ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH Those who came after might forget, but the settlers would always remember those long, dark-shadowed days when they pushed back the forest from their doorsteps to make a place for the sun. (44) After the expulsion of the French settlers in 1758 the Island went through a six-year lull. Like most communities on the Island, St. Peters had to begin anew. New people, new settlement practices, and a new culture were introduced to the Island with the arrival of the British. With the fall of Quebec in 1759, He St. Jean became the property of King George III , and being anglicized, became "St. John's Island." In 1763, a man by the name of Samuel Jan Holland presented an idea to the Lords Commissioners in London concerning the settlement of British . In addition to St. John's Island, Holland proposed that a survey of the and be done "to encourage land settlement and the fishery in British ." (45) This proposal became a reality and would affect not only St. Peters but the Island in its I entirety for many years to come. Holland arrived on the Island in October of 1764, established his I headquarters near present day Rocky Point , and was appointed Surveyor-General of the Island. By 1766, he finished his survey and had divided the Island into sixty-seven townships of twenty thousand acres each, three counties, and fourteen parishes. ■ aN0 Of CA-T.&'& S #Mim HOLIAM& ■mhwrnem mmr$ »mums cmmm IN KfflSTis' ->:>'•;.•>. WY^^ Samuel Holland 's Survey, Photo courtesy of the Prince Edward Island Public Archives.* Accession No. 2320-0-6-5.