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726 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. wide, and throughout its entire length it is OXFORD, or HOLY, LAKE, in Keewatin completely sheltered on both sides. It has dist., N.W.T., north-east of Lake Winnipeg, good anchorage ground and considerable depth Man. of water, and is navigable for vessels of the OXFORD MILLS, a post village in Grenville largest capacity on the lake. A large number CO., Ont., and a station on the C.P.R. It con- of vessels are engaged in the grain and lumber tains 3 churches, 3 stores, 1 hotel, 1 carriage factory, trade. Pop., about 10,000. 1 wagon factory, 1 cheese factory and 1 carding mill. Pop., OWIKANO LAKE, a body of water in Brit. 350. Columbia. Area, 62,720 acres. OXFORD STATION, a post village in Gren- OWL'S HEAD, a beautiful mountain on Lake ville CO., Ont., on the Ottawa & Prescott div. M^mphremagog, about 6 miles from Georgeville, of the C.P.R., 6 miles from Kemptville. It con- Stanstead co.. Que. There is a large hotel at tains 2 churches (Episcopal and Methodist), 1 its base, and a landing place for steamers ply- butter and cheese factory, i store and tele- ing between Magog and Newport. graph and express offices. Pop.. lOO. OWL'S HEAD HARBOR, a post village in OXLEY, a post village in Essex co., Ont., Halifax co., N.S., 48 miles east of Dartmouth, on Lake Erie, 4 1-2 miles from Harrow, and of late on the I.C.R. It contains 1 church of Eng- noted as a summer resort for the re- sidents land, 1 Union hall, 1 store and 1 lobster can- of Detroit. It has 12 stores, 2 livery nery. Pop., 200. stables, and 2 blacksmith and wagon shops. Pop. 100. OXBOW, an incorporated town in Assiniboia I dist., Sask., on Souris River, and on the C. OXMEAD, a post village in Grey co., Ont., P.R., 41 nailes from Estevan. It contains 3 on Big Head River, 5 miles from Meaford, on churches (Epis., Meth. and Presbyterian), 14 the Georgian Bay, a station on the G.T.R., 20 stores, 2 hotels, 2 banks (Union and Mer- miles west of Collingwood. chants), 1 printing office ("The Herald"), be- OYAMA, a post office in Yale-Cariboo dist, sides express and telegraph offices. Pop., 550. B.C., 12 miles from Vernon, on the C.P.R. OXBOW, a post settlemeni in Victoria co.. N. OYSTER BED BRIDGE, a post settlement B.. 12 miles from Plaster Rock, on the C.P.R. in Queens co., P.E.I., on Wheatley River, 7 OXDRIFT, a post village In Algoma (Rainy miles from Hunter River Station, on the River) dist., north-west Ontario, and a station Prince Edward Island Ry. It contains 2 stores on the main line of the C.P.R., 70 miles west and 1 grist mill. of Ignace, and 222 miles west of Port Arthur, OYSTER PONDS, a posit settlement in Guys- at the head of Lake Superior. It is situate boro CO., N.S. Mulgrave, on the Truro & Sydney within 12 miles of the projected G. T. Pacific branch of the I.C.R., is the nearest line. Farming and lumbering are the chief station. industries. It has 1 school house, where Sun- OZNABRUCK CENTRE, Stormont CO., Ont. day services are held by the Presbyterians and See Osnabruck Centre. Methodists, 1 store, 1 saw mill, besides tele- PAARDEBERG, a post hamlet in York co., graph and express offices. Pop. about 300. Ont., on Black River, 4*^ miles from Mount OXENDE'N, a post settlement in Grey co., Albert, on the Tor., Sutton & Jackson's Point Ont., 3 miles from Wiarton, on the G.T.R. branch of the G.T.R., and on the Can. Nor. (Georgian' Bay and Lake ,Erie branch). It Ont. Ry., 12 miles north of Stouffville Jet., contains 1 store, 2 saw mills and 1 flour mill. also 6 miles east of Newmarket, on the G.T.R., Pop., 125. 34 miles north of Toronto. It has 1 Methodist OXFORD, a thriving post town in Cumber- church and 1 flour and feel mill. land CO., N.S., on the River Philip, and a sta- PACIFIC OCEAN, or the GREAT SOUTH SEA, by far the largest of the great divisions tion (J of a mile distant) on the I.C.R., 3 miles from Oxford Jet. and 32 miles from Amherst, of water on the surface of the globe, extends the county town. It has 4 churches (Presby- from the Arctic to the Antarctic circle, over 136° of lat., and from the west of terian, Methodist, Baptist and Pentecostal), 25 coast America to Australia, Papua, Flores, Sumbawa, Java, stores, 1 hotel and several restaurants, 1 high Sumatra, and the east coast of Asia, or through and several public schools, 4 woolen, grist and nearly 100 degrees of longitude. Area, estimat- saw mills, 5 factories (carriage, clothing, fur- ed at 70,000,000 square miles, exceeding that niture and excelsior), 1 bank (Nova S.cotia), of all drv land on the globe. In its widest 1 printing and newspaper office ("Oxford Jour- part, at the equator, it is 10,000 miles across; nal"), besides telegraph and express offices. towards the circles, its breadth is diminished Pop., 1,750. especially in the north, where it communicates OXFORD, a county in the southern part of with the Arctic Ocean by Behring Strait. It Is Ontario, adjoining Middlesex. It has an area usually divided by geographers into the North of 499,439 acres. It is traversed by the G.T.R. and South Pacific, separated from each other which passes through Woodstock, its capital, by the equator. The most distinguishing fea- and by the Michigan Central Ry. Pop. in 1901, tures of the Pacific are the countless number 47.154. of comparatively small islands spread over Its OXFORD CENTRE, a post village in Oxford surface, more especially of its equatorial re- CO., Ont., 41/^ miles from Woodstock, or from gion, and the immense chain of volcanoes Currie Station, on the G.T.R. It has 2 churches which stretch about continuously along its In (Epis. and Meth.), and 1 general store. Pop., shores, forming one vast volcanic circle. 50. the south, it is separated from the Antarctic OXFORD JCT., a post settlement in Cumber- Circle only by an arbitrary line; but In other land CO., N.S., and a station at the junction directions both its boundaries and its com- of the Oxford &. Plctou branch of the I.C.R. munications with other oceans are well de- with the main line. 47 miles north of Truro. fined. Its coast line, on the American side, ;

LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 727 thougli generally bold, is very little broken Catholic church, 4 stores, 1 hotel, 3 lath, deal by inlets. On the Asiatic side it is very irre- and board mills, besides telegraph and ex- gular. The depth of the Pacific has not been press offices. Pop., 1.200. ascertained, though there seems no reason to PAINSWICK, a post village in Simcoe co., doubt it descends much further below than the Ont., 3 1-2 miles from Allandale, on the G. loftiest mountain heights ascend above its sur- T.R. It contains 1 Methodist church, 1 store, face. Thils ocean was first seen by Europeans 1 blacksmith shop and 1 flour mill. Pop., 150. in 1513. Vasso Nunez de Balboa, the Spanish PAINT RIVER, of Quebec. See Olomano- Governor of Darien, proceeding on native in- sheebo. formation, set out on an exploring expedition PAISLEY, a station on the Can. Northern across the isthmus, and, having ascended a Quebec Ry., in Terrebonne co.. Que., 3 1-2 hill, saw a boundless ocean spread out before miles from St. Jerome. him. As his view extended chiefly to the south, PAISLEY, a flourishing post village in Bruce he gave it the name of Mar del Zur, or South CO., Ont, situated at the confluence of the Sea. It received its present name from the Teeswater and Saugeen Rivers, and on the celebrated navigator, Fernando de Magellan, W.G. & B. division of the G.T.R., 86 miles who sailed across it in 1521. In the eighteenth north-west of Guelph. It contains 5 churches, century its different parts were explored by 1 iron foundry, 2 woollen factories, 2 grist Cook, Behring, Anson, Byron, Bougainville, mills, 3 saw mills, 1 brick factory, 2 branch Vancouver, Broughton, La Perouse, etc., and banks, telegraph and telephone offices, 1 print- in the present century by D'Dntrecasteaux, Kru- ing office issuing a weekly newspaper, 1 m-e- senstern, Beechey, Fitzroy, D'Urville, Wilkes chanics' institute, about 35 stores and 4 hotels. and Sir James Ross. It was first reached Pop., about 1,300. through Canada by Sir Alexander Mackenzie, PAKAN, a post office in Edmonton dist., in who reached it overland in 1793. Maritime the Prov. of Alberta, on the North Saskatche- enor- traffic on the Pacific has in recent years wan River (close to Victoria village), 75 miles mously increased, especially since the United north-east of Edmonton (or Stratbcona), the States war with Spain and American acquisi- northern terminal station on the Calgary & Islands, tion of the Hawaiian and Philippine Edmonton RR., 1&2 miles north of Ca!^;;a!y:— and the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War. PAKENHAM, a lourishing post village m East with The extension of commerce to the Far Lanark co., Ont., on the Mississippi River,, has also Ottawa. by England, France and Germany a station on the C.P.R. , 44 miles from and added greatly to maritime traffic on the Pacific It contains 4 churches (R.C., Epis., Pres. factory, while in these modern days wireless telegraphy, Meth.) saw and flour mills, 1 woollen installations and tele- with its Marconi and De Forest 12 stores, 3 hotels, 1 bank, express in on steamers traversing the Pacific, has had graph offices, etc., and has a large trade great practical results in keeping such in com- lumber and country produce. Pop., 700. munication with the home world while doing PAKOWKI LAKE, in the Prov. of Saskat- business in distant trackless waters removed chewan (formerly Assa. W. dist., N.W.T.), from the reach •t cable communication. close to Southern Alberta Prov. and to the in- PACQUET, a small fishing station in the ternational boundary. Area, 46.000 acres. Ont., district of St. Barbe, Nfld., on the north-east PALERMO, a post village in Halton co., shore, Toronto coist, formerly known as the French 3 miles from Bronte, a station on the west 100 miles from Lewisport Station, on the Reid & Hamilton div. of the G.T.R., 25 miles Nfld RR. & SS. Co.'s lines inland from of Toronto, and 13 miles east of Hamilton. It church stores, 1 Notre Dame Bay. It has 1 Methodist has 2 churches (Epi.=. and Meth.), 2 and school. Pacquet is situate 12 miles from creamery, 1 iron foundry, 1 carpenter shop, 2 tele- La Scie. Pop., about 100. blacksmith shops, besides telegraph and PADDOCK, a village in Kings co., N.B., phone offices. In the season considerable fruit Norton, on the St. John River, 20 miles from is shipped from the place. Pop., 120. on th« N. B. Coal & Ry. Co.'s line and I.C.R., PALFREY, a river of New Brunswick, 11 miles from Sussex. It contains 4 churches, remarkable for its granite, its lumber, and its mills. Skift 3 stores, 1 hotel and saw and grist fish. Near its source are Lakes Moose, PAHONAN, a village in Saskatchewan Pro- and Grass, and near its mouth in the St. miles vince, on the Saskatchewan River, 50 Croix, Lake Bolton. from Prince Albert, on the C.P.R. It containa PALGRAVE, a post settlement in Peel co., mill. Pop., (Hamilton Allandale 1 Episcopal church and 1 grist Ont., on the G.T.R. & 36 Allandale. It contains 120. ' branch), miles from mills and a car- PAINE HARBOR, a settlement in the dist. 2 churches, 3 stores. 2 saw Pop., 350. of Placentia and St. Mary's, Nfld. Pop. (1901), riage factory. 003 PALISER, a post settlement in Kootenay main line '"PAINE'S HARBOR, a settlement in the dist. dist., B.C., and a station on the the C.P.R., 13 miles from Golden. of Fogo, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 11. of . . , Megantic co.. PAINSEC JCT.. a post settlement (postal PALMER, a small river of name Shediac Road), in Westmoreland co., Que. ^, _ a port of call, in Kings co., N.B., N.B.,' and a station at the junction of the PALMER, Steamship Co., 29 miles from St, Point du Chene branch of the I.C.R. with the of the Starr John. main line, 7 miles from Moncton. Ren- PAINSEC SETTLEMENT, a post village in PALMER RAPIDS, a post village ia River, 34 Westmoreland co., N.B., at the head of Mem- frew CO., Ont., on the Madawaska ramcook River, and a station on the I.C.R., miles from Eganville, on the C. P. R., 23 the village are th

It contains 4 stores, 2 -saw mills, 1 grist mill, of Quebec. It has 1 Roman Catholic church 1 church and school, and 1 blacksmith shop. tservice in English) 1 convent, 5 stores, 2 hour PALMER ROAD, a post settlement in Prince and 2 saw mills, several manufactories (boot^- CO., P.E.I., 2 miles from DeBlois Station, on furniture, etc.), 1 private bank, besides tele- the P.E.I. Ry. graph and express offices. Pop., under 500. PADMERSTON, an incorporated town, in PARADISE, a settlement in the electoral dis- Wellington co., Ont., on the G.T.R., at the trict of Placentia and St. Mary's, Nfld., 33 miles junction of the Owen Sound, Southampton, from Placentia. on the Reid Nfld RR. It has Durham and Kincardine branches, 4U miles 1 Roman Catholic church, 4 stores and 10 north of Guelph. It contains 4 churches, 4 lobster canning factories. Pop., 120. hotels, 40 stores, 2 saw, flour and oatmeal PARADISE, a post office in Annapolis co., mills, 1 carriage factory, 1 pork packing house, N.S.. and a station on the Dom. Atlantic RR., 1 branch bank and 2 printing offices issuing 5 miles from Bridgetown. weekly papers. Pop., 2,300. PARADISE, GREAT and LITTLE, post PALMYRA, a post settlement in Kent co., settlements in the Placentia dist., Nfld., at the Ont., 6 miles from Highgate, on the M.C.R. entrance to Paradise Sound, west of Placentia, and Fere Marquette Ry. It contains 2 churches, and having weekly steamer connection with it. 2 stores, 1 hotel, 1 branch bank and a black- Great and Little Paradise are one mile apart, smith slioD. Pop., 125. the former with 2C0 and the latter with 150 PAMDENIC. a station on the C.P.R.. in of a population. Kings CO., N.B., 11 miles from St. John. PARADISE LAKE AND BROOK, in An- PAN, a small lake in the extreme north of napolis CO., N.S., about 9 miles from Bridge- Peterborough co., Ont. town, is 4 miles long, fllled with islands and PANA, a post office in Russell township, deep narrow coves, and contains fine trout Russell CO., Ont., and a station on the N. Y. and perch. & O. Ry., 17 miles from Ottawa. PARC LAVAL, a post settlement in Laval CO., Que., PANET, a post settlement in Montmagny co.. on the north bank of the river Des Que., near St. Charles Jet., on the I.C.R. Prairies, and a s-tation on the C.P.R., 11 miles PANGISSIN, a station on the Algoma Cen- from Montreal. tral & Hudson Bay Railway, in Algoma dist., PARDEE, a station between Chapleau and Dnt., 70 miles from Sault St. Mario. Windermere, on the C.P.R., in Algoma dist., PANMURE, a post village in Carleton co., Ont., 370 miles east of Port Arthur. It contains Ont., 6 miles from Kinburn, on the Ottawa 1 telegraph office. and Parry Sound branch of the G.T.R. It PARDY'S ISLAND, a settlement in the dist. contains 2 stores. Pop.. 80. of Burin, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 193. PAPA ISLAND, an island in the River Et- PARE, a post settlement in Portneuf co., ch

St. Lawrence, below the River Betsiamite?, N.B., and a station on the C.P.R. , 12 miles Que. It is well stocked with fish, but owing to from Edmundston. the falls boats cannot ascend. PARENT, a lake in Saguenay district. Que. PAPINEAU, a station on the Can. Northern PARENTS, a post settlement in Victoria co., Quebec Ry., in Two Mountains co.. Que., 3 N.B., near St. Leonards, on the Woodstock miles from St. Canute. branch of the C.P.R. PAPINEAU LAKE, partly in Argenteuil co., PARENTS LAKE, a small lake In Renfrew and partly in Label^e co., Qu*^. It is 8 miles CO.. Ont. in length, and has an area of 3,515 acres. PARHAM, a post village in Piontenac co., PAPINEAUVILLE, a thriving post village in Ont., near Eagle Lake, 2^ miles west of Tich- Labelle co.. Que., on the River Ottawa, and on borne (Parham Station), on the Kingston & the C.P.R., 79 miles from Montreal and 41 Pembroke RR. It has 2 churches (Epis. and miles east of Ottawa. It is the county seat, Meth.), 2 stores, 1 lumber mill, and 1 cheese and contains, besides the county buildings, 3 factory, besides telegraph and express offices churches, 2 telegraph offices, 6 stores, 3 ho- at Parham Station. Pop., 75. tels, 1 saw and 2 planing mills. Pop., about PARHAM STATION, a settlement in Fron- 1,200. tenac co., Ont., and a station on the Kingston PAQUASH LAKE, a small lake in southern & Pembroke Ry., 39 miles from Kingston. Keewatin dist.. a little west of Lac Seul. PARIS, an Incorporatsed town of Brant co., PAQUETTE, a post settlement and a station Ont., at the junction of the Great Western and on the Maine Central Ry.. in Compton co., Buffalo and Goderich divisions G.T.R., 8 miles Que. (railway name Paquetville), 26 miles from Brantford, the county sePt. It contains from Cookshire Jet. 6 churches (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Metho- PAQUETTE STATION, a post settlement in dist. Presbyterian, Baptist and Congregational), Essex CO., Ont., and a station on the Pere about 75 stores, 8 hotels, 2 grist, planing and Marquette Ry., 10 miles from Walkerville. plaster mills, manufactories of woollens, win- PAQUETVILLE. a post village in Glouces- ceys, needles, wagons, bolts and nuts, 2 branch ter CO., N.B., between the Caraquet and Pock- banks, 2 printing offices issuing weekly news- mouche Rivers, 4 miles from Burnsville, on papers, and telegraph and express cfRces. The the Caraquet Ry. It contains 1 Roman Catho- Grand and Nith Rivers are spanned by 7 iron lic church, 5 stores, and 1 grist and 2 saw bridges at this town. It has a good svstem of mills. Pop., 1,400. water works, is lightpd with electric light, and PARADIS, a post settlement in Lo'^biniere is noted for its plaster beds of kaisomine. CO., Que., on th'^ Riv°r St. Lawrence, with Paris also has connection with Brantford and sLation on thp C.P.P.. across the S*^^. T.^wr^nce Gait via the Grand Valley Electric Ry. Co. at Deschambault, in Portneuf co., 39 miles west Pop., 3,500. LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 729

PARIS STATION, a depot on the line of the contains 1 Methodist church, 1 general store, G.T.R., adjoining the town of Paris, in Brant 1 hotel, 1 grist mill and 1 cheese factory. Pop., CO., Ont. It has a post office of its own, be- 250. sides several stores, shops, hotels, telegraph PARKIN, a village in the Prov. of Saskat- and telephone offices, and the works of the chewan (formerly Assiniboia, N.W.T.), on the Paris plow factory. Its population is included Pipestone River. 12 miles from Whitewood, on in that of the town of Paris. the C.P.R. Pop., 80. PARISVILLE, a post settlement in Lrotbi- PARKINDALE, a post settlement in Albert niere co., Que., and a station on the Lotbiniere CO., N.B., 10 miles from Petitcodiac on the and Megantic Ry., 4 miles from St. Jean des I.C.R. and Elgin & Havelock Ry. Chaillons. PARKINSON, a post settlement in Algoma PARK, a post settlement in Saskatchewan dist., Ont., on the Mississauga River, 16 miles dist., Sask., 10 miles from Langham, on the from Dean Lake Station, on the C.P.R. ("Soo" Canadian Northern Ry. branch), 17 miles west of Algoma Mills, on PARKBEG, a post settlement in the dist. of the north channel of Lake Huron, opposite Assiniboia, Sask., and a station on the main Manitoulin Island. It has 1 Presbyterian line of the C.P.R., 35 miles from Moose Jaw. church and 1 saw mill. Pop., 60. PARK CORNER, a post settlement in PARKLANDS, a post village in the Prov. of Queens co., P.E.I., 8 miles from Kensington, Saskatchewan (formerly Assiniboia, N.W.T.), on on the Prince Edward Island Ry. Jumping Creek, and a station on the Calgary PARKDALE, Ont., a western suburb of the & Macleod branch of the C.P.R., 65 miles Ontario capital. See Toronto. from Calgary. PARKER, a post settlement in Wellington PARKMAN, a post village in Pontiac co.. CO., Ont., 2 miles north of Goldstone Sta- Owe.. 4 miles from the Ottawa River and 5 tion, on the G.T.R. It contains 1 Methodist miles from Shawville. on the Waltham branch > church, 1 school, 1 general store. Pop., 26. of the Can. Pacific Ry. It contains 1 Baptist PARKER, a station on the Waltham branch church and 1 cheese factory. of the C.P.R., in Pontiac co.. Que., 25 miles PARK'S CREEK, a settlement in Lunenburg north-west of Ottawa City. CO.. N.S. , on La Have River, 47 miles from PARKER ROAD. a post settlement in Halifax and 8 miles from Lunenburg, on the Kings CO., N.S. Halifax and South 'jhore Rv. It has 3 churches PARKER'S COVE, a post settlement in An- (Epis.. Lutheran and Pres.). 5 stores, 1 napolis CO., N.S., 3 miles from Annapolis, on threshing mill, 1 factory, be- the Dominion Atlantic Ry. and wood work sides telephone office, and at Lunenburg sta- PARKER'S LAKE, in Halifax co., N.S.. tion express and telegraph offices. It has also near the Waverley gold mines, about 3 miles long by half a mile wide. steamboat connection with Halifax. Pop., about 500. PARKER'S RIDGE, a post village in York a post office in Saskatchewan CO., N.B., 5 miles from Boiestown Station, on PARKSIDE, dist., Prov. of Saskatchewan, 38 the Fredericton branch of the I.C.R. (in Nor- miles from Duck Lake, on the of the thumberland co). It has 1 Methodist church Regina branch I.C.R. and 1 general store. Pop., 466. PARKERSVILLE, a post village in Muskoka PARKSVILLE, a post settlement in Comox dipt., Ont., 3 miles from UtterS'on, on the Atlin dist., B.C., 18 miles from Wellington, on G.T.R. It contains 2 churches (Methodist and the Esouimalt & Nanaimo Rv. Presbyterian), 1 store, 1 saw and shingle mill. PARLEE SETTLF.MEiNT. a post village in Pop., 130. King's CO.. N.B.. 5 miles from Norton Station, on the I.C.R.. 32 miles north-east of St. PARK HEAD, a post village in Bruce co., John. has 1 church. 120. Ont.. on Simpson Creek, and on the Wiarton It Baptist Pop.. post village in Lennox co., Ont., & Owen Sound div. of the G.T R.. 13 miles PARMA, a west of Owen Sound and 10 miles south of on the Bay of Quinte. 10 miles from Fredericks- burg, Wiarton. It conta.^ns 1 Method's't rhn.rcb. 2 on the G.T.R.. 5 miles east of Napanee. stores, saw and shingle mills, and public hall. PoD.. 62. PARR'S, lone, narrow lake in Hal'fax oo., Park Head is the junction where the G.T R. a N.S., its outlet small falling line branches off to Wiarton and Owen Sound. has by a stream into Sf

' the RR. case) Stratford and Sarnia. It has 5 churches southern terminus of the Cumberland (Roman Catholic. Episcopal, Presbyterian. & Coal 'Co.'s line, and the shipping port for Hill coal in the interior of Methodist and Baptist), 12 stores. 3 hotels. 1 the Spring mines, . Presbv- flour mill, 1 saw and planing mill. door, sash the countv. It has 5 churches (R.C Baptist and Episcopal), and house furnishing factory, 1 foundry and terian, Methodist, stores. 4 hotels, 3 banks (ag-encies of machine shop, 2 banks (Commerce and Stand- about 25 the ard), 2 printiner and n-ewspaoer offices. "Post" the Union of Halifax, the Nova Scotia and and "Gazette Review"), besides express, tele- Commerce Banks), 1 printing and newspaper graph and telephone offices. Pop.. 1.7.50. office ("The Leader"); also 1 manufactory of PARKHOUSE. a post settlement in Hastings mocassins, shoe-packs. wood block, planing CO., Ont., 10 miles from Tweed, a station on mill, and wood work factory. 1 manufactory of the Bay of Quinte Ry. marine blocks for mounting and repairing PARKHURST. a post village in Lotbiniere wooden vessels, also yards for he building CO.. Que.. 14 miles from St. Asrapit, on the of wooden ships, schooners, etc. About 50 mil- G.T.R., 20 miles south-west of Point Levi. It lion feet of sawn lumber is annually shipped ,

