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West; point, lot 8. The west extremity of the island. West cape on Holland, 1765. Cape

. .Molliack is the name on maps of date 1762 and 1764, and it is sometimes used among French—speaking islanders who give the meaning as “cormorant.” Also spelled Moyac and Moyaque. . Rand gives mooeak as Micmac Indian for “the sea duck.” Newaachk, mean— ing “dry sand,” is the Micmac Indian name of a place near the point.

West Devon; settlement, lot 10. Western. Road; settlement with post office, lot 10. On the Western road, which so called because west of Charlottetown.

Westmoreland; school district, lot 29. Upper Westmoreland is also a settlement name- Undoubtedly Westmorland should be the spelling. Refer to Crapaud roadstead.

Whim Road; settlement, lot 59. On undated plan of the island about 1830 or 1840. The Prince EdWard Island “Calendar” for 1862 has Whim Road school district.

White; point, lot 61. Chart, 1850. Meacham, 1880, shows Adam White, nearby settler.

White Sands; settlement, lot 64. B-ayfield “Sailing Directions,” 1847, says named “from the [sandy beach of a small bay.” Name on plan, 1829.

Whitley; river, lot 24. Whitley on Holland, 1765. Later maps spell Wheatley and Wheatly- Probably after Thomas Whately, politician, horticulturist and literary student. and uncle of the celebrated Archbishop Richard Whateley of Dublin (1787-1863). He sat in parlia-

.ment from 1761 to 1768 for the borough of Ludgershall, in Wiltshire, and from 1768 until his death in 1772 he represented the borough of Castle Rising, in Norfolk. From July 5, 1764, until July, 1765, he held the post of secretary to the Treasury in George Grenville’s administration and he then went into opposition with that statesman. On Grenville’s

. death in November, 1770, Whately attached himself to Lord North and acted as the “go ' between" for his old patron’s friends. Junius, thereupon denounced him as possessing “the talents of an attorney” and “the agility of Colonel Bodens (an unwieldy man who could “ scarcely move)” and as “deserting Grenville’s cause when he was hardly cold in his grave.” He was appointed a commissioner on the Board of Trade in January, 1771, the “keeper of his Majesty’ s private roads and guide to his royal person in all progresses” in January, 1772, and undersecretary of state from June, 1771, for the northern department, appointments held to his death, Unmarried. Whately was the author of “Observations on Modern

_ Gardening,fillustrated by descriptions,” 1770. An essay called “Remarks on Some of the

'Chara-cters of Shakespeare” was published after his death and ultimately led to Charles Knight’s edition of Shakespeare. Letters written 1767—69 by Governor Hutchinson, Lieut. Governor Andrew Oliver and others to Whately were obtained by Franklin and brought before the Massachusetts house of representatives, a petition from the colony followed for the removal of the officials who had corresponded with Whately; during the hearing of the petition Wedderburn, as counsel for the officials, made his fierce attack on Franklin (Dictionary of National Biography). Wheatley River is a post office.

Williams; pond, lot 12. Edward Williams came to Prince Edward Island from Devonshire,. England, early in the 19th century and settled at Bideford. His son, Robert Williams, owned over 200 acres of land near the pond, where he erected a sawmill driven by water— power from it. He operated the mill for several years, but it was burned down some years ago.

Williamstown; name of front of lot 5 on Hill map, 1821. Refer to Hill river.

Wilmot; river and point, lot 19. Name Wilmot cove on Holland, 1765, doubtless after Lt. Col.

Montagu Wilmot, appointed lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia 1763, and governor 1764, died 1766. Names Wilmot riverand point on chart, 1849. Also Wilmot Valley, settlement

”wwith post oflice, lot 19, and Wilmot railway station, lot 64. Wiltlshire; school district, lot 19. North Wiltshire and South Wiltshire are settlements in » 0t. 31. Windon; settlement, lot 39. Name selected for post office opened August 1, 1904, and closed Octoberl9, 1912. Earlier known as “O’Brien Road.”

Winsloe; settlement with post office, lot 33. There was a post office of Winsloe Road in 1855- * 'Wright, 1852, shows J. H. Winsloe owner of land here.

Winter; point, lot 54. Chart, 1850. Meacham, 1880, shows John Winter resident here.

Winter; river and bay lot 34, and lot 35. River name on Wright and Cundall, 1874. Bay name in Meacham, 1880.

Winter; river, lot 24. After Capt. Wm. Winter. Refer to Cavendish. This is Louis river

. of plan, 1784. Plan, 1809, shows Robert Winter’s farm here.

Wolfe; cape, lot 7, marshes and inlet, lot 8. Holland, 1765. After General James Wolfe (1727-59), hero of Quebec. Wolf inlet on I'M-apartment of Interior map, 1918. A tradition that Wolfe landed on a rock off the cape on his way to Quebec has no basis. The Hamilton manuscript in Harvard College Library gives this sketch of Wolfe’s appearance (quoted from “Louisbourg’LaJ. S. McLennan): “General Wolfe was 5 feet 11 or six in height, very straight, his air and carriage perfectly military, his action free, his gestures open to those of an actor who feels no constraint—~his hair red, generally worn in a queue, his face of a long oval, complexion very fair and much freckled——his eyes were light, I think grey, and

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