Will you not give us some name from the old country?" "I will give the name of my birthplace," she answered, " Stanchel , in the isle of ." Stanhope ; cove, lot 34. Also settlement with post office. Holland, 1765. After Viscount Petersham. Refer to Petersham. Stanley; river, lot 21. Holland, 1765. After Rt. Hon. Sir Hans Stanley (1720?-1780). He was the only son of George Stanley of Paultons, Hampshire , who committed suicide January 31, 1733-34. From 1742-3 till 1747 he was M.P . for St , Albans and from 1754 till his death for Southampton . From September, 1757, to August, 1765, he was a lord of the Admiralty. Stanley was chosen by Pitt to represent England at the court of France in negotiations for peace between the nations, which were successfully concluded in 1763. He was in Paris May 24 to September 20, 1761, but his negotiations were unsuccessful. His despatches are described by Carlyle as "the liveliest reading one almost anywhere meets with in that kind." He was disappointed at not being trusted with the conduct of the negotiations when renewed in 1762. In 1764 Stanley was appointed governor of the isle of Wight and constable of Carisbrooke castle. On January 13, 1780, he cut his throat with a penknife in the woods at Ahhorp when on a visit to Earl Spencer and died before assistance could be obtained. His portrait as a young man was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds . The Dictionary of National Biography says his abilities were unquestioned. He is described as awkward in appearance, ungracious in manners and eccentric in his habits. He never laughed. He was never married. Stanley Bridge ; settlement with post office, lot 21. Formerly Fifes Ferry, after Wm. Fife. Changed about 1865 after bridge was built on suggestion by E. L. Lydiard . Stephen; cove, lot 11, Cascumpeque bay. Holland, 1765. After Stephen Fox- Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester . Refer to Stavordale. Stewart; cove, lot 48. Name on chart of Hillsborough bay, 1839. After Charles Stewart of Rosebank . Anse aux Pirogues, meaning Canoe cove, of Franquet map, 1851. Stewart; pond, lot 8. Lake, 1863. Meacham , 1880, shows the pond surrounded by Stewarts- Charles, Angus, Alex., Malcolm, Philip and Donald. Strathalbyn; settlement, lot 67. Settled by emigrants from , 1858. Strathcona ; settlement, lot 54. Strathgartney ; settlement, lot 30. After Strathgartney , a valley in Perthshire, Scotland . David Stewart , born at Ardchenachrochan, Perthshire, became possessed of about seventy thousand acres of land in Prince Edward Island , comprising lots 30, 7, 10, 12, and parts of lots 47 and 27, which he visited from June to August, 1831. His son Robert Bruce