730 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. from the port, besides great quantities or coal. 2 large fishing establishments and 1 bank (Bk. Besides the post office, Parrsboro has also of N.S.). Pop., 1,800. telephone, telegraph and express oflaces. Pop., PASPEBIAC WEST, a post settlement in 2.800. Bonaventure co.. Que., 2 miles from Paspe- PARRSBORO' SHORE, a post settlement in biac, the nearest railway and banking point. Cumberland co., N.S., on the Bay of Fundy, PASQUA, a post village in the Prov. of Sas- 22 miles from Parrsboro', on Mmas Basin, a katchewan (formerly Assiniboia West, N.W. station on the Cumberland RR. & Coal Co.'s T.), on the C.P.R., 6 miles east of Moose Jaw. line. It contains 1 Union church. Pop., 150. It contains telegraph and express offices. Pop., PARRy HARBOR, in Parry Sound dist., 70. Ont. See Parry Sound, on the Ottawa div. PASSAMAQUODDY BAY, Charlotte co., N.B., G.T.R. at the south-eastern extremity of Maine, sepa- PARRY SOUND, an incorporated town in rates the United States from New Brunswick. the district of Parry Sound, Ont., on the It extends inland about 15 miles, with an aver- Georgian Bay, and the Seguin River, with sta- age breadth of about 10 miles, including the tions on the C.N.O. Ry., and on the G.T.R. and estuary of the St. Croix, which flows into it. It C.P.R. It contains 4 churches (Episcopal, is exceedingly irregular, contains numerous is- Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist), 45 stores, lands, and abounds with harbors which afford 5 hotels, 3 lumber mills, gas, veneer and box good anchorage, and are sheltered from all factories, 3 branch banks and 2 printing of- winds. There are three entrances to the bay, fices issuing weekly newspapers. It has a called respectively East, West and Middle Pass- large steamer trade in with summer Lake ages, which are indicated by ligththouses. The Huron and Georgian Bay ports. Pop., 3,600. West Passage has an alarm bell. Common tides PARRYWOOD, a station (Parry) on tha rise here 25 feet. The outlet of Passamaquoddy C.P.R., in Rainy River dist., Out., 256 miles Bay is in the Bay of Fundy. west of Port Arthur. It contains 1 express PASSEKEAG, a post village in Kings co., office. N.B., on the Kentebecasis River, and on PARSNIP RIVER, a stream in Omineca min- I.C.R., 26 miles from St. John. It contain.s 1 ing dist., B.C., which flows northward and, Methodist church, 1 store. 1 grist mill and 1 uniting with the Finlay River from the north, telegraph office. Pop., about 100. they both empty into the Peace River, which PASS ISLAND, an island in the dist. of passes out of the Prov. into Mackenzie dist. Fortune Bay, at the entrance to Hermitage through the Mackenzie River. Bay, Nfld.. 16 miles from Harbor Briton. It station the Esqui- PARSON'S BRIDGE, a on is settled by fishermen. It has a good light- mau & Nanaimo RR., on Vancouver Island, house and contains 1 store, 1 Church of Eng- B.C., 6 miles north of Viciorla. land and 1 lobster cannery. Pop. (1901), 220. PARSON'S POND, a settlement in the dist. PASTAGOUTSIE, a river of Quebec, rises in of St. Barbe, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 63. Lake Kenogaml, near Sable Point, and falls PARTRIDGE HILL, a post settlement In the into the Saguenay, 11 miles north-west of Chi- Prov. of Alberta, on Ross Creek, 25 miles coutimi. It runs through a series of beautiful north-east of Strathcona terminal station, on \akes, one of them of considerable extent, and the Calgary & Edmonton branch of the C.P.R. Is said to pass under a mountain. It has a 192 miles north of Calgary. It has 3 churches number of falls, one 240 feet high. The sound great (Epis., Meth. and Pres.). Pop., about 150. of this magnificent fall can be heard at a PARTRIDGE ISLAND, a headland of Nova distance. The Indians aver that there are Scotia, in Parrsboro' township, Cumberland higher falls further up the river. CO., 2 miles from Parrsboro', on Minas Basin. PASWEGIN, a post office in Humboldt dist., The headland is noted for the yariety of its Prov. of Saskatchewan, amd a station on the minerals. Pop., 10. Can. Northern RR., 13 miles south-east of Quill PARTRIDGE ISLAND, New Brunswick, is Lake and 96 miles north-west of Kamsack. in St. John Harbor, an inlet of the Bay of PATAPEDIA RIVER,, in Restigouche co., falls Fundy, south of St. John. It is a quarantine N.B.; it borders Rimouski co.. Que., and station an-d has a lighthouse. In foggy wea- into the Restigouche, subsequently finding its ther a steam whistle is sounded every minute. way into Chaleurs Bay. A bell buoy is established near the east side PATERSON, a post settlement in the Koo- of the island. tenay dist., B.C., on the Sheep Creek and a PARTRIDGE RIVER, in Halifax co., N.S., station on the Columbia and Red Mountam falls into the Atlantic at Lawrencetown Har- RR., 9 miles south of Rossland, on tthe C.P.R., bor, east of Cow Bay. and close to the international boundary. It PARTRIDGEVALE, a station on the New has telegraph and express offices, 1 school and Brunswick Coal & Ry Co.'s line, in Queens 1 hotel. Pop., 50. ...,„, CO., N.B., 27 miles from Norton. PATH END, a settlement in the dist. of Pia- PASHASHEEBOO RIVER, a river in Sague- centia and St. Mary's, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 43. nay co., Quebec, enters the north shore of the PATH END, a settlement in the district of Gulf of St. Lawrence, 25 miles west of the Na- Burin, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 170. Lashauan. PATIENCE, a post settlement in Strathcona PASPEBIAC, a post village in Bonaventure dist., Alta., 18 miles from Millet, a station* on CO., Que., on the Bale des Chaleurs, 3 miles the Calgary & Edmonton branch of the C from New Carlisle, on Chaleurs Bay, and on the Atlantic, Quebec & Western Ry. It has PATQUASHGAMA, a lake in the district of an extensive trade in the fisheries, and con- Nipisaing, northern Ontario, opening into Lake tains 3 churches (R. C, Epis. and Pres.), 1 Waratowaha. The source of the Montreal River telegraph office, 1 hotel, this 1 saw mill, 10 stores, is found in the vicinity of the waters of LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 731 lake. The Montreal River will be rrossed by PAYNTON, a post village in a good region the James Bay RR., projected to run north devoted to mixed farming, in the Prov. of Sas- from Sudbury to Lake Abitibi, thence on to katchewan, and a station on the Edmonton Jiames Bay. branch of the Canadian Northern RR., 34 miles PATRICE, a lake in Saguenay co., Que. north-west of N. Battleford. It has 2 Mission PATRICK, a settlement in the di&trict of Chapels (Epis. and Pres.), 1 general store and Assiniboia East, Sask., and a station on the a tei-egraph office. Pop., 120. Pheasant Hills branch of the C.P.R., 140 miles PEABODY, a post settlement in Grey co., from Elkhorn. Ont., 8 miles from Chesley, the nearest railway PATRICK'S BROOK, a setUement in Nfld., and banking point. It contains 1 store and 1 and a station on the Reid Nfld. Ry., 42 miles shingle mill. Pop., 300. from Bishop's Mills. PEACE RIVER, a large river of the Atha- PATRICK'S COVE, a small fishing settlement basca dist, N.W.T., with its extreme western in Placentia and St. Mary's dist., Nfld., 14 source in British Columbia, rises by two heads miles from Placentia. Pop. (1901), 86. ne&T lat. 50° N., and Ion. 120° to 123° W., flows PATRICK'S HARBOR, a settlement in the at first north and after receiving Finlay's dist. of Fortune Bay, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 18. Branch breaks through the Rocky Mountains. PAT'S COVE, a settlement in the dist. of It has thenceforth a generally north-east course Burin, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 29. to near Lake Athabasca, where it again turns PATTERSONS, a station on the Midland north, and under the name of Slave River en- branch of the Dominion Atlantic Ry., 30 miles ters the Great Slave Lake, near lat. 61° N., from Windsor, and 28 miles from Truro. Ion. 113° 30' W. Total course estimated at PATTERSON'S SETTLEMENT, a post set- 1,100 miles. It receives the surplus waters of tlement in Sunbury co., N.B. Hay Station, on Lake Athabasca, and gives name to a wide the C.P.R. (short line), is the nearest railway territory between lat. 53° 40' and 60° N., and point. Ion. 112° and 115° W. PATTON, a post settlement in Algoma dist., PEACE RIVER CROSSING, a post settle- Ont., 7 miles from Dean Lake, on the Soo ment in the district of Athabaska. N.W.T. branch of the C.P.R. PEACH COVE, a settlement in the dist. of PAUDASH, a post village in Haliburton CO., Trinity. Nfld. Pop. (1901), 23. miles from Ont, on the Paudash River, 18 PEACH ISLAND, Ont., is in the south-wes- RR.; Coe Hill Station, on the Central Ontario tern part of Lake St. Clair, north of E^sex or 16 miles from Highland Grove, a station CO. on the Irondale, Bancroft & Ottawa RR. It PEACHLAND AND SUMMERLAND, B.C.. has 1 temperance hotel and 1 glove, mitt two fruit settlements on the west shore of and mocassin factory, with express and tele- Okanagan Lake, noted for their peach orchards graph office at Bancroft. Pop., 100. and attractive situation and climate. They PAULINE, a post settlement in Rouville CO., are reached from Vernon Station, at the head Que., 3 miles from Abbottsford, on the C.P.R. of the Lake, on the Shuswap & Okanagan (Stanbridge and St. Guillaume branch). branch of the C.P.R., 46 miles south of Sica- PAULSON, a post settlement in Yale-Cariboo mcus Jet., on the main line of the railroad, dist., B.C., 4 1-2 miles from Farron, a station 334 miles east of Vancouver. on the Boundary s-ection of the C.P.R., 33 PEACOCK, a post hamlet In Humboldt dist., miles from Grand Forks. Prov. of Saskatchewan, 39 miles from Strass- PAVEY, a station on the White Pass & burg, on the Pheasant Hills branch of the C. Yukon Ry., in the Yukon Territory, 6 mil€s P.R., 54 miles northwest of Lipton and 201 from Bennett. miles northwest of Kirkella (Brandon co.. Man.), with port on Long Lake. It contains stock-raising settlement In PAVILION, a a general store. dist., B.C., the Eraser River, Yale-Cariboo on PEAKE'S STATION, a post settlement in Station, on the C.P.R., 40 miles from Ashcroft Kings CO., P.E.I., and a station on the P. general 47 miles west of Kamloops. It has 1 E.I. Ry. (Georgetown branch), 7 miles from telegraph Btore, 1 flour roller mill, besides Mount Stewart Jet. office. Pop., about 50. PEARCE, a station on the C.P.R. (Crow's PAVILUON RIVER, a ^mall stream on the Nest branch), in Alberta dist., Alta, S miles Island of Anticosti, Que., 40 miles east of from Macleod. South-West Point; the scene of many a ship- PEARCELEY, a post settlement Id Parry wreck. Sound dist., Ont, 9 miles from Sundridge, on PAYNE LAKE, a body of water in Ungava the G.T.R., 80 miles north of Gravenhurst, on dist., N.E.T., out of which flows Payne River, the Toronto & North Bay div. which empties into Ungava Bay. Area, 478,240 PEARCE'S HARBOR, a small fishing settle- acres. ment on Fogo Island. Nfld., 4 miles from Fogo, PAYNES, a station on the St. Thomas, Glen- and 25 miles from Notre Dame Bay Jet, south coe & Kingscourt branch of the G.T.R., in of Lewisport, veith port thereat. It has 3 Elgin CO., Ont., 5 miles from St. Thomas. The churches (Epis., Meth. and Salvation Army village is 1 mile from Paynes Station, and has sect), 5 stores, 2 hotels and a telegraph of- 1 cheese factory. Pop., 20. fice Por>., 650. PAYNE SETTLEMENT, a post hamlet in PEARCETON, a post village in Missisquoi Victoria co., N.B., on the St. John River, 9 CO.. Que., on the north branch of the Pike miles from Aroostook Junction, on the C.P.R. River, 3 miles from Stanbridge East, a sta- Good hunting and fishing. Pop., about 60. tion on the C.P.R. (Montreal & Stanbridge PAYNE TRAM, a station on the Kootenay branch), 4 miles from Mystic. Pop., 141. Railway, in Kootenay dist., B.C., 2 miles PEARDONVILLE, a post settlement in New from Sandon. Westminister dist., B.C., Abbottsford, on the 782 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

main line of the C.P.R., is the nearest railway 12 miles from Orangeville. It contains 1 Pres- station. byterian church. PEARL, a lake in Quebec co., Que. PEESANE, a station in the Province of Sas- PEARL, a station on the Pearl River, on the katchewan, on the Prince Albert section of C.P.R. (main line), in Thunder Bay dist.. One, the Canadian Northern RR., 59 miles west of 33 miles north-east of Port Arthur, on the Erwood and 22 miles east of Tisdale. north-west shore of Lake Superior. It has PEFFERLAW, a post village in York CO.. express and telegraph offices. Pop., 10. Ont., on Black River, 9 miles from Canning- Islands, Can. PEARL ISLAND, Nfld., in the Bay of ton, on the G.T.R. , and a station on the on its western coast. Northern Ontario Ry.. 55 miles from Toronto, PEARL LAKE, a post settlement in Quebec and a few miles east of Lake Simcoe. It CO., Que., and a station on the Quebec & contains 1 store, 1 tannery, saw, grist and Lake St. John Ry., 101 miles north of Quebec. planing mills, sash and door factory, 2 branch PEARL PARK, a post settlement in the dist. banks and a Presbyterian church and school. of Assiniboia East, Sask., 8 miles from Killaly, Pop., 150. on the Pheasant Hills branch of the C.P.R. PEFFERS, a station on the Georgian Bay PEARL RIVER, in Thunder Bay district, & Lake Erie branch of the G.T.R., 20 miles Ont. See Pearl. north of Stratford. The post office is called PEARSONVILLE, a post settlement in Kings Freeborn. CO., N.B., 3 miles from Annidale, on the N. PEG<1Y'S COVE, a settlement on the Atlantic B. Coal & Ry. Co.'s line, and 10 miles from in Halifax co., N.S., 18 miles from the Head It contains 1 Apohaqul. Presbyterian church of St. Margaret's Bay, on the Halifax & South and 1 blacksmith shop. Pop. 50. Western Ry. It has 1 Episcopal church and PEAS BROOK, a settlement in Guysborough 2 stores. Pop., 20. CO., N.S., 20 miles from Port Mulgrave, on the PEGUIS, a post settlement in the St. Peter's Intercolonial Ry. It has 1 church, 1 general Indian Reserve, in Selkirk co., Man., so-called store, 2 hotels and 1 factory, besides tele- after the Christian chief vv^ho made the first graph office. Pop., 60. treaty with the Dominion Government. It con- PECAN, lake in An- a Chicoutimi co.. Que. tains 1 Roman Catholic, 1 Baptist and 2 PECHE, a lake in Champlain co.. Que., well glican churches. Pop., about 650. See Gilolo. stocked with lake trout. PEIGAN, a station on the Crow's Nest .branch PECHES, RIVIERE AUX, in Lambton CO., of the C.P.R.. in Alberta dist., Alberta, 9 Ont., runs into Lake St. Clair. (See Tecum- miles from Macleod. «eth, PEKISKO. a post village in the Prov. of Al- PECHET, a post office in Qu'Appelle dist., berta, on the middle fork of High River 24 Prov. of Saskatchewan, 10 miles from Lipton, miles from High River Station, on the C.P.R. on the Pheasant Hills branch of the C.P.R. (Caleary & Macleod branch), 40 miles south of PEDLEY'S RIVER, in Lunenburg, co.. N.S., Calgary. Pop., 100. falls into the Atlantic, near Port Medway, PELEE ISLAND. NORTH, a post settlement east of Liverpool, in Queens co. on Pelee Island, in Lake Erie, in Essex co., PEEBLES, a post office in Oxford co.. Ont., Ontario, 17 miles by water from Kingsville, € miles from Ingersoll, on the C.P.R. and a station on P6re Marquette (L.E. & D.) RR. G.T.R., 19 miles from London. Foldens' Cor- It has 4 churches (Roman Catholic, Epis. and ners is 21/^ miles distant, and the mail route 2 Meth.), 2 stores, 1 hotel, 1 lumber mill, be- is through that settlement daily from Wood- sides express and telephone offices, club stock. house, vineyards and wine cellars, as much PEEL, a post village in Carleton co., N.B., choice fruit is grown on the island. There 700. on the St. John River, and a station on the is also a stone quarry. Pop., about C.P.R., 16 miles from Woodstock. It contains PELEE ISLAND. SOUTH, a post village on 2 churches (Baptist and Advent), 1 store, 1 Pelee Island, in Lake Erie, the most southern juris- hotel, 1 saw and grist mill, 1 carriage factory, point in the Dominion. It is under the and express and telephone offices. Pop.. 100. diction of Essex CO., Ont., and is 16 miles dis- the sta- PEEL, a county of Ontario, borders upon tant alike from Leamington or Kingsville, north-west Ontario. It is watered shore of Lake tions on the Lake. Erie & Detroit River RR by the Etobicoke Creek and the Credit River, has also steamboat connection with Detroit It a and is traversed by the G.T.R. and C.P.R. City and Windsor. The Island, which has of County town, Brampton. Area, 173,018 acres. total area of 12,288 acres, and a population sou- Pop. (1901), 13,687. 685 grows grapes and peaches and most Pelee PEEL RIVER, in Mackenzie dist., on the thern fruits to perfection. The celebrated boundry of Yukon dist.. N.W.T., rises in lat. Island wines are manufactured here: there is 64° N., Ion. 120° W., flows mostly north-west also good fishing and some hunting, besides sports. On in the east vallevs of the Rocky Mountains, boating and other summer resort Epis. and joins the Mackenzie at the commencement the island there are 4 churches (R.C., hotel, besides of its delta, where there is a branch connect- and 2 Meth.), 2 general stores, 1 visitors. 4 schools. ing it with Rat River. Gneiss, syenite, lime- other accommodation for long distance stone and sandstone are the principal geo- 4 post offices, 1 saw mill, and 4 of logical formations. In th? country through telephone stations. Pop. of Island 685; South, 100. which it flows alum and bovey coal are met Pelee Island . Wel-„r , with, and many furs are brought by the In- PELHAM CENTRE, a post village in Welland ''River, with dians around it to Fort Good Hope, - on the land CO., Ont., on the Mackenzie. port on the Welland Canal, and 2 miles from Buffalo PEEPABUN, a post hamlet in Dufferin co., Fenwick Station, on the Tor., Ham, & saw Ont., 4 miles from Grand Valley, on the C.P.R., RR It has 1 Evangelical church and 1 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 733 mill, several nurseries, excellent fruit being PELLETIER RIVER, in Chicoutimi co., raised here; telephone service and express Quebec, runs from the north-east into the Sa- guenay and telegraph offices at Fenwick. The village nearly opposite Ha! Ha! Bay. At its iu about to erect a large consolidated school; mouth is a good harbor for vessels. and it anticipates at an early day an electric PELLETIER'S MILLS, a post village in Vic- railroad, connecting it with Welland and toria CO., N.B., on the St. John River, 4 miles Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Hamilton and from Connors, on the Temiscouata Ry. It con- Toronto. Pop. 150. tains 4 stores, 1 hotel and 1 saw mill, besides PELHAM. UNION, a post settlement in Wel- tolegraph and express offices. Pop., about 400. land CO., Ont., -1 miles from Jordan, on the PELLEY'S, a post settlement in Bonavista G.T.R. district, Nfld., and a station on the Reid Nfld. PELICAN LAKE, an elongated sheet of water Ry., 6 miles from Port Blandford. m Lisgar co., Man., lying to the north-west PELLEY'S ISLAND, a mining (iron pyrites of Lake Cartwright. ore) settlement in the district of Twillingate, Nfld., 60 miles north-west PELICAN LAKE, in the Prov. of Saskat- of Lewisport, a station on the Nfld It 4 chewan (formerly in Athabasca dist., N.W.T.), Reid RR. has church- es (Roman Catholic, Epis., Meth. and Sal- one of the sources of tihe Churchill River, be- vation Army), 1 general and 9 small stores, tween Buffalo Lake and Snake Lake. and 1 hotel, besides post, teiepraph and express small lake in Macdonald PELICAN LAKE, a offices and at Lewisport. Pop. (1901), 699. CO., Man., rises between Sturgeon Bay and PELLY, a post office Waterhen Lake. It has its outlet through the on Pelly River, in Yu- kon Territory. Pelican and War Path Rivers, in Lake Winni- in Terr., sit- peg. PELLY MOUNTAINS, Yukon uate to the east of Lewes and Teslin Rivers, PELICAN LAKE, a small lake in Selkirk co., and south of the Macmillan River. Man., a little to the south-east of Sturgeon PELLY RIVER, in Yukon Terr. It falls into Bay, Lake Winnipeg. the Macmillan, and further west is joined by PELICAN LAKE, in the northern part of the Lewes River, where the three waters make Marquette co., Manitoba, which receives the their way to the Yukon northward via Dawson waters of the Pelican River from the south, city. and flows into Lake Winnipegosis. PELTQN, a station on the Pere Marquette PELICAN LAKE, a small body of water in Ry., in Essex co., Ont., 6 miles from Walker- Assa dist., Prov. of Saskatchewan, a few miles ville, north of Mortlake and north-west of Caron, PEMBINA, a post office in Edmonton dist., stations on the C.P.R., 26 and 17 miles re- Prov. of Alberta, 40 miles from Morinville, spectively west of Moose Jaw. on the C.N.R. PELICAN NARROWS, a small Indian settle- a river of southern Manitoba, ment in Humboldt co., Prov. of Saskatchewan, PEMBINA, 40 miles north-east near the sources of the Churchill River, and joins the Assiniboine River Assiniboine. It is rapid, turbid 300 miles from Mafeking Station, on the Can. of Fort a mill sites. There are Northern RR., in the north-west part of Man., stream with some good beautiful lakes this river abounding east of the head of Lake Winnipegosis. It has some on in pike other fish, 1 R.C. church and 1 store. Pop. (besides In- and in St. Maurice co.. Que., dians), 1 white man. PEMBINA, a lake in the township of Desaulniers. PELICAN RIVER, a stream in Selkirk cb., PEMBINA, a lake in Montcalm co.-. Que. on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, and flowing PEMBINE, a station on the Springfield Ry., into it, south of the Poplar River, and north in Annapolis co., N.S., 2 miles from Toma- of the Leaf River. hawk Jet. RIVER, a stream in Selkirk co., PELICAN Ren- Man., which flows out of Pelican Lake in Mao- PEMBROKE, an incorporated town in Ont., on the Ottawa River, and a donald co., and joining the waters of the War frew CO., miles north-west of Path River, flows into Lake Winnipeg, north-* station on the C.P.R., 35 G.T.R. , 20 miles from west of Sturgeon Bay. Renfrew, and on the It has 8 churches, 50 stores, 10 PELICAN RIVER, rises in the northern part Golden Lake. hotels, 1 flour and 3 saw mills, 1 cream separ- of Marquette co., Man., and flows northerly ator, 1 woollen mill. 2 sash and door factories, into Lake Pelican. The river and lake have 3 banks (Royal, Ottawa and Quebec), 3 print- their outlet in Pelican Bay, on the borders of printing and 2 newspaper offices Saskatchewan, in Lake Winni- ing. 4 job the Prov. of ("Observer" and "Standard"), besides express, pegosis. telegraph and telephone offices. Pop., 5,500. RIVER, a small river in Manitoba, PELICAN IPBMBROKE. a settlement on Minas Ba^in. into Lake Winnipeg. flowing in Hants co., N.S., 18 miles from Scotch Vil- RIVER, rises in Lake Pelican, PELICAN l?ge Station, on the Midland branch of the easterly, and empties into War Man., flows Dominion Atlantic Ry. It has 1 Methodist near its mouth, in Lake Winni- Path River church 1 general store and 1 saw mill. Pop., peg. 150. a post PELISSIER, or WAKEFIELD EAST, a post settlement in Carleton Wrigl?t co., PEMBROKE, village on the Gatineau River, in from Woodstock, on the (Mani- CO.. N.B., 4 miles Que.. 10 miles from C.P.R. station from Ot- C.P.R. waki branch) of Wakefield 23 miles^ hamlet near t^pis. PEMBROKE SHORE, a post It contains 3 churches (R.C., tf.wa Citv. River, in Yarmouth co^NS. Yar- 1 hotel and 1 saw mill, Chegoggin and Pres.). 3 stores, point (3 1-2 A\ ake- mouth is the nearest railway , express and telegraph offices at the with miles distant), the terminal station of field. Pop. (in dist.), 800. 734 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

Dcminion Atlantic RR. It has 1 Methodist 1 store, 1 hotel and telepgraph and express church. It is situate on the Atlantic, th'e offices. Good fishing. Pop., 100. in

PENSE, a post village in the Prov. of Sas- towards the Gulf of St. Lawrence of over 50 katchewan (formerly Assa., N.W.T.), a sta- miles in circuit. On its summit is a shrine to tion on the main line of the C.P.R.. 17 miles St. Anne. A breakwater has been conctruct- ed in the west of Regina. It has 2 churches (Epis. and south cove of the village and is of great Pres.), 7 stores, 4 elevators, 1 foundry and advantage to the fishermen. Bona- repair shop, 1 hotel, 3 implement sheds, 1 fur- venture Island lies 3 miles south-east from the village. is niture store, 2 livery stables, 2 blacksmith It a port of entry and warehousing port. shops, 1 harness shop, and 1 branch bank, be- A fine wharf 700 feet long has been con- sides express and telegraph oflBces. Pop., 200. structed in the north cove—an extension of PENTECOST, a river of Saguenay co.. Que., 150 feet to said wharf has just been con- enters the north shore of the St. Lawrence, structed. Perce is a calling place for the SS. about 300 miles below Quebec. Campana, running between Montreal and Pic- settlement aaid tou, PENTECOST RIVER, a post and SS. Lady Eileen, running two 3 a port on the St. Lawrence, in Saguenay co., week both ways between Campbelltou and Quebec 120 miles north-east of Rimouski. It Gaspe. Pop. (including township), about 2,5C0. and large has 1 R.C. church, school, store PERCE ROCK, properly LE ROCHER puip saw mill, which also manufactures wood PERCE or the PIERCED ROCK, a remarkable for shipment. Pop., about 350. rock on the Gaspe coast, opposite the village dlst., PENTICTON, a post settlement in Yale of Percg. It is 28S feet high, 1,200 feet la miles south B C, near the Okanagan River, 70 length, precipitous all round, and bold to sea- the name, of Okanagan Landing, on the lake of ward. In it are three arches completely spur of the and a station on the southern wrought by nature; the centre one is suffi- miles south of C P R. from Sicamous Jet. (114 ciently large to allow a boat under sail to steamers ply c!rR. main line). The C.P.R. pass through with ease. It is the resort during give facili- Okanagan Lake and River and the summer months of vast numbers of sea- on reaching besides stage coach service, for fowl. ties, Pres.) It has 2 churches (Epis. and Penticton. PERCH, a post settlement in Lambton co., hotels, 1 branch bank and express 2 stores, 2 Ont., and a station on the G.T.R., 10 miles offices. It is the head- and telegraph (C.P.R.) ^ from Sarnia. extensive irrigation .works de- quarters of PERCHACA. a river of Chicoutimi co.. Que., reclaim for fruit-growing Purposes signated to falls into Lake St. John. It is navigable for the neighbourhood. Pop., about 30,000 acres in large batteaux for many miles, and farther about 50. up for bark canoes. Welling- PENTLAND, a post settlement in PERCHE, RIVIERE A LA, a river of Temis- Elora, on the couata ton CO., Ont., 5 miles from CO., Que., runs into the Madawaska 18 miles Southampton branch of the G.T.R., near the head of Lake Temiscouata. It from Guelph. abounds with fine fish. CO., PERCH RIVER, PENVILLE, a post village in Simcoe a small stream in Prince the C.P^K. CO., P.E.I., running into Egmont Bav. on Ont.. 6 miles from Tottenham, on the church, gene- south-west coast of Prince Edward Island. and G.T.R. It has 1 Methodist 1 Pop. 100. PERCIVAL, a post village in the Prov. ral store and 1 blacksmith shop. of PEPSIAQUACK, a river of Bonaventure co., Saskatchewan (formerly Asr.a. East, N.W.T.), Ma- on Que runs into the north-east side of the the Qu'Appelle River, and a station on the in Res- tapedia, about 6 miles from its mouth main line of the C.P.R., 37 miles west of Moos- tiKOUche Harbor, somin, and 68 miles east of Qu'Appelle. The PEPSIAQUASIS, a small river of Bonaven- district is a good one for raising crops and south-west side of ture CO.. Que., runs into the vegetables; there is also plenty of timber for mouth in Res- the Matapedia, 8 miles from its fuel. It has 1 Lutheran church, 2 stores, 1 tigouche Harbor. hotel boarding- house and 1 grain ^ Que., elevator and the chef-lieu of Gaspe co grain cleaner. Pop., PERCE, miles 30. on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 36 PERCY, a district in the Prov. situated churche= of Saskat- Gasp6 Basin. It contains 2 chewan (formerly Assiniboia dist., from model and N.W.T.). 40 (Roman Catholic and Episcopal), miles from Broadview, a station on the C.P.R. with money elementary schools, post office It contains 2 churches (Presbyterian and stores 2 and savings bank branches, 6 Methodist). Pop., 120. S lobster canneries, slw mills, 1 flour mill, 2 PERCY, a township of East Northumberland and jail. telegraph office, and a court house CO., Ont., and the original name of Warkworth, by means of an Perc6 is supplied with water which see. It has an area of 55,296 acres, Rock with its aqueduct. The far-famed Perce with a population, in 1901, of 3,326. situated in clo.e abundance, of sea-birds is PERDRIX, a lake in Saguenay district, Que. from this to the shore. The scenery PERIBAUDRICHE, a river of Quebec. See proximity and of the coast is highly picturesque David River. portion gran- Romantic and hardly to be exceeded in PERIBONCA, ("The singular or curious"), industry in Que- deur. The largest cod fishing a river of Chicoutimi co.. Quebec, enters the important fish- bec is located here, and several northernmost point of Lake St. John, af'er a ing establishments export to the West Indies, course of many miles from the east north-east. foreign Brazil the Mediterranean and other It is one of the most beautiful rivers flowing ports. The best fishing grounds for salmon, into Lake St. John. Its banks, which are level, trout, cod, mackerel and other salt and fresh are heavily wooded. water fish are in this portion of the Gasp6 FERIBONCA a post settlement in Chicou- coast. Mount St. Ann, situated in rear of the timi CO.. Que., 25 miles from Roberval, the village, is about 1,400 feet high. and. from its terminus of the Quebec & Lake St. John Ry. altitude, on a clear day, commands a view PERIVALE, a post settlement south of Kaga- 736 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

wong Lake, on Manitoulin Island , Algoma 1 store, 1 stave mill, and telegraph and ex- dist., Ont., the nearest railway point being press offices at the station (Ferry). Pop 50. Spanish River Station, on the C.P.R. ("Soo" PERRY'S COVE, a post settlement in Bay branch), 24 miles east of Algoma Mills. It has de Verde dist., Istid., 8 miles from Carbonear, 1 Presbyterian church, and a school house a station on the Reid Nfid. Ky. Pop. (19U1) where the Methodists hold service every two weeks. Lake Kagawong abounds in fish. Pop. PERRY'S POINT, a post village in Kings about 70. CO., N.B., on the Kennebecasis River, 2^^ miles PERKINS, a post village in Wright co., Que., from Jubilee Station, on the I.C.R., 16 miles on Blanche River, 8 miles from East Temple- from St. John. It contains 1 store, 1 hotel, 1 ton, on the C.P.R. It contains 1 church and saw mill, 1 box factory and 1 blacksmith shop. 2 stores. Pop., 225. Near by is the Sir Wm. Macdonald consolidated PERKINS, a station on the G.T.R., in Slm- school at Kingston, N.B. Pop. 200. coe CO., Ont., 5 miles from Penetanguishene. PEiRRYTOWN, a post village in Durham co., The post office is St. Patrick, which s«e for Ont., on the Midland div. G.T.R., 8 miles from description. Port Hope. It contains 2 churches (Methodist PERKIN'S WHARF, a port of call on Lake and Episcopal). Pop., 150. Memphremagog, of the steamer '"Lady of the PERRYViLLE, a post village in Queens co., Leke," in Brome co., Que., 7 miles from N.B., 3 miles from Cody's Station, on the New Knowlton. Brunswick Coal & Ry. Co.'s line. PERLEY, a post settlement in the Prov. of PERTH, an incorporated town in Lanark Saskatchewan (formerly Assa. E., N.W.T.), 12 CO., Ont., of which it is the county seat, on miles from Saltcoats, a station on the North the River Tay, which is connected with the Western branch of the C.P.R., 17 miles ease Rideau Canal, and on the C.P.R., 12 miles or Yorkton. It has a Methodist church, 1 from Smith's Falls, 141 miles west of Mont- grain elevator, 2 lumber yards, 3 farm im- real. It contains, besides the county build- plement agencies, blacksmith shop, saddlery ing, churches of 5 denominations, 4 branch and hotel boarding house. Pop., 175. banks, about 40 stores, 7 hotels, saw, planing PERM, a post settlement in Simcoe co., Ont., and woollen mills, 2 distilleries, 1 foundry, 1 6 miles from Everett, on the Beeton & Col- brick kiln, 1 drug factory, 1 knitting factory lingwood branch of the G.T.R. and 2 printing offices, issuing weekly news- PERRAULT, a post village in Renfrew co., papers. Pop. (1901), 3,588. Ont., on the BonnechSre River, 4 miles from PERTH, a post village in co., Caldwell, on the Ottawa & Parry Sound branch Victoria N.B., on the St. John River, and a junction station of the G.T.R. It has 1 R.C. church, 1 general on the C.P.R., 48 miles north of Woodstock. store, 1 saw mill and 1 newspaper office ("En- It has 2 churches (Methodist Baptist), 12 terprise Leader"). Pop., about 1,000. and stores, 4 hotels, 1 printing newspaper PE'RRETTON, a post village on the Ottawa and office ("Victoria County News"), besides express River, in Renfrew co., Ont., 3 miles from Gra- and telegraph offices. ham Station, on the C.P.R., and 10 miles from Pop., 350. PERTH, county of Ontario, in Pembroke. It has 1 Methodist church, 1 gene- a the centre of the Western province. It the ral store, and 1 saw mill, with express and is bounded by counties of Wellington, Huron, Middlesex, telegraph office at Graham's. Pop., about 4C0. Ox- ford and Waterloo. PERROT, an island in the Rivtr St. Law- Stratford is its chief rence, south-west of the Island of Montreal, town. Area of the co., 461,874 acres. Pop., of between the Lake of Two Mountains and Lake CO. (1901), 45,007. St. Louis. It is about 7 miles long. Two PERTH, a station on the P.E.I. Ry., in bridges, on Ithe C.P.R. and on the G.T.R., con- Kings CO., P.E.I., 11 miles from Georgetown. nect it with Vaudreuil. Pop., about 1,000. PERTH JUNCTION, a station on the C. PERROTTE SETTLEMENT, a post village P.R., in Carleton co., N.B., at the junction in Annapolis co., N.S., 7 miles from Anna- of the Edmundston and Tobique Valley branch- polis, on thB Dominion Atlantic RR. It con- es, 48 miles from Woodstock. tains Episcopal and Presbyterian churches, 2 PERTH ROAD, a post setlement in Fron- saw mills and 1 barrel and stave factory. tenac co., Ont., 9 miles from Sydenham, on Pop., 126. the Bay of Quinte Ry. It contains 1 store PERRY, a settlement in Addington co., Ont., and 1 cheese factory. Pop., 100. 16 miles from Clarendon, on the Kingston & PERTHUIS, a small post village in Port- Pembroke Ry. neuf CO., Que., on the River Noire, and a sta- tion on the Quebec & Lake St. John RR, It PBRRYBORO*, a post office in Stanstead co., a (Mission station near by, at Riviere a Que., 2 miles from St. Hermenegilde, which is has 8 miles from Coaticook, a station on the Pierre, also 1 general store, 1 hotel, 1 saw mill, G.T.R., 22 miles south of Sherbrooke. 1 wood pulp mill, besides telegraph and ex- PERRY JUNCTION, a station on the Al- press offices. Pop. 50. goma Central & Hudson Bay Ry., In Algoma PESHSTONE RIVER, a stream in Saguenay dist., Ont., 11 miles from Sault St. Marie. CO., Que., which empties into the St. Lawrence PEiRRY SETTLEMENT,, a post village In through the Manicouagan River. Kings CO., N.B., 10 miles from Havelock Cor- PESQUIAMAU, a river of Bonaventure co., ner, on the Elgin & Havelock Ry., where it Que., runs into the south-west side of the has express and telegraph office facilities. Pop., River Matapedia, 9 miles from its mouth. co., 80. PETAWAWA, a post village in Renfrew Ont., nearly opposite the head of Allumette village Welland PERRY STATION, a post in Island, on the Ottawa River, and a station on CO., Ont., on the Michigan Central Ry., 9 miles the C.P.R., 10 miles north-west of Pembroke. from Welland. It contains 1 Baptist church, There is good water power in the vicinity, and NOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 737 with thl3 advantage a large lumber, wood lon Falls on the Victoria Ry., a distance of Sd pulp and paper mill is being ertcted; while miles to the latter point on the waters of th» the site of the place is under consideration by Trent Valley route, and a line of steamers con- militia the Ottawa tiovernment for a cential nect with all points south and east on Trent 2 hotels and 1 camp. It has 1 general store, Valley route, a distance of 150 miles, includ- saw mill. Pop. 100. ing Rice Lake and its charming summer re- in York cc. Ont, PETCHVILLrB, a village sorts; and with Cobourg and Peterboro' Ry. at miles Aurora, on G.T.R., 30 miles 2V^ from the Harwood. Pop., about 14,000. north of Toronto. Pop. 60. PETERBOROUGH, a county near the cen- an incorporated and PETERBOROUGH, tral part of Ontario, comprises an area of rapidly inci easing manufacturing city, capital 1.594,742, acres. It contains ntimerous lakes, are all of Peterborough co., Ont. The streets which give rise to the Otonabee River, and angles, well drained, wide, laid out at right many smaller streams. A railway connects its lighted with electric light. There are 4 and chief town. Peterborough, with Lake Ontario electric railway. The modern build- miles of on the south and Georgian Bay on the north. ings, public and private, are of fine architec- Pop. of CO. (1901), 39,295. design, and built of the celebrated white tural PETER'S ARM, a settlement in the dist. of brick manufactured there. There are 13 Nf^fl. Pop. (1901). 37. denominations, county build- Twilllns-atP. churches of all PETER'S BROOK, a post settlement in Vic- hall, 1 union, 4 ward and 3 separate ings, town toria, CO.. N.S, mechanics' in- schools, new collegiate institute, PETERSBURG, a post village in Waterloo library and club, 7 bank agencies, Btltute, law Co., Ont.. on the G.T.R., 6 miles from Berlin. viz., Montreal, Toronto, Commerce, Nova It contains 1 Lutheran church, 1 store, 1 ho- Scotia, Ottawa, Dominion and Royal, 2 hos- tel, and telegraph and express offices at sta- pitals, 5 parks. Post Office building. Customs tion. Pop., about 150. and Inland Revenue building, 3 electric print- PETERSEN, a post settlement In Victoria daily papers, and ing presses, 3 weekly and 3 CO.. N. B. telegraph offtces of G.N.W, and C.P.R., 24 hotels, PETER'S LAKE, a small lake on the La and about 100 wholesale and retail stores. Have River. In Lunenburg co.. N.S. The town is beautifully and conveniently situ- PETER'S MILLS, a post villagf^ in Kent CO., ated on either bank of Otonabee River, which M.B.. on the Gfsnereaux River. 5 miles from is spanned at that point by six bridges, 2 for Rexton. on the K^^it Northern Ry., on an In- railway and 4 for ordinary traffic; the water let of Richibucto Harbor. It contaip«? 3 saw, being dammed at five places giving an aggre- grist and woollen mills; the grist mill is one gate fall of about 50 feet, and an unlimited of the oldest in the county, having beeil power for manufacturing and other purposes. ereotprj in 1814. Pop., 100. It iB situate about midway between the waters PETERSON LAKE, in Coleman townshin, Ni- of Lake Ontario and the Georgian Bay, on the pisslng dipt., adjoining Cross, Cobalt and route of the Trent Valley navigation, and the Giroux Lakes, west of Lakp Tem'soamingue, centre of a rich rolling agricultural country, and near tbp mininer town of Cobalt. which supplies the town with a large annual PETERSON'S CORNERS. a post settlement export trade of commodities, including wheat, in FraH>>^ir+on en.. Ont.. 13 miles frnrr. Gelert, peas, barley, flour, oats, cheese, pork. etc. on the Haliburton branch of the G.T.R. mills, There are 2 saw, 3 flour and 3 woollen PT^TER'S "RiVTrT?. q. f c>.intr'=''^+tlem<^"t in Pl''- 1 of which employs 200 hands, 4 manufactories centia and «t. Marv's dipt.. Nfld., on St. Mary's of agricultural implements, steam engines, mill Rav. 10 mile^ soi^tb of St. M«iry's. close to machinery, etc., also the manufactories of an Kolvrond Lake and B^v. and 60 milep so"+H- American cereal company, a Canadian cereal TTPst of TTnlvrood Station, on the P^id Nfld. the company, a Canadian cordage company, RR.. 33 milec we^t of St. John's. It ha 9 1 Canadian General Electric Company, the Roman Catholiic /•hurch and 1 general store. of Central Bridge & Engineering Company, Cod flphinc Is f^^i^ c>^ief occupation of th& the Peterborough Lock Manufacturing Co. of Tillapprs. Pon. a901). 70. the Peterborough Carbon & Porcelain Co., 2 PETtr-p'c; poA"^. a ^v^ct p'^+tlemer* i^ Oueer»«i canoe fac- pork packing establishments and 3 CO., P T'^ T.. B allies from Murray Harbour, cfft tories, manufactories of furniture, doors, th'^ P.E L Ry. sashes, furs, leather, brick, pottery, etc., etc. PETER STILLWATER, a station on the The Ottawa Government are now building at Springfield Ry., in Annapolis co,, N.S., 7 miles Peterboro', at large cast, new military ar- frnm TTncf.lnp'f! .Tct. mories. PETERSVTLLE. a post settlement in Queens The railway connections are the Canadian oo„ N.B.. 10 r^ilpg from Welsford, on the^ IC, Pacific Ry.. 76 miles to Toronto and 262 miles P. R. f'ihnrf line). to Montreal, and the Grand Trunk Ry., the PETERSVTLLE CHURCH, a rost settlemeflt purchasers of the former Midland system, In OneepB en., P E.I., TO miles from Welsford, south to Port Hope, 31 miles; north-west to on tho C.P.R. (short line). Georgian Bay, via Lindsay and Orillia, 85 PBTERVILLE, a vo^t settlpTnent in Prince miles; north-east to Lakefield (connecting by CO.. P.E.I., 3 miles from Tignish, on the new canals and locks with 150 miles of navig- P.E.L Ry. able waters there), 9 miles; south-east to PETTEWAWA, a larg* river of Ontario, near Belleville via Hastings, Campbellford and Stir- the Ale-onquin National Park in thp Nipisslnsr ling, 64 miles, and northward 7 miles to Che- dist.. takes its rise near the head waters of th'' mong Lake, connecting there with a line of Muskoka River. 1,400 feet abovp the level of steamers to Bobcaygeon, Lindsay and Fene- the sea, and after a very irregular coursecours of us NOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

158 miles enters the Ottawa, about 218 miles G.T.R. and C.P.R. It contains 1 Catholic uom its moutn. It drains an area of 2,200 church, 1 stoie and 2 hotels. Pop., about 460 miles, and occasionally expands mco square PEi'lTE COTE ST. ROSE, a post settlement, lar&e lakes, chier oi wuicn are 0-tcr Slide, in i^aval co.. Que. "Vvniie Trout, Ked Pine, Burnt, CamaJa, Leu*tT, PETITE DE GRAT BRIDGE, a post eettle- Trouc and Travers. menf in. Richmond co., N.S..' 31 miles froL ±^iL,rHiiiRTON, a post village in Wellingtou Muigrave, on the I.C.R. CO., unc, O'n ihe i? our Miie River, a miioo Pji-TITE FERMJi, « river of Montmorency co Kenilworth and b mi.es from Arthur, on Que., trom luns through the Domaine de Beauure me C.P.K., Zd miles from Orangeville. Ic con- mco the St. Lawrence. tains 1 store, 1 grist mill and 1 blacksmith PETITE ISLE, in the River Yamaska, a little shop. Pop., 165. above the south point of Isle St. Jean rj^TIi x>AiioOAN, a lake in Portneuf CO., Que PETITE LAJVlE<^tJE, a post settlement.* Que., in tiie towubuip oi Kocmout, biocKeu In Gloucester co.. N.B. Shippegan, Vitn trout. on the Cara- quet Ry., is the fiuTiT BONAVENTURE, a post settlement nearest station. PETITE MAGDALENE, a post in iionaventute co., Que. UiacK. Cape, on tne settlement in Gaspe CO., Que., near Gaspe Basin, Atlantic, Queoec & Wesiern ±ty., is the nearest a port of call of the Interprovincial Navigation fciation. Co PETITE MASCO UCHE. a post x-tuiiT BRULE, a post settlement in Two settlement In Terrebonne co., Que., 1-4 m.le« from Mountains co., Que. tii. Augusiin, on the Mont- Lepage, on the St. Lin branch of the CP.R leai ana Ottawa line of me C.P.R., is the PETITE MATANE, nearest station. a lake and river In Rimouski CO., Que. rii,TlT CAf, a fishing settlement of French PETITE Canaaians on the uuii of i>t. Liawrence, In MATANE, a post village on the south (jaspe dist., Que., lying to the norm of Oaspe shore of the St. Lawrence in Rimouski bassiu, on the Riviere au Renard. The nearest CO., Que. The nearest station is Little Metis station, 100 miles south, is Port Daniel, or on the I.C.R., 28 miles east of Rimouski Paspebiac, on Chaleurs Bay, on the Atlantic, PETITE NATION RIVER, North. See NortU Que. & Western RR. Still another railway Petite Nation. point is Dalhousie, on the I.C.R., in Resti- PETITE NATION RIVER, South. See South Petite gouche CO., New Brunswick. The latter is dis- Nation. tant from Petit Cap, 134 miles by water on the PETITE PASSAGE, Digby CO., N.S. See Tiverton. Gulf. It has 1 Roman Cathollk; church, 13 PETITE RIVIERE stores and 1 steam saw mill, besides post and BRIDGE, a post settlement in Lunenburg telegraph offices. co., N.S., on the Petite Riviere, 7 miles from Italy Cross Station, on the Halifax PBTITCODIAC, a post village In Westmore- & South Wes-tern Ry. It has 2 churches (Epis. land CO., N.B., on the Petitcodiac River, and a and Meth.), 4 stores, 2 hotels station on the I.C.R., 23 miles south-west of and 2 grist and lumber mills. Pop. 500. Moncton. It has 4 churches (Elpis., Meth., PETITE Baptist and Free Baptist), 6 stores, 3 hotels, RIVIERE, takes its rise In a lake near 1 saw mill and 2 wood working factories, be- the boundary between Lunenburg and Queens sides 1 telegraph and 2 express offices. Pop., cos.. N.S.. and runs south-east into the about 600. Atlantic, forming at Its mouth a good harbor caMed PETITCODIAC, or COUDEAC, a river of Palmerston Bay, a few miles north-east New Brunswick, falling into Shepody Bay, at of Liverpool, in Queens co. the head of the Bay of Fundy. It is navig- PETITE RIVIERE, in Lapralrie co. Que '* able 25 miles for vessels of the largesi runs north into the River La Tortue PETITE elze and for schooners of 60 or 80 ton* RIVIERE, a post settlement in Two burthen for 12 miles further, to the head of Mountains co., Que., 4 miles from St. Eustache' tide. The whole length of this river is about on the CP.R. 100 miles; above the head of tide it is navig- PETITE RIVIERE AUX RENARDS, a post able for boats and canoes fully 50 miles. The settlement in Gaspe co.. Que., 75 miles from Petitcodiac is an important fertilizer to rich New Carlisle, on the Atlantic, Quebec & West- and extensive marshes which skirt its banks, ern Ry. causing them to produce abundant crops of hay PETITE RIVIERE ST. FRANCOIS, a email during the past century without any other aid. parish in the seigniory of Beaupre, In Charle- The commercial importance of this stream i« voix CO., Que., 50 miles east of Quebec, on considerable; from Hillsborough, a port on Its the St. Lawrence River. It contains 1 Roman banks, the celebrated "Albert coal" (worth $15 , Catholic church, 5 public schools, 2 stores, 1 per ton at the port) is shipped, and a few rods grist and 2 saw mills. Pop. (1901), 855 further up are extensive wharves where large PETITE RIVIERE, WEST, a settlement In quantities of plaster of Paris (of superior Gaspe CO., Que., on the Little Rividre, 45 miles quality) are annually shipped. This river is from New Carlisle Station (in Bonaventure fed by numerous smaller rivers or creeks—tlie CO.), on the Atlantic & Lake Superior RR. It Weldon Creek, Stony Creek, Coverdale River has 1 R.C. (French) church, 4 stores, 1 hotel, and Pollett River, all abounding with trout 2 saw mills and 2 lobster canning factories, and some salmon. Large quantities of sbad are together with 1 telegraph office. Pop., about yearly taken 4n the Petitcodiac. 400. PETITE COTE, a village in Essex co., Ont., PETITES, a small fishing settlement in the on the Detroit River, and on the D. U. R. dist. of CBurgeo and La Poile, Nfld., 3 miles Electric RR., 7 miles from Windsor, on the from Rose Blanche. Pop. (1901), 112. LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 73»

PETITES BERGERONNES, a lake in Saguenay PETRIE VALLEY, a settlement in tne dist, CO., Que. of St. George, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 105. ^BiiiB VAi-a>BB, a post settlement in Gas- PJiiTROLJiA, an incorporated town in Lamb- ton CO., Ont., and a station ps CO., Que. Gaspe, a poit of call of the Inter- on the London & provmciai NavigatwMi Co., is tne nearest poi'U Sarnia branch of the G.T.R., 16 miles from Sarnia. It .Theire is good shooting and flshmg in the is also on the Petrolea branch of vicinity. Pop. 132. tne Michigan Central Ry. It is the centre of PETIT FORT, a small post settlement in the oil producing district, and contains several Placentia dist., Nfld., on the west side entrance churches of all denominations, about 40 stores, to Paradise Sound, opposite Great Para- 5 hotels, 2 branch banks, 1 private bank, 3 car- dise. It is a port of call for the weekly riage factories, 3 foundries, manufactories of vicinity, steamers from Placentia. Pop. of the torpedos, valves, cups, etc., and two printing including Kiloty's town, Non Such and Bum offices, issuing weekly newspapers. The prin- Island, about 300. cipal business is the production of petroleum, from PETIT LAC ABENAQUIS, a lake in Dorches- the oil wells of the vicinity, immense quantities being ter CO., Que. annually procured, and stored i:i underground tanks, whence it is PETIT LAC A L'EPAULE, a lake in Mont- shipped to various points. Pop. (census 1901), 4,135. morency

from Quebec. PETTY , HARBOR, an important fishing PETIT PRE, RIVIERE DU, in Montmorency settlement in St. John's co., Nfld., 9 miles from CO., Que., falls into the Si. Lawrence opposite St. John's, the capi'tal, on the Reid Nfld. RR. the Island of Orleans. It has 2 churches (R. C, and Episcopal), 5 PETIT ROCHER, a post village in Glouces- stores, 1 extensive electric power station, 1 near large cold ter CO., N.B., on the Elm Tree River, storage warehouse for supplying Chaleurs Bay, 2 miles from Petit Roche, a fresh frozen bait to fishermen, also 1 well- station on the I.C.R., 11 mUes north of Bath- equipped steam factory for the manufacture 1 urst. It has 4 R. C. churches, 12 stores, of cod liver oil, on the improved Norwegian 2 hotel, 2 grist and 3 saw mills, 3 cheese and principle. Pop., about 950. lobster canning factories, besides express and PETWORTH, a post settlement in Frontenac place telegraph offices. The industries of the CO., Ont., 4 miles from Yarker, on the Bay of (of are chiefly lumbering and fishing. Pop. Quinte Ry. It contains 2 stores and a black- parish), about 7,000. smith shop. PETIT SAGUENAY, a post settlement in PEVENSEY, a post settlement in Parry Chicoutimi oo.. Que., on a river of the name, Sound dist., Ont., 9 miles from Burke's FaUs. €0 miles from the line of the Quebec & Lake a station on the Toronto & North Bay line of the G.T.R. St. John RR., with port on the Saguenay River. It has 1 store and 2 saw miUs, be- PEVERIL, a post village in Vaudreuil co.. sides a telegraph office. Pop. 190. Que., on the River Delisle, 2 miles south of PETIT SAGUENAY RIVER, a small salmon Ste. Justine Station, on the Canada Atlantic stream running into the Saguenay River from RR., 3 miles north-east of Dalhousie Mills, on the south, in Chicoutimi co., Que. the C.P.R., and 4 miles north of River Beau- PETITSIKAPAU, a lake on the boundary be- dette, on the G.TjR. It hap. 1 general store, tween northern Que. and Ungava dist., N.E.T., saw. grist and carding mills and 1 cheese fac- near Dyke Lake and north of Lobstick Lake. tory. Pop. 75. Area in Ungava dist., 30,000 acres; area in PHEASANT FORKS, a post office In .Qu'Ap- northern Que., 30,000 acres. pelle dist., Prov. of Saskatchewan, on Phea- PETITS MBCHINS, a post village in Matane sant Creek, 6 miles from Lemberg, a station dist., Rimouski co.. Que., on a river of the on the Pheasant Hills branch of the C.P.R., name, 21 miles from Little Metis Station, on 115 miles north-west of Kirkella, In Brandon the I.C.R., 22 miles helow Rimouski, on south CO., Man. It contains 1 Methodist church and shore of the St, Lawrence River. It has 1 1 store. Roman Catholic church, 4 ^slores, 1 hotel and PHELEN, a station on the main line of the 5 mills, besides telegraph office. Pop. 600. C.P.R. In , Nipissing dist., Ont., 21 miles west PETPESWICK HARBOR, a post village and of Sudbury. station Halifax co., N.S., 28 small fishing in PHELPSTON, a post village In Simcoe co., miles east of Halifax. It contains 1 saw mill, Ont., on the Barrie & Penetang branch of the telegraph offices. i lobster cannery and G.T.R. , 20 miles (by rail) north of Allandale. PETREL, a post village in Macdonald CO., It contains 2 churches, telegraph and express Man., and a station on the C.N.R. It has offices, 3 stores and 1 hotel. Pop. 120. Presbyterian and Methodist meeting houses, 2 PHILLTPSBURG EAST, originally MIS- stores and elevator. The vicinity Is a good' SISQUOI BAY, an incorporated village of Que- farming one. Pop. 25. bec, Mlssisquoi co., on the east shore of 740 NOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

Missisquoi Bay, 2 miles from St. Armand ton. The village has 1 general store and S Station, on the Central Vermont RR., and on lobster canneries. Pop., 40. the Phillipsburg Ry. It has 2 churches (Epis- PICKERE-L LAKE, one of a group of lakes copal and Methodist), 2 stores, 2 schools, 2 In the extreme north part of Macdonald co., hotels, 1 grist and prepared food mill, 1 branch Man., between Long and Heron Lakes, on the bank (Eastern Townships), besides marble east side of Lake Winnipegosis. quarries operated in the neighborhood. Pop. PICKEREL LAKE, a lake in Muskoka dist., 300. Ont., abounding in salmon, trout, bass and PHILLIPlSBURO WEST, a post village in pickerel. Waterloo co., Ont., on River Nith, 3 miles from PICKERING, a post village, with port on Baden Station, on the G.T.R., and 12 miles Pickering Harbor on Lake Ontario, in Ontario from Berlin. It contains 1 Lutheran church, CO., Out., on Duffln's Creek, and a station on 1 stoxe, 1 hotel, 1 saw mill, 1 carriage and the G.T.R., 23 miles east of Toronto, and 6 blacksmith shop and telephone office. Pop., miles north of Whitby Jet. It has 7 churches about 200. (R.C., Epi^., Pres., Meth., Friends, Orthodox Friends and Disciples^, 5 stores, 1 hotel, 1 PHILLIP'S HEAD, a settlement in th^e dist. bank (Western), flour, grist and carding mills, of Twillingate, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 32. PHILLIPS LAKE, a lake in Montmorency 1 office furnishings and box factory, 1 printing and newspaper office ("Pickering News"), be- CO., Que. , _ ^, sides express and telegraph offices. Pop. 500. PHILLIP'S LAKE, a laice In Pontiac co.. PICK EYES, a settlement In the dist. of Que., affording good trout nshing. PHILLIPSTON, a post settlement in Hastings Port-de-Grave, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 68. PICTON. an incorix)rated town, capital of CO Ont. Belleville, on the main line of the point. Prince Edward co.. Ont., beautifully situated GT.R., is the nearest railway 'PHILLIPSVILLE, a post village in Leeds co., on the Bay of QulntS, 40 miles south south- Brockville, west of Kingston, and 34 miles from Belleville. Ont., ll^ miles from Elgin, on the Westport & Northwestern Ry. It contains 3 It is the southern terminus of the Central On- tario RR., connecting with the G.T.R. system churches, 2 stores, saw and grist mills, cheese offices. at Trenton, a distance of 32 miles. It is a box factory, telegraph and express port of entry; and besides the county buildings Pop., 200. and post office it has churches of 6 denomina- lake in Labelle co.. Que. PHILOMENE, a tions, 4 bank agencies (Montreal, Standard, PHINNBY'S MOUNTAIN, a settlement In 7 Metropolitan and United Empire), about 75 Annapolis co., N.S., on the Bay of Fundy. stores, 6 hotels, several public schools, 1 miles from Bridgetown, a station on the Do- saw and planing mill, 1 foundry, 4 minion Atlantic RR., 14 miles east of Anna- tear- riage and furniture factories, 3 canning ^ factories. 1 pottery, 2 pea warehouses PHOENIX,' a settlement in Yale-Cariboo dist., ex- Nor- press and 2 telegraph and telephone offices, B.C., and a station on the C.P.R. & Great besides 2 printing and newspaper offices It has a branch bank. thern Ry. rPicton "Cazette," semi-weekly, and "The PIC, a river in the dist. of Thunder Bay, Times," weekly^. In the navigation sea- northern Ont., takes its rise in McKay's Lake, son, six steamers ply daily to and from near the height of land separating the waters Kingston, Belleville, Napanee, and Tren- of Lake Superior from those of Hudson Bay, ton; the R. Gaultois, In Hermitage Bay, on more romantic and sheltered drives. In close lobster south coast of the island. Cod and proximity to the town are auarrles of a dark, place, fishing are the onlv Industries of the flne-ffrained sandstone, admirably adapted for from Point-aux- which Is distant 130 miles buUrJinfir pun)oses, the Bank of Nova Scoti<». Basques, the station on the Reid Newfound- building giving a fair Idea of the value of Bre- land Co.'s RR., nearest to Sydney, Cape the material for architectural uses. Extensive I^OVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 741 coal fields are to be found at Stellarton, West- PIEDMONT, a post settlement in Terrebonne vilie, and the Vale. The Foord Pit is at a CO., Que., and a station on the C.P.R. (Nomi- short distance from the thriving town of New ningue branch), 13 miles from St. Jerome. It Glasgow. The annual exports of coal are contains 3 stores, 1 hotel, saw and grist milla, large, and quantities are exported to Quebec, and 1 creamery. Pop. 50. Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. The harbor 1^ PIERRE, a small stream entering the south one of the finest on the south shore of the shore of the St. Lawrence lower down than Gulf of St. Lawrence. Steamers run regularly the River Ste. Anne des Monts, in Gaspe co.. to Boston, the Gulf Ports, Magdalen Islands, Que. Excellent for sea trout. Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton, and other PIERRE, a lake in Rimouski co., Que. places. The Pictou Academy was founded by PIERREVILLE, or ST. THOMAS, a thriving Act of Incorporation of the Legislature of Nova post village in Yamaska co.. Que., on th« Scotia in 1&18. It was modelled on the plan River St. Francis, near its entrance into tha of a Scottish university, but without the puwer St. Lawrence, a station on the Queoec, Mont- of conferring degrees. The fine brick and stone real & Southern RR., 28^ miles north-east of building of the Y.M.C.A. contains reading Sorel. It contains telegraph and express offices, room, free to strangers and to students attend- a dozen stores, saw, grist and carding mills, ing the academy. The building also affords ac- 1 branch bank and has a very extensive lum- commodation to the Sons of Temperance, lodge ber trade. Buckskin gloves, mitts and shoes of Good Templars and other temperance bodies. are made here in large quantities by a tribe The town also contains 2 banks, 2 telegraph of Abenakis Indians. Shipbuilding is also en- in. 1,108. offices, 3 newspaper offices, masonic hall, 7 gaged Pop. P1ERRDV1LL,E MILLS, a post settlement In. churches (Episcopal, R. C. chapel and convent, Yamaska co., Que., 4 miles from Pierreville 3 Presbyterian, 1 Baptist, and 1 Methodist), Station, on the Quebec, Montreal & Southern several hotels, a number of stores, sash and Ry. It contains 3 stores, 1 hotel (temperance), door factories, 1 iron foundry, several saw and 1 saw mill and butter and cheese factoriee. grist mills and tanneries. Pictou is a port of Pop., 200. entry. Its streets are lighted with electric in Port- light. Pop., about 3,235. PIERRICHE, GRANDE RIVIERE, PICTOU, a county of Nova Scotia, border- neul CO., Que., running into the north-east ing on Northumberland Strait. The surface of bank of the St. Maurice, below the River Pictou county is exceptionally hilly, and inter- Windigo, in Champlain co. sected with numerous streams flowing chiefly PIERRICHE, LITTLE, a small river in into Merigomisn. Pictou and CariDoo Harbors, Champlain co.. Que. on its coast. The soil is remarkably fertile. PIERSON, a post village in Brandon co., The rock that underlies the surface is the De- Man., on the Napinka & Estevan branch of the vonian limestone. The county contains rfch C.P.R., 23 miles from Napinka. It contains 5 mines of coal and iron ore. The coal deposits stores, 2 hotels, 4 grain elevators, 1 lumber comprise ten strata: The main coal band is 33 yard, 1 carpenter shop, 1 blacksmith shop, I feet in thickness, with 24 feet of good coal. livery stable, 3 implement agencies, 1 branch telegraph Next to Halifax, Lunenburg, Cumberland and bank (Northern), besides express and Cape Breton, Pictou is the most populous offices. Pop. 150. ^^^ ^^_ in Kings co., N.B., CO. in Nova Scotia. It is settled mostly by PIBRSTON, a post village Scotch Highlanders. Area, 719,360 acres. Tne 10 miles from Hampton Station, on the I.C.K., the New Bruns- county is served by the railway lines of the and 6 miles from Jubilee, on wick Ry. Pop. 69. I.C.R. and the Nova Scotia Steel Co. Capital, . „ « . ^ PIGEON BLUFF, a post office In Selkirk Pictou. Pop., in 1901, 33,459. Lower Fort Garry. PICTOU ISLAND, a post settlement in Pictou CO., Man., 6^ miles from HILL, a post village in Missisquol CO., N.S., 10 miles from Pictou, a station on PIGEON miles from the Province line the I.C.R. CO., Quebec, 131^ and 4 miles from St. Armand. It contains 1 LANDING, north of New Glasgow, PICTOU chufl-ch (Episcopal), and 1 hotel. The nearest Pictou CO., N.S., a post settlement on the soutli station is St. Armands, on the St. Albans & St. on the line of the side of Pictou Harbor, Johns RR. This village was tha scene of contains 4 stores and a telegraph I.C.R. It Fenian outrages in June, 1866. Pop., 200. office. Pop. 200. PIGEON HILL, a post settlement in Glou- PICTOU ROAD, a post village in Guysboro cester CO., N.B., 15 miles from Shippegan, on CO., N.S., on the West River St. Mary's, 11 the Caraquet Ry. from Sunnybrae Station, on the Nova miles PIGEON LAKE, a post village in Maodonald Scotia Steel Co.'s line. It has 1 Presbyterian CO., Man., on Assiniboine River, 6 miles froan church, 2 stores, 1 hotel and 1 eaw mill. Pop. from Win- Meadows, on the C.P.R. , 22 miles 117. nipeg. It contains 1 store and 1 hotel. PIDGEON, a post settlement in Megantic teo.. PIGEON LiAKE, a small lake in the ProT. Que. Plessisville, on the Richmond & Quebec of Saskatchewan, near the Saskatchewan River, branch of the G.T.R., is the nearest station. well stocked with fish. PIED-DES-MONTS, a lake In Charlevoix co., PIGEON RIVER, a river of Durham co., Ont, Que. PIGEON RIVER, ris^s In Keewatin dist., PIEDMONT, a post village In Pictou co., N.W.T., and flows into Lake Winnipeg. N.S., a station on the I.C.R., 19 miles east of PIGEON RIVER, Man., in Selkirk co., riaem New Glasgow, and 3 miles from Merigomish in GToose Lake, and flows north-westerly into Harbor. It contains 2 stores, 1 hotel, 1 saw Lake Winnipeg. mill, 1 furniture and wire factory, and 1 tele- PIKE BAY, a post settlement in Bruce co., graph office. Pop., about 500. Ont., 16 miles from Wiarton, on the G.T.R. It. 742 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OJ? THE DOMINION PF CANADA.

contains 2 stores, 2 saw mills and 1 totel. Pop., newspaper office (The "Echo"), and express and 175. telegraph offices. Pop., 600. PIKE CREEK, a post office in Essex oo., PINCH GUT, a settlement In the dist. of Pla- Ont., and a station on the G.T.R., 10 miles from centia and St. Mary's, Nfld. Pop, (1901), 19. Windsor. PINCH GUT TICKLE, a settlement in the PIKE FALLS, Lianark co., Ont. See Port dist. of Placentia and St. Mary's, Nfld. Pop. Elmsley. (1901). 42. PIKE LAKE, a small lake in Pontiac co., PINCOURT, a post settlement in Terrebonne 'Que. CO., Que., 4 miles from Terrebonne, on the PIKE LAKE, a small lake ia Terrebonne co., Montreal & Quebec branch of the C.P.R. It 9ue. contains 2 churches (Anglican and Roman PIKE RIVER, a small river In Misslsquol Catholic), 1 store, flour and saw mills, 2 tele- graph offices CO., Que. and 1 telephone office. Pop., 300. PIKE mVER, a post village in Mi&sisquol PINE, a post settlement in the dist. of Al- goma East, Ont., CO., Que., on a tributary of the Richelieu River, on Windy Lake Creek, and a 1% miles from Stanbridge and 1% miles from station (named BAHNSEN) on the main line of the C.P.R., Des Rivi6res. It has water communication 5 miles east of .Cartier, 29 miles west with Sorel on the north and with ports on La^e of Sudbury, and 110 miles west of North Bay. It contains Champlain on the south, and contains R. C. 1 small general store and 1 saw mill (capacity, and Methodist churches, 1 store, 1 hotel. 1 20,000 feet of lumber uer day). Pop., 32 (besides grain mill, 1 buttery, 1 carriage factory and 1 men employed in the saw mill in besides express tele- summer, and in the woods in blacksmith shop, and winter). graph offices. At Stanbridge it has connec- tion with the C.P.R, and Cen. Vermont RR. PINE, a lake In Pontiac co., Qu«. systems. Pod. 400. PINE CREEK, a station on the Varcoe branch of the PIKE'S ARM, a settlement In the dlat. oi C.P.R., in Portage la Prairie co.. Man Twlllln>?ate, Nfld. Pop. 0901), 156. 11 miles from Magregor Station. PIKITIGOUCHING, or PIKITIGUSHI RIVER, PINE DALE, a post settlement in Ontario CO., Ont., a river of Thunder Bay dist., Ont., flows 2 miles from Blackwater Jet., on the G.T.R. flat with apparently good Pod.. 30. through a region, PINE GROVE, soil, into Wlndlgo Bay, in the northern part a post settlemei^t In York CO., Ont., ij of Lake Niplgon, but its course is extremely miles from Woodbridge, on the crooked. A*ir^^*°V.^^*"«^^^^l® * Owen Sound branch of C.P R. It contains PILES BRANCH JUNCTION, a station on 1 store, 1 hotel and 1 flour mill. Poi). 250. the C.P.R., 2 miles from Three Rivers, Que. PINE HILL, a post village In Argenteuil PILETTE CORNERS, a post office in Sand- co.. Que., on the West River, 10 miles from La- wich East township, Essex co., Ont., 1^ miles chute, a station on the Can. from Walkerville, on the G.T.R. and Pere Mar- Northern Quebec Ry. It has 1 lumber quette Ry. mill j»ud 1 cheese fa-ctory Pop., about 200. PILGRIMS, four islands lying off the south PINEHURRT. a rural post hamlet in Kent co shore of the St. Lawrence, below L'lelet. They Ont., Zi miles from Mull, a station on are mere piles of rocks covered with low brush- th>e Mich. Central RR. It has 1 Methodist church Wood and a few trees. Port. 70. PILOT BAY. a post office In Kootenay diat, PINE ISLANiD, In the Rive^r St. Francis, In B.C., on Kootenay Lake, and a port of call of Drummond co.. Que., between Wlckham 'and the C.P.R. steamers, 25 miJp<: from Nel?on. Upton. PILOT BTTT'''^. a T»ost settlement In the d'=t. of Assiniboia West, Sask., and a station on the PINP LAKE, a post village In Stra^hcona main line C.P.R., 50 miles east of Moose Jaw. dist, Prov. of Alberta, near Penhold Station, PILOT MOITNiD, a post village in Lisear co.. on the Caleary & Edmonton branch of the Man., a station on the Deloralne branch of C.P.R., 85 miles north of Calgary. tfce C.P.R., 125 miles west of Winnipeg. It PINE LAKE), a lake In Thunder Bav dist., contains 5 churches (R. C, Epis,, Meth.. Prep, Ont., near Ignace, on the C.P.R., north-west and Baptist), 15 stores, 2 hotels, 1 oatmeal mill, of Lake Superior, about 7^ miles long by I14 1 flour mill, 1 private bank and 2 chartered miles wide, banks. 1 newspaper and printing office C^Xlot PINE LAKE, a lake in Haldimand co., Ont. Mound "Sentinel"), 2 mills and 5 grain eleva- PINELANDS, a summer resort on Lflke Jo- tors, 2 lumber yards and telegraph and express seph, close to Port Sandfleld, In the dI^^ of offices. Pop. 550. Muskoka. Ont,, 26 miles from Gravenhurst, on PIMOKA, a lake in Chicoutimi oo.. Que., in the G.T.R., at the foot of Muskoka Lake, from the township of Dufferin. which. In the season, there Is daily steamboat PINAGE, one of a group of lakes in the east- connection with Pinelands. It has 2 hotels, ern pa^Tt of Algoma dist., Ont., south-east of with express and telepraph service at Port the Danish River, and north of Killarney, on Sandfleld. Pop., under 50. the Georgian Bay. PINE ORCHARD, a post village In York Co., PINCHARD'S ISLlA.ND, a settlement in the Ont., on the Can. Northern Ontario Rv., 7-P> dist. of Bonavista, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 512. miles north-east of Toronto. It has 9. Fr^o-nric' PINCHER CREEK, a post village in Alb^^ta meeting houses, 1 chopping mill, with exnress Province, a station on the C.P.R. (2 miles dis- arfl fcie^rfinh offices at Newmarket. Pon 100. tant), 31 miles from Macleod. It contains 4 PINE RTDGB, a post office In Selkirk co., churches (Presbyterian, Methodist. Roman Man. Wlnnioes: is the nearest station. Catholic and Episcopal), 9 stores, 3 hotels, 2 PINIP RIDGE, a v

Haroaurt, on the I.C.R., midway between PINS, RIVIERE AUX. rises in Lake Cutia- Moncton and Chatham Jet. ((36 miles). It lias tendl, in Portneuf co.. Que., and, taking a 2 echools. Pop., about 160. southerly course of 15 miles, empties itself PINE RIVER, a post office in Marquette CO., into Lak« Ontari«tsi, or St. Joseph. M^an., and a station on the Prince Albert PINTENDRE, a post settlement in Levis co.. branch of the Can. Northern RR., 10 miles Que. north of Garland and 11 miles south of Sc.ater. PINTO, a post office in Assa. East dist., Prar, It lies west of Liake Winnipegosis and east of of Saskatchewan and a station on the Portal' the Duck Mountains. branch of the C.P.R., 8 miles from North PortaL PINE RIVEiR, a small river in Queens co., PIONEER, a post settlement in Carleton co.,' PET N.B., 8 miles from Florenceville Station, oa PINE RIVER, in Omineca dist., B.C., a feeder the C.P.R. from the north of the Peace River, north of PIOPOLIS, a post village In Compton co.. Fort St. John. Que., on the west shore of Lake Megantic, 1|L PINE RIVER, a post settlement in Bruce miles from Lake Megantic Station, on the' CO., Oat.. 8 miles from Kincardine, on the C.P.R. There is good fishing in the rivers, Palmerston & Kincardine branch of the G.T.R. within a radius of 15 miles; also deer and par- Pop., i,5. tridge hunting. It contains 1 Roman Catholle- PINE RIVER, two streams of the name which church, grist and saw mill, and general store. fall into the Peace River, west and east of Fort Pop., 460. St. John in Omineca dlsi., B.C., near to the PIPER'S COVE, a post village in Cape Breton' western boundary of the Province of Alberta. CO., Nova Scotia, on Bras d'Or Lake, 2^ miles PINE'S COVE, a settlement in the dlst, of from (.Christmas Island) Grand Narrows, on tho^ St. Barbe, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 32. I.C.R., 40 miles from Sydney. It has 1 RomaUc PINE TREE, a post settlement in Pictou Catholic church, 1 store, 1 grist mill, saw mill, CO., N.S., 1 mile from Woodburn, on the I.CR. with express and telegraph offices at GranA (Tr'urc & Sydney branch). Narrows Station. Pop. 100. PINETTE, a post village in Queens co., PIPER'S GLEN, a post settlement in Inver- P.E.I., 24 miles from Charlottetown. It con- ness CO., N.S. (Cape Breton Island), on the, grist tains 1 Presbyterian church, 1 store, saw, Margaree River, 9 miles from Strathlorne Sta- and carding mills, 4 lobster canneries, and 1 tion, on the Inverness & Richmond RR., near tannery, besides 1 telephone office. Pop., 200. Lake Ainslie. There is iron ore In the deposits PINE VALE, a post village in a farming of the neighborhood, and much lumber in the^ dist., in Antigonlsh co., N.S., on the South woods. It contains 1 saw mill. River, 10 miles from Antigoni&h, on the I.CR. PIPER'S HOLE, a settlement In the dis\ cH Pop. (1901),' It contains 1 Roman Catholic church and 1 Placentia and St. Mary's, Nfld. cheese factory. 108. FINE VAJjL^Y, a post settlement in Pro- PIPER'S HOLE RIVER, of Newfoundland, of Pla- vencher co., Man. Winnipeg is the nearest runs into Piper's Hole, the termination railway point. centia Bay. This river extends a considerable PINE VALLEY, a post settlement in Ren- distance inland. It is with difficulty navigated by canoes on account of much broken water frew CO., Ont. , easy PINE WATER LAKE, la Merrick township, and falls, though at Intervals there are valley is not wide, but coiH Nlpissing dist., N. Ont., reached by way of stretches. The timber. Mvdock Station, on the Temlskaming & Nor- tains some good soil and fair post settlement in Russell thern Ontario RR. PIPERVILLE, a CO., Ont., and a station on the New York & PINEWOO©, a station in Rainy River dist., Ottawa miles south of Ottawa. north-west Ont., on the Canadian Northern Rv.. U a post village in Brandon co., RR., 12 miles east of Rainy River, on the Lake PIPESTONE, Man., the Areola branch of the C.P.R., of the Woods. on PINEY, a station on the Ridgeville section about 30 miles west of Souris. It contains H of the Can. Northern Ry., in Provencher co., churches (Presbyterian and Methodisf), H Man., 47 miles east of Emerson. stores, 2 hotels, 1 branch bank and telegraph Pop. 150. PINKERTON, a post village in Bruce co„ and express offices. PIPMATTKIN LAKE, in the north-east i->or- Ont., on Teeswater River, U miles from Pin- miles north- tion of Chicoutimi co.. Que. Area, 64,000 acres. kerton Station, on the G.T.R. , 11 a village In Guys- west of Walkerton. It contains 2 churches, 5 PIRATE HARBOUR, the Strait of Canso, stores, woollen factory, grist and saw mills, 1 borouerh co.. N.S., on % contains hotel, besides express, telephone and telegraph mile from Mulgrave. on the I.CR. It express of- offices, PoT). 200. 2 stores. 1 hotel, and telegraph and PINKERTON STATION, a station on tbe Pal- fices. Pod., under 150. merston & Southampton branch of the G.T.R., PISATONGUE LAKE, in Wright and La- 8 m'lles from W^alkerton. The post office is call- belle counties. Que., connected with the Gati- ed Eden Grove. neau River. PINKIE, a station on the C.P.R., in Assini- PISCAMINEAU, a river of Temiscouata CO., boia West, Sask.. 4 miles from Regina. Quebec, runs Into the Madawaska in N.B. Its PINKNEY POINT. « nost settlement in Yar- banks are covered with immense quantities or mouth CO., N.S.. 13 miles from Yarmouth, on pine. the Dominion Atlantic and Halifax & South- PISCATOSIN. a lake in Wright co.. Que., in' w^st'Prn Pys. the township of Baskat'~>ne. PINNACHE. a post settlement in Richmond ^»ISNAY. a river of Quebec, runs south-.w«Ft CO.. Que., 6 m'les from Danville, on the Rich- into thp St. Maurice. mond & Quebec branch of the G.T.R, PISQUID, a pcyst village In the north-east Ui NOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. part of Queens co., P.E.I., on the Prince Ed- It has 1 small water-power lumber mill, besides ward Island Ey., 21 miles from Charlottetown. express and telegraph offices. Pop, (1901), 37. Pop. 160. PLACENTIA MAN'S COVE, a small fishing setblemenit in the district of Placentia PISQUID EOAD, a settlement in Queens co., and St. Mary's, Nfld., on Mortier Bay, 11 miles P.!..!., 4 mixes from jeeaK.e Natation, rop. 3uo. from Burin. Pop. 35. PISQUIT, a river of Prince Edward Island, PLAINFIBLD, a post village in Hastings co., one o£ ttie principal tributaries of the Hills- borough River. Ont., on Moira River, 10 miles from Belleville, PISSAOUTICHE RIVER, a small stream run- on the G.T.R. It contains 2 churches, grist and mills, 2 cheese ning into the Saguenay, Que. saw factories, 1 hotel and PlSTOLJEJT ISLiAND, an island and fishing 2 stores. Pop., about 300. PLAINFIBLD, a post village in Pictou co., tation in a bay of the same name, on tne N.S., on the east branch i'rench shore, Jsnd., 7 miles from Cape Norman. of the River John, 5 I'iicHii.Kfc) i*AJttM, a post naanlet in Auugo- miles from Scotsburn and Meadowville Sta- tions, on the Oxford Pictou branch of the nish CO., N.S., 7 miles from Antigonish, on the & Intercolonial RR., 9 14 miles I.C.R. Pop., 40. and respwtively PITMAN ROAD, a station in Yarmouth co., from Pictou. It contains 1 general store. Pop., 140. K.S., on the Dominion Atlantic RR., 10 miles jaorth-east of Yarmouth. PLAINS OF ABRAHAM, a table land Imme- PITT ARCHIPELAGO, in the Pacific Ocean, diately south-west of the City of Quebec. Here Off the coast of British Columbia, is mostly Generals Wolfe and Montcalm, the respective between lat. 52° and tA^ N., Ion. 150^ W. Pitt commanders of the British and French forces, Island, the largest of the group, is about 75 were killed in the action of the 18th Septem- miles in length from north-west to south-east. ber. 1759. Several other islands in the Pacific have this PLAINVIEW, a post settlement in Qu'Ap- name. pelle dist., Sask., 27 miles from Yorkton, on PITT LAKE, B.C., whose waters are drained the Northwestern branch of the C.P.R. l)y the Pitt River into the Fraser, a few miles PLAISANCE, a post village in Labelle co.. «ast of New Westminster. Que., on the North Nation River at ite junc- PITTSBURG, Frontenac CO., Ont. See Bal- tion with the Ottawa. It is a station on tixe lantynes. north shore of the Ottawa river division of the C.P.R. , PITT'S FERRY, a post village in Frontenac 24 miles west of Calumet, and 35 miles east of Hull (opposite Ottawa City). It CO., Ont., 5 miles from Kingston, and 8 miles is with- in 3 miles from Gananoque, both on the G.T.R. Pop. of of the Falls on the North Nation River, and there is abundant water-power to dlst., about 100. be utilized for mills and factories. It has 2 post settlement in Grenville PiTTSTON, a chui*ches (Roman Catholic and Presbyterian), CO., Ont., 5 miles from Cardinal, on the G.T.R. 2 stores, 1 hotel and 1 cheese factory, besides factory. It contains 2 stores and a cheese express and telegraph offices. Pop., about 700 PIUSVILLE, a post settlement in Prince CO.; PLAISTER COVE, Inverness co., N.S. See P.E.I., and a station on the P. E. I. Ry., 20 Port Hastings. miles from Tignish. PLAISTER MINES, a post hamlet In Victoria PIZAGONQUE, a lake in St. Maurice CO., CO., N.S., 12 miles from Grand Narrows, and Que., in the township of Belleau. 7 miles from Baddeck. Pop., 75. PLACEiNTIA, a seaport town of Newfound- PLAMONDON MILLS, a post village In land, on the western coast of the peninsula, ex- Wolfe CO., Que., on the Nicolet River, 16 miles tending from the south-eastern side of the from Weedon Station, on the Quebec Central Island, In about lat. 47° 11' 30" N., 53° 55' RR., 12 miles north of Dudswell Jet., and 36 W., and a station on the Reid Nfld RR., 20 miles north-east of Sherbrooke. It has 1 store, miles south-east of Placentia Jet., and 81 miles 1 saw mill, 1 grist mill and 1 butter and cheese «outh-east of St. John's. The harbor has 3J factory. fathoms of water; and on either side of its en- PLAiNTAGENET, a post village In Pre^cott trance, which is not more than 60 fathoms CO., Ont., on tho Nation River (not navigable), •cross, stands a fort. Placentia was first set- 1 mile from Plantagenet Springs Station, on tled by the French in 1626 and strongly forti- the C.P.R., 41 miles east of Ottawa City, and fied, and for many years withstood the attacks 9 miles west of Caledonia Springs. It has 3 of British squadrons. It is a post town and a churches (R.C., Epis. and Pres.), 9 stores, 3 port of entry, and chiefly settled by fishermen. hotels, 1 woollen and 3 saw and grist mills, It contains 2 churches Catholic (Roman and 1 branch bank, besides express and telegrapfi Episcopal), 6 lar.s:e and several small stores, 1 offices. Pop., about 300. large and 4 small hotels, 2 saw mills and tele- PLANTAGENET SPRINGS STATION, a post graph and express ofiices. Steamers ply be- settlement in Prescott co., Ont., and a station tween Placentia and the chief ports of the on the C.P.R. (short line), 41 miles from Ot- colony, as well as with Sydney, Cape Breton, tawa. N.S. Pop. (1901), 624. PLANTE, a small stream running dnto tlie PLACENTIA BAY, a deep Inlet the on Richelieu River, near St. Ours, Que. outhern coast of Newfoundland, in 75 miles PLASTER ROCK, a post settlement In Vic- length and nearly 60 miles in breadth, at its toria CO., N.B., and a terminal station on the entrance between Ste. Cape Marie and Chapeau Tobique Valley branch of the C.P.R. Rouge. PLATEAU, a post settlement In Macken'^Ie PLACENTIA JUNCTION, In Trinity dist., dist,, Sask., 14 miles from Canora, on the Nfld., a station on the Reid Nfld. Ry., 7 miles Edmonton division Can, Northern Ry. from Whitbourne, and 64 miles from St. John's. PLATE COVE, a fishing settlement In Bona- LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 745

vista dlst., Nftd., 37 miles from Shoal Harbor PLEASANT LAKE, in Annapolis co., N.S., Station, on the Reid Nfld. RR. It has 2 gives rise to a branch of the River La Have, churches (Roman Catholic and Episcopal), 2 and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. stores, 1 oil factory, 1 lobster vanning factory. PLEASANT LAKE, a post village in Yar^ Pop. 394. mouth CO., N.S., on the Salmon River, and a PLLA.TTSVILi.E. a post village in Oxford CO., station on the Halifax & South Western RR., Ont., on Nith River, 4 miles from Bright, on 9 miles from Yarmouth. It has 2 United the G.T.R., 14 miles north-west of Paris, It Baptist churches, 3 stores, 2 lumber mills and contains 3 churches, 9 stores, 1 hotel, 1 saw telegraph office. Pop. 357. mill, 1 grist mill, 1 cabinet factory, 1 branch PLEASANT MOUNT, a village in Albert co., bank, telegraph and express offices, and 1 print- N.B., on the PoUet River, a tributary of the ing office issuing a weelcly newspaper. Pop. Petitcodiac, 5 miles from Elgin, a station on the Elgin & Havelock RR. It is in a good PLAYFAIRVILLE, a post hamlet in Lanark region for moose, deer and partridge shoot- miles CO., Ont, on the Mississippi River, 12 ing. It has 3 churches (Roman Catholic, Bap- seat, a station the from the county and on tist and Methodist), 4 stores, 2 hotels, 1 grist C.P.R. It contains 1 Methodist church and 1 mill and 1 butter factory, besides express and saw mill. In the vicinity are iron mines, not telegraph offices. Pop., about 450. now, however, worked. Pop. 30. POINT, a post village, pictur- PLAY GREEN LAKE, a beautiful lake in the PLEASANT situated on the Scugog River and Stur- Saskatchewan dist., north of the Province of esquely Victoria co., Ont., 4 miles from Manitoba, so called from the accumulation of geon Lake, in on the C.P.R. (Lindsay a brightly green water weed on certain parts Dunsford Station, branch), 8 miles from Bobcaygeon. It has 3 of it, and more particularly at its entrance. It (Epis., Pres. and Meth.), 2 stores, is full of bare rocky islets, on which are found churches shop, and 1 sleigh, waggon and large quantities of gulls' eggs. This lake is, 1 blacksmith besides express and telegraph properly speaking, an arm of Lake Winnipeg. carriage factory, offices. Pop., 120. Out of it flows Nelson River, and at Its head station in Macdonald stands Norway House. The fishing in this PLEASANT POINT, a Man., on the Can. Northern RR., 6 milea lake forms one of the principal sources of food CO., and 11 miles south-east of Car- for the use of the Fort. Sturgeon of excellent west of Arizona quality are taken in great abundance through- berry. POINT, a post hamlet in Halifax out the summer. PLEASANT Musquodoboit River, 40 miles PLEASANT BAY, a post settlement on the CO., N.S., on the Halifax, or 30 by water (on the Atlantic). Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the north-west coast from churches (Methodist and Baptist). of Inverness co. (Cape Breton), N.S., 68 miles It has 2 from Inverness, a station on the Inverness Pop. 57. & Richmond RR., and 90 miles from Orang-e- PLEASANT POINT, a post village in St. John dale Station, on the I.C.R. It has 1 Presby- CO., N.B., 1 1-4 miles from Fairville, on the terian church, 2 stores, 1 grist and 3 saw mills, Fairville branch of the C.P.R. and 1 lobster canning factory, besides 1 tele- PLEASANT RIDGE, a post settlement in graph office. Pop., about 200. Charlotte co., N.B., 6 miles from Dumbarton, PLEASANT BAY. an inlet on the shores of or the St. Andrews branch of the C.P.R. the Magdalen Islands, in the Gulf of St. Law- PLEASANT RIVER, a post village in Queens rence. Its waters abound with mackerel and CO., N.S., on Pleasant River, Z^ miles from herring, while large quantities of lobsters are Brookfield Station, on the Nova Scotia South- exportation. taken from them and canned for ern Ry. It contains 4 churches (Baptist, Con- PLEASANT BAY, a bay in Prince Edward gregational, Lutheran and Episcopal, 2 stores, of a mile wide. CO.. Ont., 4 miles long and % 2 hotels and 1 shingle mill. Pop. 202. the dist. PLEASANT COVE, a settlement in PLEASANT RIVER, a post village in Queens 76. of St. George, Nfld. Pop. (1901). N.S., noted for trout. It flows near the north- settlement in tbe PLEASANT FORKS, a west comer of Lunenburg co. Prov. of Saskatchewan (formerly Assinibola, PLEASANT VALE, a post settlement in Al- from Wolseley, on the C.P.R. N.W.T.), 30 miles bert CO., N.B., 10 miles from Petitcodiac, at the store. It contains 1 Methodist church and 1 junction of the Moncton and St. John branch Pop., 300. of the I.C.R. with the Elgin & Havelock Ry. PLEASANT GROVE, a post settlement in In- PLEASANT VALLEY, a post settlement in 7 miles from Milford, verness CO., N.S., 4 miles from York Station, Humboldt dist., Sask., Can. Nor- on the P.E.I. Ry. on the Prince Albert section of the PLEASANT HARBOR, a post settlement in thern Ry. Halifax co.. N.S., 60 miles from Halifax City. PLEASANT VALLEY, a village in Colchester miles PLEASANT HILLS, a post settlement in Col- CO. N S., on the Shubenacadie River, 3 clester co., N.S., 21 miles from Londonderry, from Brookfield, on the I.C.R. It contains 2 a station on the I.C.R. churches (Presbyterian and Baptist), saw and PLEASANT HOME, a post village in Selkirk grist mills and telegraph office. Pop., under CO., Man., on Nettley Creek, 5 miles from Teu- 100. lon, a station on the Teulon branch of the PLEASANT VALLEY, a post village In Yar- miies C.P.R., 40 miles north of Winnipeg. It contains mouth CO., N.S., on the Salmon River. 3 1 (Methodist church, 4 stores and 1 chopping from the Brazil Lake Station on the Dominion mill. Pop. 150. Atlantic RR., 13 miles north of Yarmouth. It PLEASANT LAKE, a small lake near Hali- has 1 Baptist church, 1 general store and 2 office. Pop., fax, N.S.. with afi outlet In Halifax Harbor, lumber mills, besides one telephone on the Altantic. 75, .

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PLEASANT YALil^EY, a setUement ia Plctou PLYMOUTH, a post village in Carleton c« * CO., N.S., on the Middle River, 4 miles from N.B., on the Meduxnikeag River, 5 miles from Westville Station, on the I.C.R. (Pictou Woodstock, on the C.P.R. Pop., 75. branch), 10 miles from Plctou. Pop., 80. PLifMauTH, a post settlement in Yarmouth PLEASANT VALJJBY. a post village aax^ CO., N.S., 7 miles from Yarmouth, on the Dom. farming and lumbering settlement in Anti- Atlantic and Halifax & South Western Ky. gonish CO., N.S., on White's River, 6 miles PLYMOU'iH, a post settlement in Carleton from Antigonish, on the I.C.R. It has 1 gene- CO., N.B., 5 miles from Woodstock, on the ral store. Pop., 225. C P.R. PLEASANT VALLEY, a post settlement ^n PLYMOUTH ROAD, a post village in Pictou Dundas CO., Ont., 12 miles north of Iroquois, CO., N.S., on the East River, 1 mile from Stel- and a s1)ation on the G.T.R., 14 miles east of larton, a station on the I.C.R., 14 miles south Prescott. Pop. 94. of Pictou. Pop., about 200.

• PLEASANT VALLEY CORNER, a post set- PLYMPTON, a post office in Macdonald co., tlement in Yarmouth co„ N.S., 4 miles from Man.. 10 miles from Winnipeg. Brazil Lake, a station on the Dominion At- PLYMPTON STATION, a post village in Digby CO., lantic Ry. N.S., on the south side of St. Mary's Bay, and a station (IJ miles distant) on the post office 1), in PLEASANT VIEW, a (LOT Dominion Atlantic RR., 8 miles north-east of Prince co., P.E.I., 4 miles from St. Louis, on Weymouth, with port on Everett's Lake. It the P.E.I. Ry. ships cons'iderable bark, lumber and produce PLEASANTVILLE, a post settlement in to the United States and West Indies. It has Lunenburg co.. N.S., 6 miles from Bridge- 3 churches (Roman Catholic, Methodist and water, on the Halifax & South Western Ry. Baptist), 4 stores, 1 hotel and 1 steam lumber PLEASINGTON, a post settlement in Strafch- mill, and a telephone office. Pop., about 700 cona dist., Alta., 13 miles irom Killam, on the PLYMPTON TOWN LINE, a station on the Wetaskiwin branch of the C.P.R. G.T.R., in Lambton co., Ont., 2 miles from FLEONA, a post settlement in Frontenac co., Petrol ea. Ont., 17 miles from Lavant Station, on the POCKMOUCHE, a river In Gloucester oo., K. & P. Ry. N.B., enters the south shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, miles south-west PLBSSISVILLEJ, an Incorporated village in 5Vfe of Shlpplgan Gully, below Chaleurs Bay. Total length about the township of Somerset, Megantic co., Que, 40 miles, up 19 of which the tide flows. It is on Riviere Blanche, and on the G.T.R., 15 navigable for schooners of 20 to 30 tons bur- miles from Arthabaska, and 46 miles south- then for 12 miles. Canoes can ascend a dis- west of Quebec. It contains 1 Roman Catholic tance of 25 miles. It Is frequented by gas- church, several saw, grist and carding mills, pereaux, salmo-n, bass, trout and eels. 2 tanneries, 2 iron foundries, telegraph office, POCKMOUCHE ISLAND (INKERMAN P. O.). convent, 3 hotels, 7 stores, 1 piano factory, 1 in Gloucester co., N.B., on the Pockmouche agricultural implement factory and 1 branch River, wi)th station on the Caraquet & North bank. It is the market centre of a considerable Shore RR., and port at Pockmouche Gully, In district. Pop., 1,588. Gulf of St. Lawrence. PLOtNGE, LAC LA, situate partly In the It has 1 Roman Catholic church, 4 stores, 1 hotel northern part of the Prov. of Saskatchewaii, and 1 fish establish- ment, besides and partly in the southern part of Athabaska express aua telegraph offices. 800. dist. (Prov. of Alberta). Area, in Athabaska, Pop. 165,000 acres; in Saskatchewan, 80,0C0 acres; to- POCKSHAW, a Twst settlement In Gloucester tal, 245,000 acres. CO., N.B., on the Pockshaw River and Chaleurs Bay. It Is PLOURD, a post settlement in Victoria co., a station (2 miles distant), on the Caraquet N.B., 3 miles from St. Jacques, on the Temis- RR., near Grand Anse, and 26 mj'les couata Ry. north-east of Ba/thurst, on the I.C.R. It has 1 general store. 1 hotel, saw and grist mills, PLUMAS, a post office In Macdonald co., and 1 lobster factory, Man., and a telegraph office. and a station on the Can. Northern RR., Pop. 100. 14 miles north-west of Gladstone, and 32 miles POCKWOCK. a pretty lake in Halifax co.. south of (McCreary Jet. It has 1 branch bank. Nova Scotia, about 15 miles north-west Hall- PLUM COULEE, a post village in Liagar of fax. It is of an irregular shape, indented with CO., Man., a station on the C.P.R. . 66 miles several bays, and discharges its waters into St. from Winnipeg. has Baptist church, 10 It 1 Margaret's Bay through the North Eapt River. stores, 2 hotels, 7 grain elevators, 5 machine POCKWOCK, a post hamlet in Halifax co., shops, 1 flour mill, 1 flax warehouse, 2 lumber N.S., on the Pockwock River, 13 miles from yards and 2 blacksmith shops, besides telegraph Bedford, stations on the I.C.R, and Domii,ion and express offices. Pop. 550. Atlantic Ry., 8 miles from Halifax. It has 2 PLUM HOLLOW, a post settlement iu Loeds lumber mills. CO., Ont., 5 miles north-west of Athens, on tb« POGAMASING, a station on the C.P.R., in Brockville, Westport & North-Western Ry. It Algoma dist., Ont., north-west of Sudbury. It contains 2 churches and 1 cheese factors'. contains telegraph and express offices. Pop., 75. POHENAGAMOOKE, a post village on a lake PLUM LAKE, one of a group of laKos !n of the same name close do the international Brandon co., Man., south of Oak Lake. boundary in Kamouraska co., Que., .23 miles PLUMWEESEP, a post settlement in Kings from St. Alexandre Station, on the I.C.R., 12 CO., N.B., and a station on the Moncton & miles jsouth-west of Riviere du Loup. It has St. John branch of the I.C.R., 47 miles from 1 Roman Catholic church, 4 stores, 2 hotels, St. Jo-hn. and 10 saw mills. Pop. of dist., abojjt 600. love:ll's gazetteer op the pominjo.n of ca.napa. 74T

POHENBGAMOOKE, a lake in Kamouraaka POINTE AU GOEMAN, a post settlement ia CO., Que., througli which juns the River St. Gaspe CO., Que., 90 miles from Little Metis, a Francis. station on the I.C.R. It has 1 store, 3 sayr POHONAN, a village in Saskatchewan Prov., mills and 1 grist mill. 40 miles from Prince Albert. It contains 1 POINTE AU PIC, a post village and water- English charch and 1 grist mill. ing place on the St. Lawrence River, in Char- POIGNAN, a lake in Pontiac co., Que. levoix CO., Que., 10 miles from St. Denis' Wharf,, POINT ABINO. Welland co., Out. See Ridge- opposite Murray Bay, and a station (Riviere- way, 2 miles distant, on the G.T.R. (Buffalo & Quelle), on the I.C.R., 35 miles west of Riviere Stratford branch), 8 miles west of Fort Erie. du Loup. It has 2 chapels (R.C. and Epis- POINT ACONI, a post settlement in Cape copal), 5 stores, 3 hotels and 1 lumber milU Breton co., N.S., 9 miles from North Sydney, besides telegraph and express offices. There is on the I.C.R. good hunting and fishing in the vicinity, attrac- POINT AI.BXANDER, a post settlement in tive to sportsmen. Pop. 800. Renfrew co., Ont,, on the Grand River, 4 miles POINTE AUX ANGLAIS, a settlement in from the jQag station oi Bass Lake, and 9 miles Saguenay co.. Que., on the west shore of the- from Chalk River, on the C.P.R., and 32 miles St. Lawrence, reached in summer by the- from Penbroke. It contains 2 churches (R. C. periodical calls (every 10 days) of the steamers port- and Presbyterian), 1 store, 1 hotel and 1 of the Que. & North Shore S«. Co. (landing able saw mill. Pop., 900. place called ENGLISH POINT). It is 15 mile* POIJsT AU BARIL, a post village In the east of the Islets Caribou, and has 1 R.C. dist. of Parry Sound, Ont., Georgian Bay, on church, 1 store, 1 school, and post office. G.T.R. 70 miles from Utterson, ou the Here, and near by at Egg Island, in 1711, the POINT-AUX-GAUL, Burin dist., Nfld., near English fleet, under Sir Hovenden Walker Lamaline. Pop. (1901), 158. was destroyed. The fleet, which had sailed village settlement in POINT BRULE, a and from Boston to attack Quebec, wintered in the Colchester co., N.S., on Minas Basin, 30 miles St. Lawrence, and in a fog and storm many Truro. Pop., 400. from of the vessels drifted ashore and were wrecked. Burin dist., Nfld., near POINT CAREW, Eight hundred sailors were drowned, and the- Lamaline. Pop. (1901), 91. attack was abandoned. There is a telegraph POINT CLEAR, a village in Victoria co., office open in winter at the place, and there is N.S., near lona, on the I.C.R. also a blueberry canning factory. Nine miles POINT COMFORT, a post settlement in La- from the settlement, on Pentecost River, and belle CO., Que., 14 miles from Gracefield, on near by, on the east side of Riverin River, is the Maniwaki branch of the C.P.R. a little village under the jurisdiction of Pen- POINT DE ROCHES, a post settlement in tecost settlement, with a population of 6 fami- Queens co., P.E.I. , 5 miles from Mount Stewart lies. Junction, on the P.E.I. Ry. POINTE AUX ANGLAIS, a village on an is- POINT DU JOUR, a post settlement in St. land in the Ottawa River, in Two Mountains Hyacinthe co.. Que., 6 miles from St. Hya- CO., Que.. 42 miles from Montreal. cinthe. It 'contains a Roman Catholic chureh POINTE AUX MINES, a settlement in Al- Ont., on the east shore of I^ake POINTE A CALUMET, a post settlement in poma dist.. Superior. 75 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie. Two Mountains co., Que., 7 miles from St. post har^Ift in Eustache, POINTE AUX ORIGIXAUX, a on the St. Eustache branch of the miles from Riviere C.P.R. Kamouraska "co.. One., 2;^ Quelle, on the I.C.R. Pop. 60. POINTE A LA FREGATE, a post settlement small post vil- in Gaspe co., Que.. Gaspe, a port of call of the POINTE AUX OUTARiDES, a Interprovincial Nav. Co., is the nearest stea- lage in Saeuenay co.. Que., on the Outardes^ mer point. River, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, POINTE A LA GARI>E, a post settlement in below Bersimis. 130 miles from Chicoutimi. It telegraph Bonaventure co.. Que., and a station on tbe has '. Roman Catholic church and a Atlantic. Quebec & Western Ry., 22 miles from office. Pop. 50. Metapedia. POINTE AUX PINS, a small settlement In POINTE AU BOISVERT. a post settlement in Alpom^ dist.. Ont.. on the north chan'-iel of Saguenay dist., Que., on the Quinte River, Lake Huron, 9 miles from Sault Ste. Marie, on with port on the St. Lawrence River. It is 60 the Soo branch of the C.P.JI. It is on the Sjfc. miles from the nearest station. It has 1 Mary's River. Pop. 10. Roman Catholic church. 7 stores, 1 flour mill POINT!?, ATTX PTNS. « bea/iland on the north and a telegra-oh office. Pop., about 500. shore of Lake Erie, off Kent co.. Ont. POINTE AU BOULEAU, a post settlement in POINTE AUX TREMfRLES, on Lake St. John, co.. Que., on Canard River, 120 miles Saguenay Chiooutimi co.. One. See Metabetchouan. from St. Anne de Beaupre, on the Quebec Ry. POTNTE AUX TREMBLES, a post senl«=^ment Li.erbt *: Power Co.'s line. in Portneuf co.. Que., on the north sh'>'-e of POINTE AU CAR. a post settlement in Nor- the St. Lawrence, 8 mMe« from Pont Rouee. thumberland CO.. N.B., 7 miles from Loggie- It contains 6 stores, a Roman Tatholic c>inr<>h, ville, the terminus of the Fredericton branch 1 tAraperance hotel. 1 cheese faotorv and se- Of the I.C.R. veral saw. grist, planing and carding mills. POINTE AU CHENE. a r>09t villa.ce in Ar- pon . 1.940. genteuil co.. One., on the C.P.R., 7 miles from POTN'^E AUX TRBMBLT^g EiN HAT^T. a Grenville (north shore Montreal to Ottawa div.). post villae*^ in Laval co.. Que., on the Islan* It is an attractive resort in summer on the of Montreal. 10 milf^ from Montreal, and can Ottawa River. It contains 2 stores, 2 hotels, he r<>ach*>d bv eleotric ca** trams. It co-^tains 1 Roman Catholic church and 1 saw mill, be- 1 R.C. phurch. 1 French Protestant college for sides telegraph and express offices. Pop. 150. boys and girls under the auspices of the Pres, f48 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

Church of Canada, 3 jstores, and 3 hotels, be- POINTE LEVIS, a settlement on the aouth siues telephone omce. Tnere is au excellent shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Que- rme range naii: a nine frum tne village, i'op., bec, in Levis co.. Que., with stations on the iVti. G.T.R. and Intercolonial Ry. It has 6 stores, r-OIiNTE AUX TREMBLES QUEST, a post 2 hotels, besides express and telegraph sta- fietiieiiient in rortneui co.. Que. tions. It is within 2 miles of the town of jf Ui^o i.'iii iiAHbUl, SL post seiuemeut in Gaspe Levis, with its churches, shopping facilities 4:0., ««jae. and industries. Pointe L6vis is the shipping PDia^TE BLEUE, a post setdement in Chi- port, by rail and river, for the reg^ion. Pop., CouLimi CO., w^ue., 5 lunes iruiu Jttouerval, the about 2,000. terxLiiiiUS 01 tne Quebec & LtuKe St. Jonn Ky. POINT ELMA, a post office In the Prov. of POINTE OLAIRE, ST. JOACHIM DJ!. LA, an Saskatchewan (formerly Assa., N.W.T.), 13 incorporatea village in Jacques Oariier co., miles north of Moose Jaw, on the main line i^ue., on Lake St. iX)uis, and on the G.T.R. and of the C.P.R., 41 miles west of Reglna. ij.f.ti., 14 miles Irom Montreal. It contaiua POINTE MAMAINSE, a post village in Al- 1 Roman Catholic chuich, o stores, 3 hoteis and goma dist., Ont., on the shore of Lake Su- telegraph ana express oiflces. i:'op. boO. perior, 60 miles from Sault Ste. Marie, on the ±'oii\rE jjE X)UiE, a. post settlement in Soo div, of the C.P.R. This is a mining section, Westmoreland co., M.hJ., 2 milei Irom Au JLac, copper being found in fair quantities. a station on the I.C.R. POINTE MILLE VACHES, a headland and POiNTB JDES MONTS, a headland south of north shore of the St. Lawrence, between fhe Bale de la Trinite, on the north snore of the Rivers Saguenay and Portneuf. It derives its St. Lawrence, Saguenay co., Que., lat. na-^ ly name from the walrus, an animal once com- id" a., ion. 67° 21' 60" W. On it Is a light- mon in the River St. Lawrence and the Sague- house exhibiting a fixed light luo feet auove nay. the level of the sea. During fog aud snow- POINT ENRAGEE, a settlement on the south- storms a gun is tired every nour. This is a east side of Fortune Bay, Nfld., 50 miles by depot of provisions for shipwrecJted mariners. land from Placentia Station, on the Reid Nflf' The coast nere is very dangerous. Pop., under RR. It has 1 Anglican church, post office and POINTE LES MONTS, a posi. and teiegrapu 5 lobster canneries. Pop. 103. station on the north shore of tne St. Law- POINTE ST. ANNE DES MONTS. a post set- rence, in Saguenay co.. Que., 9 miles east of tlement In Gaspe co.. Que., 84 miles from Little settled, by fisher- steamers to call (4 times weekly) at the port. 100. men. Pop. Pop. 250. OF BAY, a settlement in the dist. POINT POINT TRAVERSE, a post Pop. (1901), 26. settlement in of Twillingate, Nfld. Prince POINT OF CAPE, a post settlement in An- Edward co., Ont., 17 miles from Picton, on the Central Ontario Ry. Pop.. 20. tigonish co., N.S., 22 miles from Antigonish, POINT OM the I.C.R. (Truro & Sydney branch). TUPPER, a post settlement in Rich- POINT PELEE, a headland and island m mond CO. (Cape Breton Island), N.S., on the' Straits of Canso Lake Erie, ofl Essex co., Ont. The island is and on the I.C.R. , at the ferry crossing about 7 miles long by 2 broad. On the north- to Nova Scotia. It contains ex- press east point of the island is a lighthouse. and telegraph offices, 3 stores and 3 hotels POINT PETER, the north-east point of Mal- and 1 printing and newspaper office ("Point Tupper Mail") baie and the south point of Gaspe Bay, Que. One of the finest transfer bridges In Canada is built POINT PETRE, a post hamlet at the extreme here. Pop, 200. southern point of Prince Edward co., Ont., on POINTU, a lake in Charlevoix co.. Que. Lake Ontario, at the entrance to Peter's Bay, POINT VERDE, a fishing settlement in the 12 miles from Picton, a station on the Central district of Placentia and St. Marys. Nfld., Z Ontario RR. It has 1 Methodist church, 1 gen- miles from Placentia. Pop. (1901). 186. eral store and 1 school. In the vicinity is POINT VERDE CAPE, a dist. of Placentia the summer resort of the Sand Banks, and in and St. Marys, Nfld., 5 miles from Placentia, the district there is good fishing, while the has a lighthouse in lat. 47° 14' 11" N.. Ion. 55* land is productive for the raising of root crops 19^ W. fruit. Pop. 40. and POINT WOLFE, a post village in Albert co., settlement in Lotbi- POINT PLATON, a post N.B., on the Point Wolfe River, 5 miles from the opposite side niere co.. Que. Batiscan, on Alma, and 21 miles from Albert, on the Salis- River, is the nearest sta- of the St. Lawrence bury & Harvev Ry. It contains 1 TTnion church. tion. 1 ptore. 1 hotel and 1 ttiIII. Pop. 200. POINT PLEASANT, a headland in Lake On- POIRIER, a post village in Kent co., N.B., tario, at the entrance of the Bay of Quint§, on the Cocagne River, 6 miles from Notre Prince Edward co., Ont. On it is a lighthouse. Dame Station, on the Moncton & Buctouche- POINT POPLAR, a post village in Kings co., RR. It has 1 Roman Catholic church, 1 store P.B.I., on the Grand River, 10 miles from Car- and 1 saw mill, besides telegraph and express digan Bridge, a station on the Mt. Stewart offices. Farming and lumbering are the chipf section of the P.E. Island RR., 6 miles north- Industries of the platee. Coal and manganese west of Georgetown. The chief industries are are found on the Cocagne River. Pop. of par- farming and fishing; there is also abundance ish, about 2.000. of timber in the vicinity. It has 2 churches POIRIERVILLB, a post settlement In Victo- (Roman Catholic and Protestant), 2 general ria CO.. 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Bay, inlet POISSON, a lake in Isabella co., Que., in the an of the Gulf of St. Lawrence^ townsnip of Mulgrave. between Antigonish co. and Cape Breton (In- POISSON BLANC, a lake in Wright CO., Que.. verness CO.). Jn the township of Cameron. POND COVJBJ, a settlement in the dist. of POITRAS, a post settleihent in Victoria co., St. Barbe, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 20. N.B. Grand Falls, on the Edmundston branch POND MILLS, a post settlement in Middle- of the C.P.R., is the nearest railway point. sex CO., Ont., 2 miles from- Westminster station, POLAND, a station on the main line of the on the London & Port Stanley branch of the C.P.R., in Thunder Bay dist., north-west Ont., Pere Marquette Ry. ed miles west of Port Arthur, at the head of PONDS, a post settlement in Pictou CO., N.S., Lake Superior. 8 miles from Merigomisli, on the Truro <& Syd- ney branch of the I.C.R. in Lanark co., POLAND, a post settlement PONDVILLE, a post settlement in Richmond Station, on the K. Ont., 10 miles from Lavant CO., N.S., 20 miles from Mulgrave, on the I.C. & P. Ry. It contains 1 store, 1 hotel and 2 R. (Truro & Sydney branch). saw mills. Pop.. 100. PONEMAH, a station on the Winnipeg Beach In Inv POLLET'S COVE, a post settlement branch of the C.P.R., in Selkirk co., Man., 2 on verness co. (Cape Breton Island), N.S.. miles from Winnipeg Beach, and 49 miles north- Blair River, 90 miles from Inverness Mines, west of Winnipeg. on the Inverness & Riichmond RR. It has 1 PONHOOK, a long narrow lake about 20 Presbyterian church, 1 store, 1 lODster can- miles north-west of Halifax, N.S., 8 miles long, office. Pop. 100. ning factory and a telegraph and from Vfe a mile to 1 mile wide. It gives POLLETT RIVER, a post office and station rise to the River St. Croix, which empties into

PONTIAC, the most westerly county lu the business of the place is chiefly done at Tan- Province ot Quebec, having tne Uctawa Kiver gier Mines, on the adjoining harbour, west- AS Us south-western bounaary. The county is ward. It has 1 Presbyterian ch-urch, 1 general watered by the Coulonge and Des Moines RiVefs. store and 1 lobster cannery (on Harbour Cniei town, iDryson. Area, 12,(47,oa« acrea. Island). Pop., 150. Piop. of CO. (1901), 26,722. POPE'S HaaBok, a settlement in the dist. PONT KOLGE, a post Village In the parish of Trinity, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 22. of Ste. Jeanne de Neuvlile, Portneuf co., *4ue., PUfL,AK, a post settlement in Algoma dist.» on tne Jacques Cartier Kiver, and a station on Ont., 38 miles trom Spanish, on the boo branch, the (J.P.R., 26 miles west of Quebec Uuy, and of the C.P.R. a miles east of Portneuf. It has 1 K.C. cnurch, POPLAR CREEK, a post settlement in Koote- TO siores, 3 hotels, 6 saw and gnst mills, 2 nay dist., B.C. Lardo, on a branch of the C. wood pulp factories, and 1 paper mill, 2 agri- P.K., is the nearest station. cuiturai implement factoriet>, besides express POPLAR DALE, a post and mining village telegraph offices. pulp mill and 2 The wood in Algoma dist., Ont., on the Thessalon River, ito the nortn oi the village is an impoicant and 8 miles from Rock Lake, a station on /l^he suffcesslul industiy. Pop. of parish, 1,614. Bruce Mine & Algomai Ry., with port at Bruce PONT VlAU, a post settlement in Laval co.. Mines, on the north channel of Que., on the River des Prairies, 2 miles from Lake Huron. It is in a good farming, lumbering, mining Pare Laval, on the Ottawa (north shore) and and cattle raising region, which awaits de- Quebec branches of the C.P.R. It contains 2 velopment, aided by better railway faciMies. stores and a saw mill. It has 1 meeting house utilized by the Pres- PONTYPOOL, a post village in Durham co., byterian and Union church bodies and 1 store. Ont., a station on the C.P.R., 22 miles from There is good hunting and fishing in the dis- It 2 (Methodist Peterboro. contains churches trict. Pop. 50. Presbyterian), 1 hotel, 1 and and 5 stores, saw POPLAR GROVE, a small post settlement shingle mill, 2 grain storehouses, 1 blacK- in Prince co., P.E.I., on Conway Inlet, about smitli shop, 1 public school, 1 branch bank 8 miles from McNeilles' Mills (Conway), a and telegraph and express offices. Pop., aoout station on the P. E. Island RR., 28 miles north- 300. west of Snmmerside. There are 3 lobster can- POOCHEE, a settlement in Kings co., N.B., neries near by, at Conway Inlet, or Little 11 miles from Sussex, on the I.C.R. (St. John Channel. Pop. 157.

. & Moncton branch). POPLAR GROVE, a settlement In Assiniboia POODIAC, a post village in Kings CO., N.B., dist., N.W.T., 18 miles from Wapella Station, 11 miles from Sussex, on the I.C.R., midway on the C.P.R., 16 miles west of Moosomln. Pop., between St. John and Moncton. It has 1 60. Baptist church. Pop. 100. POPLAR HILL, a settlement in Pdctou co., POOLE, a post village in Perth co., Ont., N.S., near Meadowville (Meadowelle), a station on the Nlth River, SVz miles from Milverton, on the Oxford branch of the I.C.R., 13 miles on the G.T.R. and C.P.K. It contains 3 churches from Pictou. Pop. 100. (Methodist, Lutheran and Mennonite), 2 stores, POPLAR HILL, a post village in Middlesex 1 hotel and telegraph and telephone offices. CO., Ont., 1 mile from Coldstream (nearest Pop. 150. telegraph and money order office), and 6 miles POOL'S COVE, a thriving fishing and farm- from Komoka, a station on the G.T.R., 10 miles ing settlement In Fortune Bay dist., Nfld., 5 from Strathroy and 10 miles from London. It miles from Bellorem. It contains 1 Congre- has 3 chur-ohes (2 Baptist and 1 Christian), 3 gational church, 2 stores and 1 lobster can- stores, 1 blacksmith shop and 1 wagon factory, nery. Pop. (1901), 150. with express office at Komoka. Poplar Hill and POOL'S ISLAND, a post and fishing settle- Fernhill are connected by Bell telephone with ment in Bonavista Bay, Nfld., 2 miles from Lobo village post office. Pop. 200. Greenspond, and 30 miles from Gambo, a POPLAR LAKE, in Gladman and Hammell station on the Reid Nfld. RR. It has 4 churches townships, district of Nipissing, N. Ont., lying (2 Episcopal and 2 Methodist), 4 stores, 2 saw to the west of North and South Spruce Lakes. mills, and 1 whale factory. Pop. (1901), 505. POPLAR LAKE, a body of water in Selkirk POOL'S ISLAND, a settlement in the dist. CO., Man., adjoining Big Jack Fish Lake, and ol Fortune Bay, Nfld., and a port of call of the on the north-east of it. Reid Nfld. steamers, 54 miles from Bonavista. POPLAR PARK, a post village In Selkirk Pop. (1901), 18. CO., Man., 6 miles from Red River, and 16 miles POOL'S REJSORT, a post village in Leeds from Selkirk West Station, on the C.P.R., 25 CO., Ont., on the St. Lawrence River, 4 miles miles from Winnipeg. It has 1 Episcopal from Mallorytown, on the G.T.R. It contain* church and 3 stores. The lumber trade, fish- 1 hotel, 1 boat factory and telegraph and tele- ing and stock-raising are the chief industries phone offices. Pop., 85. of the place. Pop., about 600. POONICHAU, a large bay on Lake Mlstas- POPLAR POINT, a post hamlet in IVfacdonaM sini, northern Quebec, on the Ungava district CO., Man., on the main line of the C.P.R., and side of the height of land watershed, 33^1 on the River Assiniboine, 15 miles east of Por- miles north of Montreal, Is 12 miles wide, and tage la Prairie. It contains 2 general stores, stretches south and south-west about 30 miles. 2 schools, 3 churches, (Elpis., Meth. and Pres.), POPE, a lake in Montcalm co.. Que. 2 grain elevators 1 blacksmth shop, besides POPE'S, a station on the Maine Central Ry., express and telegraph offices. Pop., about 50. In the northern In Compton "co., Que., 3 miles from Cookshire POPLAR RIVER, a stream Jet. section of Selkirk co., Man., which rises in POPE'S HARBOUR, a post village on the Middle Lake, and flows Into Lake Winnipeg, on Atlantic seaboard, in the county of Halifax the east side. Bast, N.S., 65 miles east of Dartmouth. The POQUIOCK, a river which rises in Lakft f« #

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George, in York co., N.B., and discharges itself PORTAGE DU FORT, an incorporated village into the south side of the St. John xwiver over of Quebec, Pontiac co,, situated on the north a tremendous fall occasioned by the rocks and shore of the River Ottawa, 6 miles from Holy precipices that hem it in and narrow its Station, 60 miles north of Ottawa. It contains channel. 4 churches, grist mill, saw mill, 2 hotels, 6 POQUIOCK, a post village in York co., N.B., stores, 1 telegraph ofbce and extensive marble at the junction of the Poquiock with the St. quarries. Pop., £00. John River, 12 miles from Canterbury and lo PORTAGE EAST BAY, a post settlement ia miles from Millville, on the C.P.R., 41 miles Cape Breton co.. N.S., 10 miles from Sydney, from Fiedericton. Here the local government on the I.CR. and S. & L. Ry. is building a stone and steel bridge across the PORTAGE ISLAND, an island of New Bruns- John River. It has 1 public hall, wnere wick, lying at the entrance of Miramichi Bay, , St. ^Sunday services are held by the Episcopal, about 3 miles distant from the mainland Methodist and Baptist denominations. 2 stores, (Noithumberland co.). This Island is about factory, 1 hotel, 1 saw millj 1 sash and door 5 miles In length and from ^^ to a mile telephone ofBce. H besides a stone quarry and In width, well wooded, and valuable as a 100. Pop. salmon fishery. It is at present granted to the in Brunswick, at POQUIOCK FALLS, New British Admiralty for naval purposes and of River, are noted for the mouth Poquiock rented to the fishermen. There is a lighthouse falling over 200 their grandeur and beauty, at the south-eastern extremity. with perpendicular cliffs feet in broken falls PORTAGE JUNCTION, a station in Selkirk of red granite on either side. CO., Man., on the Canadian Ncrthtrn RR., 3 PORC-EPIC, a lake in Charlevoix co.. Que. miles south-west of Winnipeer. Island PORCHER ISLAND, with Goschen PORTAGE L.AKE. in Cape Breton CO., N.S, adjoining, is situate at the head of Pitt Inland, the source of a stream running into the aouth- the Queen in Hecate Strait, which divides •western arm of Sydney Harbor, B.C., Charlotte Islands from the mainland of PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, a thriving post in Skeena district. town in Portage la Prairie oo., (Man., on tho co„ Ont., PORCUPINE LAKE, in Haliburton Assiniboine River, with staiions on the main Park, in just south of the Algonquin National and branch lines of the C.P.R., and a station Niplssing dist., Ont. on the Can. Northern RR., 15 miles south of Athabasca district, PORCUPINE RIVER, in Lake Manitoba, whence it draws a considerable the lakes and N.W.T. It is connected with lake fish trade (from Delta), and 56 miles west of Lakes Selwyn, waterways In the region of Winnipeg city. It has a number of impor- See Stone Black, Athabasca and Wor.aston. tant public Institutions, embracing inland re- River, revenue and customs houses, court house, land (adjoin- PORT ACADIE, on St. (Mary's Bay titles office, goal, general hospital, home for co., N.S. See ing Bay of Fundy), In Bigby •Incurables, town and fire halls, besides colle- Church Point. giate institute, 4 large public schools, Indian post village in Prince co., PORTAGE, a mission school, business college, etc. It has Island RR., 27 P.E.I., a station on the P.E. 7 churches (Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Presby- It has 1 genpffl miles west of Summerside. terian, Methodist, Baptist. Disciples and Sal- mil. Pop., about store, 1 hotel and 1 shingle vation Army, 62 stores, 5 hotels, 5 grain eleva- 100. -I tors (capacity 450,000 bushels), 2 brick yards PORTAGE, a lake in Chiooutlmi co., Que., (which turn out 7 million bricks a year), 1 in the township of De Queen. oatmeal and 2 flour mills, l foundry, 1 soda co., Que., in PORTAGE, a lake in Poitneuf .water factory, 1 cigar factory. 6 banks (Mont- ^ the township of Kocmont. real, Merchants, Imperial, Ottawa, Toronto PORTAGE, a small river running Into the and Commerce), 1 printing and newspaper office south shore Of the St Ijawrence, 5 miles be- ("Graphic" and "News"), besides express, tele- low the village of Laprairie, Que. phone and telegraph offices. Pop,, about 4,700. PORTAGE, a river of Quebec, one of the tri- PORTAGE RIVER, a post settleinpnt in butaries of the River Batiscan, which falls Into Northumberland co., N.B.. on th«? Tracadie Station, on the St. Lawrence in Champlain co.. Que. River, 8 miles from the Tracadie Mulgrave. PORTAGE, a small stream flowing into the the Gulf Shore Ry., 18 miles from has 1 church and 3 stores. Pop. ino. Gulf of St. Lawrence, near the division line It PORTAGE ROAD, a station on the Coboconk between the counties of Gloucester and North- & Lindsay branch of the G.T.R., In Victoria umberland, N.B. It is frequented by sadmon, CO., Ont., 12 miles from Coboconk and contains good trout. PORTAL, a post hamlet in Bruce co.. Ont., PORTAGE, a post settlement in Muskoka a good farming section, 5 miles from Pinker- Huntsville, on the dist., Ont., 9 miles from ton, a station on the Hamilton & Southamptonr the G.T.R. Toronto & North Bay branch of div. of the G.T.R., about 7 miles from Paisley. LAKE, in Oolemen PORTAGE BAY AND It has 1 Methodist church. township, Nipissing dist., northern Ont., situate picturesque little post to the north of Latchford and to the w«»t cf PORT ALBERT, a River, Cobalt, stations on the Temlakainlng & Nor- Tillage In Huron co., Ont., on Nine Mile thern Ont. RR. 10 miles from Goderlch, on the G.T.R. and oa PORTAGE DE LA NATION, a post settle- Lake Huron. It contains 2 stores, 1 hotel 2 ment in Labelle co., Que., 4 miles from Papi- churches (Episcopal and Presbyterian), 1 school, neauville, a station on the Montreal & Ottawa 1 flour mill, 1 blacksmith shop and a telegraph (north shore) line of the C.P.R., 41 miles east office. Pop. 150. of Ottawa. It contains 1 carding mill, 1 store PORT ALMA, a small settlement on Lake and 1 hotel. Fop.. 30. Erie, in Kent co., Ont., 3 miles from Glenwood ,

LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 758 station, on the Pere Marquette Ry. It has 1 mills, and telegraph and express offices. St. general siore. There is gold farming land in Simeon is the name of the parish. Pop. of the vicinity, now well cleared of timber. Pop. village, 100; of parish (1901), 1,039. IS. PORT AU PORT, a fishing settlement on a PORT ANSON, a post settlement in Parry bay of the same name,. Just north «of Bay St. Sound dist., Ont., 12 miles from Burke's Falls, George, and in tne latier district, on tne on the Toronto & North Bay branch of the west or P'rench shore of Newfoundland. The G.T.R. place is a port of call for the sttamers of the Reid SS. & RR. Co., as well as for steamers PORT-A-PIQUE, a post village in Colcher- plying oetween Halifax and the v/est coast of ter CO., N.S., on the Port-au-Pique River, 10 Newfoundland, The nearest station is Stephen- Intercolonial Station of miles from the RR. ville Crossing, on the Reid-Nfld. RR., 7 miles of Truro, with Londonderry, 17 miles north-west north of St. Georges Station, and 95 miles Port on Cobequid Bay. It has 2 churches north of Fort-aux-Basques, on the sou h-west store, carriage (Pres. and Baptist), 1 general 1 point of the island colony. Port au Port has 2 builder, 2 saw mills a,nd 2 blacksmith shops. churches (R.C. and Epi?.), 4 stores, 3 hotels, Pop., 200, and 6 lobster canning factories, besides tele- PORTAPIQUE, a post village in Colchester co., graph and postal telegraph offices. There are N.S., near Cobequid Bay, 10 miles from Lon- minerals in the region, and several good trout donderry, on the I.C.R. and salmon streams. Pop., 30O. PORTAPIQUE MOUNTAIN, a post office in PORT AU SAUMON, a small river cf Char- Colchester co., N.S., near Cobequid Bay, 12§ levoix CO., Que., rises in a numbsr of lakes, 12 miles trom Londonderry, on the I.C.R. miles from Murray Bay, and empties into the PORTAPIQUE RIVER, a river of Colchester - St. Lawrence and Port au Saumon. The lakes CO., N.S., noted for salmon fishing. abound with trout. PORT ARTHUR, a progrefsive incirporat:^d FORT AUX QUILLES, a small river of Char- town at the head of Lake Superior, iu Thun- levoix CO., Que., fed by a number of lakes, Lawrence, der Bay dist., Ont., on the C.P.R., C.N.R. and empties into the estuary of the St. new G. T. Pacific lines. Besides Salvation 20 miles from Tadousac. PORT QUILLES, a lake in Charlevoix Army barracks it has 6 churches of th3 chi:f AUX denominations, 50 stores, 15 hotels, 3 saw and CO.. Que., in the township of Callieres. fishing settlement feed mills, 3 banks, besides private banking PORT BAN, a post and Island), house, 2 printing and 3 newspaper offices in Inverness co. (Cape Breton N.S., r'Chronicle," "Western World" and "Stan- on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 4 miles south of dard"), together with express, telegraph and Inverness, a station on the Inverness & Rich- telephone services. The town owns its street mond RR. It has 2 threshing mills, 1 lobster railway system (9 miles in length), its electric canning factory. There is coal near the village, light plant, telephone and waterworks, and has and an active fishing trade on the waters of developed about 1.000 h.-p. on Current River the Gulf. Pop., about 100. within its boundaries, with which to operate PORT BECKERTON, a post village on the its franchises. The C.N.R. has erected 4 eleva- Atlantic coast in Guysboro co., N.S.. 54 miles tors at Port Arthur, capable of storing 7 from Antigonish, on the I.C.R. It contains 2 million bushels of grain; while the C P.R. is churches (Episcopal and Baptist), 2 stores and operating a cleaning elevator, with capacity of 1 lobster cannery. Pop. 250. a million bushels. Pop.. 7,C0[). PORT BEVIS, a post village In Victoria co., PORT AU BASQUES, Burgeo and La Poile, N.S., 6 miles east of Baddeck, and 18 miles Nfld. See Channel. from Grand Narrows, on the I.C.R, It con- PORT \U BEURRE, three rivers m the tains 1 school and 1 saw mill. There is a gyp- seigniory of Sorel, Que., all running into the sum mine in the neighborhood. Pop, 100. south chore of Yamaska Bay. PORT BLANDFORD, a post settlement of ris- PORT AU BEURRE, a river in the Island of ing importance in Bonavista dist., Nfld,, at the Orleans, Que., rises about the centre of the head of a deep inlet of Bonavista Bay, on the island and runs into the north channel of the north-east coast, a station on the Reid Nfld, St. Lawrence. RR. and SS. Lines (Clarenville section), 153 PORT-AT^-BRAS, a settlement in the dist. oi miles north-west of St. John's, It Is the con- Burin. Nfld. Pop. (1901), 252. necting town of the coastal SS. service for the PORT AU BRAS, a fishing settlement on the ports in Bonavista Bay. and has 2 churches west side of Placentia Bay, Nfld., 1 mile from (Episcopal and Methodist), 2 stores, 2 hotels, Burin. Pop, 195. 2 lumber mills, 1 newspaper office ("The Tele- express offices. PORT-AU-CHOIX, a fishing station on the grapher."), with telegraph and Pop., about 300. French shore, dist, of St. Barbe. Nfld., on the BRUCE, a post village in Elgin CO., northwest part of the Island, 200 miles from PORT Ont., at the outlet of Catfish Creek in Lake Bay of Islands Station, on ine Reid Nfld. RR. Erie, 10 mjles from Aylmer, on the G.T.R. It has 1 lobster canning factory. Pop. 10. PORT AU PERSIL, a small river of Charle- and 14 miles from Port Burwell. It contains church, 1 hotel, and 5 firms en- voix CO., Que., issues out of several lakes 1 Methodist (abounding with trout) 18 miles from Murray gaged in the lake fishing trade. Pop. 100. post village Bay, and empties into the estuary of the St. PORT BURWELL, a thriving co., Ont,, situated Lawrence at Port au Persil. and port of entry in Elgili PORT AU PERSIL, a post village in Char- on Big Otter Creek, falling into Lake Erie, levoix co„ Que,, on the north shore of the St. and a station on a branch of the CP.R., W Tillsonburg. It contains 3 churches Lawrence, 18 miles from Murray Bay. It con- miles from (Episcopal, Methodist and Baptist), 11 stores, tains 1 church, 4 stores, 1 grist mill, 4 saw 47 3

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3 hotels, 1 branch bank (Sterling), 1 grist mill, the G.T.R. (Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Port telegraph and express offices and 1 job print- J^'alhousie div.), with eleciric oar service with office (Weekly "Packet"). Pop. 500. isiagaia ing St. Catharines and loxonto. It has PORT CAXEDO'NIA, a post village near Glace 6 ciiurches (Roman Cathonc. Jipiscopai and Bay on the Atlantic, in Cape Breton co., N.S., ^^ ^'"^^^' motels, rtr'f ^i^ v^''^ ^ 1 snip yard 8 miles from the line of the Dominion Coail dry dock. 1 saw mill, l rubber faciory I Co.'B RR., about 10 miles east of Sydney, on branch bank (Sterling;, besides graph express, tele- the I.C.R. and Sydney & JL,ouisburg RR. There and telephone offices, m the reason two summer is good fishing in the season in the vicinity steamers ply daily on Lake connecting Ontario and fair farming. It has 2 churches (Episcopal the village witii Toronto, the vincial ^pro- and Presbyterian), 1 store and a coal mine. capital. Pop. 995. Pop., under 200. PORT DANIEL . (CENTRE), a post ing and fish- PORT CARLING, a popular summer resort, settlement at the entrance of^ChaleSfs. B^y. with 2 good hotels, on the Indian River, la m Bonaventure dist.. New Que., also a station on the Muskoka dist., Ont., and a port of call for the Canadian Limited line of RR., which con- nects steamers on Lakes Muskoka, Rosseau and at Paspebiac with the Atlantic, Que. & It is 21 miles by water north of Joseph. ^\ 2 churches (Episcopal and station on the G.T.R., at the Presbyterian),P.t'i^'? ^V'""^ Gravenhurst, a 12 stores, 1 hotel. 3 saw and Toronto. lumber mills. loot of the lakes. 111 miles north of 2 lobster canning factories and In winter it has railway connect'on (14 mllea a telegraph office. It has 40 boats engaged^n Falkenburg, on cod fishing in distant to the eastward) with the Gulf. Pop., about 700 thf* G.T.R., also 126 miles north of Toronto. PORT DANIEL, E. & W , wst settlPmPTi'fc i^ It has 3 churches (Episcopal, Presbyterian Bonaventure co.', Que., on^the r ver and Methodist), 2 general stores, 2 hotels and name, of t^° with combined station on the 2 saw mills. Pop., local 291. Atlantic ^^- '' ^^^ churchesTRe-' PORT CLYDE, a post village in Shelbume manmlTktJ^'''^''-Catholic, 3 Episcopal and Presbvterian^ ii CO., N.S., on the Clyde River, which empties stores, hotel, 1 3 saw mills, and 2 large ISbstiJ into an inlet of the Atlantic. It is now a telegraph n^nmgfi'hSJI'.^fh^ ' offices. ThS i's'S etatlon on the Halifax & South Western RR., in the streams of the region T miles east of Barrlngton. It has 2 churches .n^^?7T?\^^^^^'^0N' ^ port Of entry In the (Methodist and Baptist), 2 stores, 1 hotel and 7^^^^' O^^-' ^"' I^ake Ontario. 1 lumber mill, and at the station telegraph and 2J$4 milesr.1^^^^^^west of Bowmanville, on (the GTR express offices. Pop., about 500. which see. The G.T.R. has a station close by' post office and attrac- PORT COCKBURN, a ^° ^i^^'S east of Toronto.^' tive summer rpsort in Muskoka distrirt, Ont., "'Tn^rJ^^'}}''^^''''-GRAVE, a fishing settlement in at the head of Lake Joseph. It is 8 miles from Pn^?5^r^^^ '' -"- St^ Maple Lake Station, on the Parry Sour-d & Toi^t-^^^. tfe).^??." '-- Ottawa div. G.T.R., or by water, down Lake? PORT DOVER, a post Joseph and Muskoka. about 40 miles to Graven- viilag3 and port of entry ill Is orfo:k co., Out., hurst, on the G.T.R., via the steamers whlc'i on tha north shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth ply in summer on the lakes. It contains 1 of the River Lynn, tnd on the G.T.R., 40 mile^i from Hamilton hotel and telegraph and express offices. and 25 miles from Branttord. it contains PORT COLBORNE. an incorporated village churches, 4 1 telegraph office, 3 hotels, 23 stores, and port of entry in Wella^d co., Ont., on the 1 grist mill, an agency of tha Crowu Bank, north-east shore of Lake Erie, at the outlet the works of the Penman Manufacturing Co., nt the Wellpnd Canal and a;t a junr'tlnn sta- and 1 printing office issuing a weekly tion of Buffalo and news- the Goderlch and WelHnd paper, t^op. i,05i. branches of the G.T.R., 56 miles from Bra^t- ford, 20 miles from St. Catharines, and 50 mile PORT DUFFERIN, a post settlement In a good from Hamilton. It contains 5 churches (R.C., fishing and gold mining region in Hali- fax Epis., Pres., Meth. and Baptist), 1 branch bank CO., N.S., on the Salmon River, a port ol (Imperial. 9 stores. 4 hotels, 1 large prain call all the year round for the local steamers elevator, 1 planing mill, 1 Dom. brass works, 1 from Halifax. It is 67 miles from Brookfleld, brewery, 1 flouring mill, express tele- in and and Colchester co., a station on the I.C R 8 graph offices. There is also printing aid 1 miles from Truro, and 53 miles north of Hall- newspaper office ("The Tim^s"). Natural gas fax. Cod and lobster fishing are the chief is used for domestic purposes. It is popular industries, and some ship building Is also as a summer resort. Pop., 1,233. carried on. In the vicinity there PORT COLDWELL, a post hamlet and fishing Is good trout and .salmon fishing. The station on Lake Superior, in Thunder Bay dist., Duflerin gold mines (not working on the C.P.R., between Heron Bay and Jack at present) are within 5 miles of village. Fish Bay (station named Caldwell). It has 1 the It has 2 churches (Epis- copal Union church, 1 general store and telegraph and Presbyterian), 4 stores, 2 hotels, 1 portable and express offices. Pop. 80. saw mill, and 2 lobster canning fac- PORT CREDIT, tories and a telegraph office. Pop., a post settlement in Peel co., PORTELANCE, about 400 Ont., at the mouth of the river Credit, and a a post settlement in Port- station on the G.T.R. (Toronto & Hamilton neuf CO., Que., 6 miles from Grondines, on the C.P.R. branch), 14 miles west of Toronto. It contains 5 stores, 1 hotel, 1 branch bank, 1 wagon fac- PORT ELGIN, a post village in Bruce co. tory, 1 starch factory and 1 brick kiln. Pop., (West Riding), Ont., on Lake Huron, a few miles south of Southampton .and a station on PORT DALHOUSIB, a no't village In Lln- the G.T.R. (Hamilton & Southampton branch). f^In CO., Ont., on the Welland Canal (northern 13 miles north-west of Paisley, and 98 miles entrance, on Lake Ontario), also a station on north-west of Guelph. It has 8 churches, of LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 755 the chief denominations, 10 stores, 3 hotels, on the I.C.R. It contains 1 Roman Catholic saw, grist and woollen mills, 1 tannery, 4 fac- church, 2 stores, 2 canneries and 1 telegraph tories (brush and broom, sash and door, har- office. Pop., about 260. ness and pump), 2 banks (Hamilton and Me- PORT FINDLAY, a village in Algoma dist., Ont., tropolitan), 1 printing and newspaper office on the St. Mary's Kiver. 4 miles from ("The Times"), besides express, telegraph and Isbester. on tne C.P.R. C'Soo" branch). It telephone office. Pop. 1,308. contains 2 churches (PresDyterian and Metho- PORT ELGIN, a post village in Westmore- clis-t) and 1 store. land CO., N.B., on the Gaspereau River, and PORT FRANK, or GOLDEN CREEK, a vil- on Bay Verte, an inlet of Northumberland lage in Lambton co.. Ont.. on River aux Strait. It is a station on the N.B. & P.E. Saoles. 6 miles from Thedford. on the G.T.H., Island RR., which runs north-eastward from 9 miles from Park Hill. Pop.. 90. Sackville (on the I.C.R.) to Cape Tormentine, PORT GEORGE, a post village and port of on the Strait. It has 4 churches (R.C., Pres., entry in Annapolis co., N.S., on the Bay of Meth. and Baptist), 7 stores, 1 hotel, 1 woollen, Fundy, 7 miles from MLddleton, and 10 miles carriage fac- 1 flour and 2 lumber mills, 2 from Lawrencetown, on the Bom. Atlantic RR. express and tories, 1 bank (of N.S.), besides It has 2 churches (Meih. and Baptist), 2 stores, telegraph offices. Pop., about 600. 1 hotel and 1 saw mill. Pop., 160. PORT ELMA, a post settlement in the Prx>v. PORT GLASGOW, Elgin co., Ont. See Ald- Assiniboia,-- N.W/l J, of Saskatchewan (formerly boro'. on the C.i'.K. 13 miles north of Moose Jaw, PORT (or HARBOR) GRAQEl a nxaritime convenient to churches It is a farming district town of Nfld., on the west side of Conception and schools. Bay, 25 miles north-west of St. John's. See PORT ELMSLEY. a post settlement in Lanark Harbor Grace. and a station (Blmsly), on the C. PORT GKANBY, a post settlement in Dur- CO Ont., and miles 6 miles from Smith's Falls 6 ham CO., Ont., 1 1-2 miles from Newlonville, PR and grist from' Perth. It contains 1 store 1 on the G.T.R. It contains 1 store and a black- smith shop. branch "^PORTEOUS, a station on the Kimberly PORT GREVILLE, a post settlement in Cum- miles from C^anbrook berland CO.. N.S.. 12 miles from Parreboro, on of the C.P.R., 17 John co PORTERS, a post village in St. the Cumberland Ry. Martin N.B., on the Hampton & St. Ry.Ji PORT GUICHON, a post setUement in New connection at Hamp^ mile's from Quaco, with Westminster dist., B.C. port for me ton with the I.C.R. system. Its PORT HAMMOND, a post settlement in New Creek It has sldpment of lumber is Ten Mile Westminster dist.. B.C., with a station (Ham- Baptist) 1 general i cCrches (Presbyterian and mend), on the C.P.R., 24 miles east of Van- telegraph office. Pop., Store. 2 saw mills and a couver. about 200. PORT HANEY, a post village in New West- Breton co., PORTERS, a settlement in Cape minster disit., B.C., on the Eraser River, and Station, on the N.S., 2 miles from Barachois a flag station on the C.P.R., 2 miles from branch). I C R. (Truro & Sydney Hammond, and 14 miles from New Westminster. settlement Huron PORTER'S HILL, a post m It contains 3 churches (Roman Catholic, Pres- Holmesville, on the CO., Ont., 3 miles from byterian and Methodist), 1 store, 1 saw and the G.T.R. Buffalo & Goderich branch of shingle mill, brick and tile yards, and express in Halifax PORTER'S LAKE, a post office office. Pop. 75. 16 miles from Halifax. CO , N.S., PORT HARDY, a post hamlet on the north- a small lake in Yarmouth PORTER'S LAKE, east end of Vancouver Island, in Comox-Atlln CO., N.S. dist., B.C. It has 1 store and 1 hotel. Port PORTER'S ROAD, a settlement in St. John Hardy has a fine harbor, on Queen Charlotte on the Hampton & St. the Esquimau Nanaimo CO . N.B., and a station Sound and when & Rv., 11 miles from St. Martins. RR. is extended to the north-east of the Is- Martin's and PORT ESSINGTON, a post settlement land, a good trade is expected to be done with at the mouth of the Skeena River, in the upper ports of British Columbia, especially seaport Pa- Hecate Strait, partially enclosed from the with Port Simpson and with Yukon and Alaska. Islands. cific Ocean by the Queen Charlotte Pop. 11. point for supplies It is the chief distributing PORT HASTINGS, a seaport, with good har- and Skagway, the gateway between Vancouver bor, on the Strait (or Gut) of Canso, open all and is in the Cassiar of the Yukon district, the year, and a station on the Inverness RR. B.C., 600 miles north of or Skeena district, Coal Co., which has its shipping pier here. reached by C.P.R. steamers & Vancouver. It is town is in Inverness co., N.S., and has 1 Vancouver weekly in sum- The from Victoria and Presbyterian church, 10 stores. 2 hotels and 1 winter; also by steamers mer and bi-monthly in express and 3 telegraph offices. Pop., about lines twice a month. It has 2 of independent Army 700. churches (Bpis., Meth. and Salvation PORT HAWKESBimY, an incorporated post 2 hotels, 2 saw mills about barracks). 11 stores. town in Inverness co., N.S., on the Strait of canneries 1 ^^anch bank^ 1 10 or 12 salmon Canso, on the Inverness and I.C. Rys., % of a newspaper office (Skeena Ds- printing and miles from Point Tupper. It contains 4 church- and telegraph office. trict News"), £9^\„}}^ es (Roman Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian and whites, 3,000 Indians. 800 Japs, summer) 450 Methodist), 17 stores. 2 hotels, 1 boat building 600 'Chinese; (in winter), 200 whites. 300 and yard, 1 bank (Royal), 2 printing offices issuing and 50 Chinese. Indians. 150 Japs weekly newspapers, and 2 telegraph and 1 ex- post and fishing village on PORT FELIX, a 800. co., N.S., 30 press offices. Pop. the Atlantic, in Guysborough Prince co.. Port Mulgrave, PORT HILL, a post village In miles (partly by water) from 756 i^OVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

wash Jet., P.E.I., 4 miles from Port Hill Station, on the 13 miles east of Oxford. It has 2 Prince Edward Island Ry. It contains 2 churches (Meth. and Pres.), besides a Gospel hall, churches (Episcopal and Presbyterian), 1 store, 3 stores, 1 public hail, 1 herring and 3 lobster 1 hotel and 1 grist mill. Pop., about 200. canning faoiories, 1 blacksmith shop, 1 PORT HILLFORD, a post village in Guys- builders shop, besides post and money order and telegraph offices, boro' CO., J^.S., on the Atlantic seaboard, with express office at Pug- 50 wash. Pop., ^ miles from Antigonish, on the I.C.R. At Port about 200. Hillford 'communication by water is -^f^^^' ^ P°^^ village on an inlet of had by the the.r^^^FlT weekly steamship service between Halifax and Atlantic, in Queens co., N.S., 14 miles from Liverpool. It contains Canso and intermediate ports. It contains 1 1 Methodist church 1 store, 1 hotel, Baptist church, 1 hotel, and 3 stores. Pop., 2 saw and shingle mills 1 lob- ster canning factory, 300. and 1 telephone office Wild geese are to be found here in abundance' PORT HOOD, a seaport town, on the Gulf Pop., 160. of St. Lawrence, in Inverness co., N.S., Capa PORT JOLI, a river of Quebec, falls into Breton Island, a station on the Inverness & the south shore of the St. Lawrence, near St. Richmond RR.. 32 miles north of Point Tup- Jean Port Joli, L'Islet co.. Que., a station per, on the I.C.R. It has 3 churches (R.C., on the I.C.R., 59 miles east of Levis. (Methodist and Presbyterian), 15 stores, 3 hotels, 1 steam lumber mill, 1 bottling and 3 lobster PORT KEEWAYDIN, a post settlement in and beef canning factories, 1 bank (Montreal), Muskoka dist, Ont., 18 miles from Muskoka wharf 1 printing and newspaper of&ce (Port Hood a station on the Torquto & North Bay "Greetings"), besides express and telegraph branch of the G.T.R. ^ good an- PORT offices. It has a fine harbor with KELLS, a post settlement in New season is Westminster chorage, which in the fishing dist., B.C., on the Fraser River^ mackerel near its thronged with vessels engaged in the mouth in the Strait of Georgia, close to fishing. In the vicinity there are coal mines, Vancouver. The port is the nearest up- operated by the Port Hood Coal Co., and em- nver station for the Victoria and Terminal ploying 200 workmen. A breakwater is under KK. with steamboat connection for Port Ham- mond on the construction in the harbor. Pop., 1,800. C.P.R., 3 miles off. It is Vo a PORT HOOD ISLAND, a fishing station for mile from Port Kells Station, on the Great Nor- the curing and drying of fish at the entrance thern RR., 10 miles east of New Westminster, to Port Hood Harbor, Inverness co., N.S. (Cape bteamers ply daily between New Westminster and Breton Island), 1^ miles from Port Hood, Chilliwack, calling at Port Kells. It has churches a station on the Inverness & Richmond - (Episcopal and Methodist), 1 gen- RR., 26 miles north of Mulgrave, on the eral store and 1 hotel. Pop., about 100 I.C.R., and the same distance from Port PORT KUSAM, a post settlement Westminster in New Hawkesbury. It Is distant 40 miles across the dist., B.C., on the Salmon RiveJ; in Gulf of St. Lawrence from Prince Edward the valley of which a logging railway being is Island, It has 1 Methodist church, public hall, constructed from tide water in the Strait 2 stores and 1 lobster canning factory. There of Georgia. It has steamboat connection twice is a little farming on the island, and there a week with Vancouver, 150 miles to the south are coal seams, limestone, gypsum, etc., under- It has 1 general store and 1 Jiotel. Pop PORT LAMBTON, 60 lying the Island. Pop., 75. a post settlement " in PORT HOOD MINES, a post settlement in Lambton co., Ont., and a station on the Sar- Inverness co., N.S., 3 miles from Port Hood, nia, Chatham & Blenheim branch of the Pere Marquette on the Inverness Ry. Ry., 22 miles from Sarnia. It cen- tals stores, Fin- 3 3 hotels and express and tele- PORT HOOVER, Victoria co., Ont. See graph ger Board, near Lake Scugog. offices. PORT HOPE, an incorporated town and port ?n5?T^^% ^^^^°^^ ''?' O^*- S«« Glenshee. of entry on Lake Ontario (north shore), on PORTLAND, a post village and popular G.T.R., sum- the Ganaraska River, crossed by the mer resort in Leeds co., Ont., on Rideau Lake. sta- on a viaduct, 1,856 feet in height, and a ^.„™iles from Crosby Station, on the Brock- of road, also the tion on the main line the ville, Westport & North Western Ry., and 50 terminal of the Mill Brook, Peterboro miles south from Kingston. It contains 3 churches division. It is the chief town in & Lindsay CBpis. Meth. and Holiness Movement), 5 co., Ont., 7 miles west of Cobourg, and stores, Durham 2 cheese box factories, 2 saw mills, 1 Toronto, and has a good, safe 63 miles east of hotel, 1 cheese factory, 1 branch bank (Union) churches (R.C., 2 Epis., 2 harbor. It has 6 and 1 express, 1 telephone and 2 telegraph Pres. and 1 Baptist), 30 stores, 7 hotels, 2 offices. Pop., about 250. flour mills, 2 tanneries, 5 factories (lace, file, PORTLAND CHANNEL and CANAL, off the ("Toronto," radiator, bath tub, etc.), 3 banks west coast of British Columbia, stretches in- "Traders" and "Montreal"), 2 printing and land for about 80 miles north-east, in lat. 550 newspaper offices (Port Hope "Guide" and N., Ion. 130° W., and separates B.C. from' the "Times"). The town is noted for its educa- extreme southern portion of Alaska. tional Institutions. Here is the location of Trinity College School, also 1 high school, 1 PORTLAND CREEK, a settlement In the dist. of St. Barbe, Nfld. central and 2 primary schools, besides ex- Pop. (1901), 13. PORT TOUR, a post village press, telegraph and telephone offices. Pop. LA on the At- lantic coast. 4.361. In .Shelburne co., N.S., 14 miles from BarrJngton Passage, on the Halifax & PORT and HOWE, PORT PHILIP, adjoining Yarmouth RR. It contains 2 churches (Metho- villages, separated by the River Philip on dist and Baptist), 3 stores, 1 hotel and 1 tele- Northumbeiland Strait, in Cumberland co , graph office. It was in this place that Claude N.S., 4 miles from Pugwash. a station on the La Tour and his men erected a fort In the I.C.R. (Pugwash branch, 4 miles north of Pug- early part of the 17th century. From this the LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 757

Breton co., place received its name. This fort commanded N.S., on Morien Bay, and a sta- of a fine view of the harbor, and the remains tion on the Sydney & Louisburg RR., with have been it are still to be seen. Several relics port at Sandlake. It has an open harbor on cannon brought to light, among which were the Atlantic all the year round; it iias 4 of pre- balls and an eye in a perfect state churches (Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Pres- seen tne servation, now or lately to be m byterian and Baptist), 7 stores. 2 hotels, 1 Pop., 200. museum at Halifax. lobster canning factory, 1 private bank, be- post settlement in Grey co., PORT LAW, a sides telegraph and express offices. Pop. station, on the 1,500. Ont 6 miles from Flesherton PORT MOUTON, a post settlement and sea- Sound branch of Toronto, Orangeville & Owen port near the Broad River, and on an inlet of the C.P.R. the Atlantic, in Queens co., N.S., and a sta- village and port on PORT LEWIS, a post tion on the Halifax & South Western RR. It River), in Lake St. Francis (St. Lawrence has 2 churches (Meth. and Free Baptist), 6 Huntingdon co.. Que., 8 miles from ^"^^^,^8- stores, 2 hotels, 2 saw and lumber mills, 2 and the N.Y. don, with stations on the G.T.R. lobster canneries and 1 boneless fish cannery, White's, a ftation Central, and U miles from besides 2 telephone offices. Pop., about 450. .Mooer's Jet. and Ma- on the G.T.R. (Mout. PORT MULGRAVE, a post village in Guys- Springs branch), 64 miles south-west of sena 2 boro CO., N.S., on the Straits of Canso and on It has 2 stores, 2 hotels and Montreal. the I.C.R., 3 of a mile from Mulgrave. It con- Pop., 109. cheese factories. .,„^^« ^sot tains 4 churches (Roman Catholic, Episcopal, PORTLOCK, a post village in Algoma dist., De.barats. 30 Presbyterian and Methodist), 17 stores, 2 hotels, Ont.. on Portlock River, near the C.F.R.. the 1 fish cannery, besides telegraph and express miles from Sault Ste. Mane on locat^n U offices. Pop. 700. county seat and nearest bank flour mill ana PORTNEUF, a county of Quebec, on the contains 1 store, school house, north shore of the St. Lawrence, has an area ° settle- of 952,832 acres. It is watered by the River St. LORNE, a post and fishing ^ToTt Maurice and numerous small streams, and is JSt^\n Annapolis "^o.. N.S., on the Bay of the Domin- traversed by the C.P.R.. Can. Northern and Fundy, 7 miles from Paradise, on of Annapolis Que. & Lake St. John RR.'s. Capi'tal, Cap ion AUantic Ry.. 19 miles east stores, Sante. Pop. in 1871, 23,216; in 1891, 25,815; in Royal It contains 1 Baptist church. 4 tele- 1901, 27,159. and 3 saw and grist mills, with 3 hotels PORTNEUF, a flourishing post village. and express offices at Lawrencetown In graph Portneuf co.. Que., situated at the entrance to Bridgetown. Pop. 300. and the Portneuf River, into the River St. Law- PORT MAITLAND, a post village m Haldi- near Its rence, and on the C.P.R. and Can. Northern co.. Ont., on the Grand River, mand Dunn- Quebec Ry., 36 miles above Quebec. It contains ?nt?ance into Lake Erie, 5 miles from from Cannfield 3 churches, 1 telegraph office, paper mills, saw, ville the G.T.R., 8 miles on and flour, wood pulp and carding mills and 14 contains 1 store, 1 hotel. 1 church Jet! K stores. Pop., 1,800. factory. Pop., 65. 1 cheese Yar- PORTNEUF a PORT MAITLAND. a post village in MILLS, post office in Saguenay near the en- CO., Que., near Bersimis, on the St. mninth CO N S. on the Atlantic, Lawrence. miles from Mille ^o^lo +n' thP Bav of Fundy, 6 See Vaches. Ve^Dom.'A«antic Ry^. 17 mijes from PORT NEVILLE, a post office In Burrard S'on (Meth. Bap dist., B.C., reached by the steamers Yarmouth. It contains 3 churches of the Reformed Baptist). 6 stores and 2 hotels. Union Steamship Co. once a week from Van- tist and couver. mining ^%RT MALCOLM, a post and coal PORTON, Carleton co., N.B. See Riceville. Richmond co., Cape Breton Island, PORT PERRY, A post village in South On- village in on NS on the River Inhabitants, and a port tario CO., Ont.,'*on Lake Scugog, and on the and usually Whitby branch of the G.T.R., 18 miles north the "Atlantic, open the year round from of Whitby. It has 5 churches of the chief from ice in winter. It is 7 miles free denominations, 30 stores, 2 hotels, 2 banks, 2 Pnint Tupper. a station on the I.C.R., on the printing and newspaper offices ("Standard" and Canso. It has 3 churches (1 Roman Strait of "Observer"), 1 saw mill, 1 flour mill, and 1 Methodist). 10 stores, 5 hotels, Catholic and 2 mill machinery workshop, besides express and (Royal of Canada), 2 print- 1 saw mill, 1 bank telegraph offices. Pop. 1,234. ("Gazette" and ine and newspaper offices PORT PHILIP, a post settlement In Cum- Tupper, telegraph 'harden") and at Point berland CO., N.S., 4 miles from Pugwash, a to-day and express offices. Pop. (1901). 497; station on the Oxford & Pictou branch of the (1907), about 600. I.C.R. See also Port Howe. PORT MEDWAY, a post settlement in Queens PORT RENFREW, a post settlement in Na- Liverpool, on the co N.S., 10 miles from naimo dist., B.C., 80 miles from Victoria, the Halifax & Southwestern Ky. nearest railway and banking point. PORT MILFORD, a post settlement in Prince PORT RICHMOND, a post settlement In Rich- Picton, the Fdward co Ont., 10 miles from mond CO., N.S. Point Tupper, at the junc- Central seat; and the terminus of the tion of the Inverness & Cape Breton Ry. with ^uX point. Ontario Ry. Pop., 50. the I.C.R. , Is the nearest railway PORT MOODY, a post settlement in New PORT ROBINSON, a post settlement in Wel- Westminster dist., B.C., and a station on the land CO., Ont., and a station on the Welland C P R (main line), 12 miles east of Vancouver. branch of the G.T.R., 4 miles from Welland, It has a branch of the Royal bank. and 10 miles from St. Catharines. village and PORT MORIEN, a fishing port, post town PORT ROWAN, a thriving post and extensive coal-producing place in Cape port of entry In Norfolk co., Ont., on Lake t58 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

Erie, and on South Norfolk (Port Rowan and of Queen Charlotte Islands group from the Jarvis) branch G.T.R., 17 miles from Simcoe. southern (United States) extension of Alaska, It contains 3 churches (Episcopal, Baptist and on a land promontory immediately south of Methodist), 1 telegraph office, about a dozen Portland Channel, on Hastings Arm, at the stores, 2 hotels, 2 planing mills, 1 bank, 1 mouth of the Nasse River, and a little way printing office, a gas well, and has a large north of Port Essington, at the mouth of the trade in lumber and grain. Pop. G2.1. Skeena River, Cariboo district. The place has PORT ROYAL, a post settlement in Norfolk of late gained prominence ds the projected ter- CO., Ont., 2 miles from Port Rowan, on the minus on the Pacific of the new Grand Trunk Jarvis & Port Rowan branch of the G.T.R. Pacific RR., the terminal city to be known as Pop., 60. PRINCE RUPERT, With docks and terminal works (10,000 acres in extent purchased from ROYAL, a post settlement in Richmond PORT the Provincial Government) on Kaien Island, CO., N.S., 15 miles from Mulgrave Station, on about 12 miles to the southward. In the neigh- the Truro & Sydney branch of the I.C.R. borhood, it is understood, another terminal RYERSE, a post settlement in Norfolk PORT station Is to be built, for a third Transcon- CO., Ont., 4 miles from Victoria, a station on tinental railway, that of the Canadian A'Orthern the Jarvis & Port Rowan branch of the G.T.R. RR., which is now compjeted from Lake Su- has 1 store, 1 hotel and a blacksmith shop. It perior to Edmonton, Province of Alberta. port of call of the PORT ST. FRANCIS, a PORTSMOUTH, an inco?rporated village in ((Montreal Rivers R. & O. Nav. Co. and Three Frontenac co., Ont., on Lake Ontario, 2 miles line), in Maskinonge co.. Que., 4 miles from from Kingston, with which it is connected by Rivers. Three electric tramway. At Kingston there is con- PORT SANDFIELD, a post village in Mus- nection with the G.T.R. and with the Kingston "koka dist., Ont, on Lake Joseph, 18 miles from & Pembroke RR. It contains the Provincial Talkenburg, on the Toronto & North Bay divi- Penitentiary and Rockwood Lunatic Asylum; sion G.T.R., and 10 miles from St Joseph. It also 3 churches (Roman Catholic, Episcopal and contains 1 Episcopal church, 1 store, 1 hotel, Presbyterian), 3 hotels. 1 brewery, 1 telegraph 1 saw mill and 1 express office. It Is situated office and 3 stores. The bay forms a deep and In a narrow channel between two jutting-out well sheltered harbor. Pop. 1,827. points of land between Lakes Rosseau and PORT STANLEY, a post village and port of Joseph, and in summer is a stopping-off place entry in East Elgin co., Ont., on Lake Erie, for campers and visitors to the Muskoka and at the southern terminus of the London & Port connecting lakes of the region. It is reached Stanley division of the Pere Marquette Ry., the daily in the season by the steamers of 24 miles south of London. It contains several 'connec- Muskoka !7avigation Co., which ply in churches, 2 telegraph offices, 9 stores, 4 hotels, to tion with the G.T.R. from Muskoka Wharf 1 branch bank, 1 saw mill and 1 grist mill. and the heads of Lakes Muskoka, Rosseau Pop. about 626. Joseph. Pop. 30. PORT SYDNEY, a post village In Muskoka in the electoral distrfct PORT SAUNDERS, dist., Ont., on Mary Lake and the north branch 0-f St. Barbe, Nfld., south-east oif the Straits of of the Muskoka River, 2^ miles east of Utter- Belle Isle. fine harbor, with marine It has a son, a station on the Toronto & North Bay light on Keppel Island at its entrance, with div. of the G.T.R., 24 miles north of Graven- opposite, a light on the Quebec coast, 6 miles hurst and 155 miles from Toronto. It has 2 and a Marconi telegraph station, where mes- churches (Episcopal and Presbyterian), 2 sages are transmitted everywhere. The near- stores, grist and saw mills, besides post office est station is Bay of Islands, on the Reid and savings bank, long distance telephone, Nfld. RR. (120 miles southward), 402 miles and at Utterson telegraph and express oifices. north-west of St, John's. It has 1 Roman Two steamers ply daily in summer to Hunts- Catholic church, 3 stores, 1 lobster canning ville, 12 miles distant, and there is daily factory, besides post office. There Is good fish- stage to and from Utterson, and mail daily ing In the region, and 3 miles distant, at from Toronto and North Bay. Port Sydney H Hawkes Bay, there Is a whale oil factory In popular as a fishing and outing resort, and operation. Pod. 120. has 4 tourist houses. Pop. 150. PORT SAXON, a post village in Shelburne PORT TALBOT, a post settlement in Elgin CO., N.S., on the Clyde River (which empties CO., Out., 7 miles from lona, a station on the into the Atlantic), and a station on the Halifax M.C.R. and Pere Marquette Ry., 15 miles from & South Western Ry., 10 miles from Barrlngton St. Thomas. Pop., 60. Passage. It contains 1 Methodist church. Pop. PORTUGAL COVE, a post village in the dist. 100. of St. John's East, Nfld., situated on the south PORT SEVERN, a post village in Simcoe co,, side of Conception Bay, 9^ miles from St. Ont., (an inlet of tne on Matchedash Bay John's. It is built on very rocky ground near Georgian Bay), 5 miles from Waubashene, on the foot of a range of rocky hills. Pop. (1901), the G.T.R. (Midland div.), 13 miles east of Mid- 998. land, and 20 miles north-west of Orillia. It "has 1 general store. Pop., 100. PORTUGAL COVE, Trepassey Bay, a settle- PORT SHOREHAM, a post settlement In Guys- ment in Placentia and St. Mary's dist., Nfld., boro CO., N.S., 25 miles from Port Mulgrave, on 90 miles south of St. John's, with port on Por- River, 5 miles from Biscay Bay. the I.C.R. , and the Gut of Canso. It has 2 tugal Cove churches fMethodist and TTnionl. There is a good beach here, with fine salmon also shooting. It has PORT SIMPSON (lat. 54° 54' N. ; Ion. 130° and trout fishing, grouse 26' W.), B.C., a post village on the Pacific, 1 Roman Catholic church, post and telegraph facing iDixon entrance, the water passage-way offices. Pop. 200. that separates the north (Graham Island) island PORTUGUESE COVE, a post and fishing vil- ,

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lage In Halifax co., N.S., 18 miles west of Hall- a telegraph office. On October 11, 1903, a great fax city. It has 2 telegraph offices, one used land slide occurred here, when about 300 acres by the Government as a signal station at Cam- of land slid into the Riviere du Lievre and perdown, and the other a Marconi wireless seriously interrupted its navigation. Pop. ot East Portland municipality, £tation. The village has 1 Roman Catholio about 800, POUPORE, a station on the Nelson churcli, 1 store and 1 hotel. Pop. 100. & Ross- land branch of PORT UNION, a post village in Ontario co., the CP.R., in Kootenay dist B.C., 36 miles from Nelson, Ont., on Lake Ontario, a station on the G.T.R., and 20 miles from Rossland. 18 miles east of Toronto, with port at Picker- POUPORE, a station ing Harbor. It has express and telegraph on the Maniwaki branch of the CP.R,, offices. Pop., about 100. in Wright co.. Que., 30 miles PORT WADE, a terminal station on the from Ottawa. Port Wade branch of the Halifax & South- POWASSAN, a post village In a good farm- ing and western Ry., in Annapolis co., N.S., 12 miles lumber section in Parry Sound dist., from Grenville Ferry. Ont., and a station on the Toronto & North Bay div. of the PORT WHITBY, a post settlement in On- G.T.R., 12 miles south of Cal- lander and 20 miles south of tario CO., Ont„ 1-2 a mile from Whitby Station, North Bay, in Nipissing dist. It has on the G.T.R. 4 churches (R.C, Epis., Meth. and Pres.), about 20 stores, hotels, PORT WILLIAMS, a post settlement and har- 2 1 lumber and planing mill, 1 branch bank bor, on an inlet of Minas Basin, in Kings and 1 sash and door factory, besides clay and bTrick CO., N.S., and on the Gornwallis River, ^ mile yards, together with express and telegraph from Port Williams Station, on the Dom. offices. Pop. 509. Atlantic RR„ 20 miles from Wolfville. It has POWELL, a station in the north-west section 2 churches (Baptist and Christian), 2 stores, 1 of Man., in Marquette co., on the Can. Nor- hotel, 2 barrel factories, besides express and thern RR., 17 miles north-west of Mafeking, telegraph offices. Pop. 500. and 34 miles east of Erwood. PORT WILLIAMS STATION, or GREENWICH, POWELL, a post settlement In Carleton co., a post village in Kings co., N.S., on or near Ont., 4 miles from Almonte, on the main line the Cornwallis River, and a station on the CP.R. Pop.. 30. Dominion Atlantic Ry., 5 miles from Kentville POWEILL LAKE, in the north-west section and 20 miles from Windsor. It contains 1 of New Westminster dist., B.C.; it is drained Methodist church, 1 telegraph office, 1 black- south-west into the Strait of Georgia near smith shop and 1 store. Pop., about 225. Texada Island, north-west of Vancouver. POSHKOKAGAN LAKE, on the borders of POWER GLEN, a post settlement in Lincoln Lake St. Joseph, on the Albany River, Thun- CO., Ont., 3 miles from St. Catharines, on the der Bay dist., N.W. Ont. G.T.R. (Southern division). POSHKOKAGAN RIVER, a stream entering POWERSCOURT, a post settlement in Hunt- Lake Nipissing from the south-west dist. of ingdon CO., Que., 3 3-4 miles from Huntingdon, Thunder Bay, N.W. Ont. on the G.T.R., and St. L. & A. Ry. It contains POTTAGEVILLE, a post settlement in York 3 stores and 2 saw mills. Pop., 150. CO., Ont., 10 miles from Aurora, on the G.T.R., POWER'S CREEK, a post settlement in Vic- 30 miles north of Toronto. It contains 2 mills toria CO., N.B., 4 miles from Grand Falls, on and 1 store. Pop., 65. the Edraundston division of the G.T.R. POTTON SPRINGS, a settlement in Brome POWITIK, a river of Thunder Bay dist., Ont., CO., Que., and a station on the Or ford Moun- north-west of Lake Superior, flows northward tain Ry., 13 miles from Eastman. from Shoal Lake towards the Albany River. POTVIN, a post settlement in Lotbiniere co.. About 6 miles from its mouth it joins a largo Que., 6 miles from Laurier, a station on the river called the Kapikotongwa. I C R POWLES' CORNERS, a post village In POUCH COVE, a settlement in the Victoria co., Ont., 4 miles from Fenelon Falls district of St. Joihn's East, Nfld. Pop. (1901), river, and ll^ miles from Sturgeon Lake. It 1,085. is within a mile of Hall's Station, on the Hali- POUCHER'S MILLS, a post village in Hast- burton & Lindsay branch of the G.T.R., 12 ings CO.. Ont., 11 miles from Belleville. It con- miles from Lindsay. It has 1 Methodist church tains 1 general store, 1 grist mill and 1 saw and 1 school. It is in a good agricultural dis- mill. Pop., about 50. trict, the farmers about being interested In POULAMOND, a post village in Richmond dairying and hog-raising, CO., N.S., with port on Lennox Passage. It is POWNAL BAY, an inlet of Northumberland situate 4 miles fraom Grand Anse, a station Strait, in Queens co., P.E.I. settlement in Queens co., on the Cape Breton RR. It has 1 R.C. church, POWNALL, a post

, Charlottetown, on the P. 6 stores, with express and telegraph offices at P.E.I. 7 miles from Anse. E.I. Ry. Grand _ ^ POUND COVE, a settlement! In the dist. POZERVILLE, a post village in a great hay of St. Barbe, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 32. and cattle-reaxing region In Northern Alberta POUND COVE, a settlement In the dist. on the Vermilion River, Prov. of Alberta. It is of Bonavista, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 168. 20 miles from Vegreville Station, on the Can- Que., POUPORE, a post village in Labelle co.. adian Northern RR. It has a Massey-Harrls on the Du Lievre River, 12 miles from Buck- agency and general store. ingham Jet., on the Ottawa & Montreal (North PRADE, RUISSEAU LA, a small river running Shore Ottawa River) div. of the C.P.R.. 21 north-east Into the Richelieu River, opposite miles from Ottawa city. It Is in East Portland Isle Deschaillons, Vercheres co.. Que. municipality, and has 2 churches (Roman PRAGUE, a iK)st settlement in the Prov. of Catholic and Episcopal), and 1 hotel, besides Alberta, 14 miles from Killam, on the Wetas- 760 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. kiwin branch of the C.P.R., and near the new gether with express, telegraph and telephone piojectea line of the urana IrunK I'acilic Ky. offices. Fort Wellington is in Prescott. A it is situaied in a good mixed farming region, short distance belov/ the town is Windmill aad has a general siore ana a ixoman Cacaoiic Point, where staods the lighthouse which ciiurch. originally was the ruins of an old stone wind- I'RAiKIE, GRANDE RIVIERE, on the island mill, in which, in 1837, a number of "Patriots" 01 Monueal, rises in (Joieau Si. Louis and established themselves, but were driven out tiaversing Ooie tote. Marie falls into the St. with severe loss. Pop., 2,135. Lawrence. PRESCOTT, a couaty of Ontario, comprises an area of 316,344 acres. It is boundtd by the PRAIRIE GROVE, a post settlement in Sel- Ottawa River on the north. Chief town, L'Ori- kiik CO., lAian., iU miles south-eiist ot vVinniyeg. gnal. Pop. of CO. (19(X1), 27,035. ±-up,, under bo. J:^RAlKlii: RiVER, a station in the Prov. 9t PRESCOTT JUNCTION, the junction of the Saskaccnewan, om the Prince Albert section G.T.R., and St. L. & O. branch C.P.R., % a 01" the oanaaian Nortnern RR., '66 miles west mile from Prescott, Ont. of Erwood and 48 mues east of Tisdaie. PRESCOTTS, a settlement in Restigouche co., PRAlRlJi rtObiiJ, a post ofhce in Humboldt N.B., 1 1-2 miles from New Mills Station, on dist., Prov. of Saskatchewan. the I.C.R. IjES, rises in L'As- PRAIRIES, RUISSeAu PRBSQUE, a settlement in the dist. of Pla- fcomption cu., i^ue., into and runs south-west centia and St. Mary's, and a port of call of tlie ijie River Mascouche. steamers of the Reid Nfld. line, 23 miles from PRAIRIE SIDING, a station on the G.T.R., Placentia. Pop. (1901), 133. in Kent co., Unt., 37 miles east of Windsor, PRESQU'ISLE, a post village in Grey co., aud 8 miles from Chatham. Ont., on the Georgian Bay, 8^^ miles by water PRATT, a station in Maodonald co., Man., on from Presqu'Isle Harbor to Owen Sound the Can. Nortnern RR., 4 miles west of Lady- lighthouse, or 7 miles by land to Brookholm smith and 24 miles south-east of Carberry. Station, on the G.T.R., adjoining Owen Sound PRATT CORNERS, a post settlement in Lan- (G.T.R. and C.P.R. stations). The village has ark CO., Ont., 7 miles from Maberly, on the a town hall used for church purposes on Sun- C.P.R. days and a telegraph office and a waggon fac- tory. Pop. 50. SANG, a post settlement in Ni- PRECIEUX PRESQUILE, a river running into the west- colet CO., Que., near St. CelC'Stin, ^ on the Three ern side of the River St. John, a few miles Rivers branch of the G.T.R. above Woodstock, N.iB. It takes its rise in The PRECIOUS CORNERS, a post village in Nor- State of Maine. thumberland CO., Ont., 4 miles from Cobourg, the county seat, and nearest railway and bank- PRESTON, a thriving town in Waterloo co., ing point. Pop., 60. Ont., at the confluence of the Speed and Grand on the Hamilton South- PRE D'ENHAUT, a post village in West- Rivers, and a station & of the G.T.R., 4 miles north moreland CO., N.B., 4 miles from College Bridge ampton branch 16 miles from Harrisburg, It has Station, on the I.C.R., 2 miles from Memram- of Gait, and Catholic, Episcopal, Pres- cook. It has 1 general store. 5 churches (Roman Methodist and Lutheran), 35 stores, PRENDERGAST RIVER, rises in the township byterian, 5 hotels, 1 woollen mill, 1 flour mill, 1 brewery, of Clarendon, Pontiac co.. Que., and runs furniture factories, 1 furnace and stove, 1 south into Lac des Chats. 4 1 brush, 1 cigar, 1 metal shingle, PREiNDERGAST'S carriage, COVE, a settlement in the and 1 glove factories, 1 private and 2 chartered dist. of St. Barbe, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 37. banks vMerchants and Toronto), 1 printing and PRENEVEAU, a post settlement in Peter- newspaper office ("Preston Progress"), besides borough CO., Ont., 3 miles from Havelock, on express and telegraph offices. There are ex- the C.P.R., 30 miles from Peterborough. It cellent medicinal springs and sulphur baths, contains 1 store and a cheese factory. Pop., 60. noted resorts for invalids. Pop. 2,649. PRESCOTT, an incorporated town and port PRESTON, a post settlement in Halifax co., on the St. Lawrence River (opposite Ogdens- N.S.. 10 miles from Halifax. burg, N.Y, State), and connected with the PRESTON ROAD, a post settlement in Hali- daily steamers in summer between Toronto and fax CO., N.S., 10 miles from Halifax. Montreal. It is situate in Grenville co., Ont., PREiSTONVALE, a post village in Lanark on the line of the G.T.R., 12 miles east of CO., Ont., 10 miles from Perth, on the C.P.R. Brockville, it and 57 miles east of Kingston: It contains 2 churches (Baptist and Methodist). is 46 miles east of Cornwall, and 113 miles west PRETORIA, a post 'settlement in Dauphin of Montreal. It is the Pres- also a station on CO., Man. cott & Ottawa line of the C.P.R., 52 miles post settlement in Strath- south of Ottawa City, and connected at Ogdens- PRETTY HILL, a on the burg with the N.Y. Central system. Prescott cona dist., Alta., and near Wetaskiwin, branches, has 4 churches (R.C., Epis., Pres. and Meth.), Calgary, Edmonton and Wetaskiwin 55 stores, 6 hotels, 2 banks (Traders' and on the C.P.R. Merchants), 1 planing mill, 1 starch factory PRETTY RIVER VALLEY, a post village in co., Ont., Pretty (The Imperial), 2 printing and newspaper offices the East Riding of Grey on Nottawa, on the Beeton ("Journal" and "Messenger"), 1 grain eleva- River, 6 miles from G.T.R., about tor (capacity 1 million bushels), 1 brewery, 1 & Collingwood division of the Collingwood. It contains 1 coffin factory, and a factory for the manufac- 4 miles south of 50. ture of oils, greases, etc.; besides the Govern- store and 1 saw mill. Pop., under ment marine works where gas for light- PREVEL, a post settlement in Gaspe co.. houses and buoys is made and lamps of all Que. kinds are tested (employing 150 hands); to- PREVOST RIVER, or RIVIERE NOIRE, rises LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 761

Id the township of WIckham, Drummond oo., cultural region, with station on the Canadian Que., and enters the St. Jb'rancis near Drum- Northern RK., 681 miles north-west of Winni- mondville. peg, Man., and 250 miles north-west of Regina, PKICjs;, a post village, largely engaged In capital of the Province. It has half a dozen churches, the lumber trade, in Kimouski co., Que., on a number of stores, 3 hotels, 3 flour and 4 lumber mills, 1 sash and door factory, the Metis Kiver, with port at Metis, on the St. several implement works, 4 banks (Imperial, Lawrence, 3 miles from St, Octave, and 3 miles Ottawa, Commerce and Northern), 2 from Ste. Flavie, stations on the I.C.R. It printing and newspaper offices ("Advocate" and "Sas- has 7 stores, 2 hotels, 2 saw, shingle and katchewan Times"), besides telephone, tele- planing mills, besides a telegraph oflice and graph and express offices. Pop., about 3,000. bank ^branch of the Molsons), and express PRINCE ALBERT, Or REACH, a post vil- office at St. Flavie. Pop. 600. lage in Ontario co., Ont., and a station on the PRICE, a lake in Pontiac co.. Que., traversed Whitby branch of the G.T.R., 1^^ miles from Aiagariasipi by the Kiver, which drains into Port Perry. It contains 3 stores and 1 Metho- the Ottawa. dist church. Pop., about 300. PRICEBURGH, a post settlement, in Victoria PRINCE DALE, a post settlement in Anna- CO., N.B., 4 miles from Grand Falls, on the polis CO., N.S., 7 miles from Clementsport Sta- C.P.R. (Edmundston branch). tion, on the Dom. Atlantic Ry. PRICES, a station on the Salisbury & Harvey PRINCE EDWARD, a county of Ontario, Ry., in Albert co., N.B., 3 miles from Salis- situated on the north-east shore of Lake On- bury. tario, comprising an area of 249,853 acres. It is PRICE'S CORNERS, a post village in Sim- mostly composed of a peninsula nearly sur- coe CO., Ont, 5 miles from Orillia, on the rounded by Lake Ontario and several small G.T.R., near North River, with port on Bass bays. Capital, Picton. Pop. (1901), 17,864. Lake. It has 1 Episcopal church and 1 general PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, formerly store. Pop. 37. called ST. JOHN'S ISLAND, the smallest and most densely populated PRICE'S MILL, a settlement in Rimouski co., Province of the Do- Que., 2 1-2 miles from Amqui, on the I.C.R. minion of Canada, situated in the Gulf of St. PRICEVILLE, a post village in Grey co., Lawrence', between lat. 46° and 47° 7' N., and Ion. 62° 64=" 27' Ont., on the Saugeen River, 3i miles from the and W. It is washed by C.P.R. Station at Flesherton, 35 miles south of the Gulf on the north, and separated by North- Owen Sound. There is also a daily stage be- umberland Strait from New Brunswick on the tw^een Prioeville and Durham. It has 3 east and Nova Scotia on the south. Greatest churches (Pres., Math, and Baptist), 1 public length, 130 miles: breadth, 34 miles—in its nar- school, 1 post ofl&ce money order office and rowest part, near the centre, it is only 4 miles savings bank, 4 stores, 2 hotels, 2 saw and wide. Area, 2,184 square miles, or, 1,397,400 chopping mills, 1 tannery. 3 blacksmith shops acres. The coast line presents a remarkable and 1 pump factory, besides telephone and tele- succession of large bays and projecting head- graph offices. Pop., about 350. lands. Of the latter the most prominent are PRIDDIS, a post settlement in the dist. of North Cape on the north-west. West Cape on Calgary, Alta., 23 miles from Calgary. the south-west, and East Cape on the north- PRIMEAU, a station on the St. Lawrence & east; the largest bays are those of Richmond the north-west, Adirondack Ry., in Chateauguay co.. Que., 12 on Egmont on the south-west, Hillsborough the south, miles from Adirondack Jet. on and Cardigan on the east. These bays, by penetrating into the PRIMEAUVILLE, a post village in Chateau- land from oppositei directions, form narrow guay CO., Que., with a station on the G.T.R., isthmuses which make a natural division of called Ste. Martine Station, 33 miles from Mont- the Island into three distinct peninsulas. This real. natural division has been adopted as the basis PRIMROSE, a post village in Duflferin co., of a nearly corresponding civil division into Ont., 5i miles from Shelburne, on the C.P.R. Prince county in the west. Queens county In (Tor., Orangeville & Owen Sound branch). 12 the centre, and Kings county in the east. The miles from Orangeville Jet. It contains 2 capital and seat of the provincial government 63° 10'). churches (Episcopal and Metliodist), 1 store, 1 is Cljarlottetown (lat. 46° 14'; Ion. hotel, 1 flour mill and 1 telegraph office. Pop. The surface of Prince Edward Island undu- lates gently, nowhere rising so high as to be- come mountainous or sinking so low as to PT^OfROSE, a post village in Kings co.. form a monotonous flat. At one time the en- P.E.I., on the Grand River, 7 miles from Car- tire Island was covered with a dense forest of digan Station, on the P. E. Island RR., 6 miles beech, birch, maple, poplar, spruce, fir, hem- east of Georgetown, with port at Bridgetown, lock, larch and cedar. The whole Island is on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is a good eminently agricultural and pastoral. The soil place for trout fishing, also in the mud of the consists generally of a light reddish loam, river for mussels, besides smelts and eels. sometimes approaching to a strong clay, but Pop., about 75. more frequently of a light and sandy texture. PRINCE, a county occupying the north- The prevailing rock is a reddish sandstone, western part of Prince Edward Island. Area, but a large part of the surface is alluvial and 437,847 acres. Chief town, Summerside. Pop. entirely free from stone. No minerals of the of CO. (1901). 40,069. least consequence have yet been discovered, and PRINCE ALBERT, a post settlement in An- even limestone and gypsum appear to be want- napolis CO., N.S., 3 1-2 miles from Middleton, ing The climate is much milder than that or on the Halifax & South Western Ry. the adjoining continent, and the air, generally PRINCE ALBERT, an incoriwrated post town free from the fogs which spread along the in ihe Prov. of Saskatchewan, in a fine agri- shores of Nova Scotia, is remarkably salu- 762 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

brlous. The winter Is long and cold; but afterwards assumed It, summer, the as part of the dis- without being oppressively hot, Is coveries of Verrazano; and eminently in 1663 a grant fitted to promote the growth and was made of It to Sieur Doublet, maturity a French of all the ordinary cereals. The prin- naval officer. Little progress was cipal crops made in are wheat, barley and oats, all of settling the Island till after the these peace of abundant and of excellent quality; p'^as Utrecht in 1715, when its fertility and and beans natural are equally good, and potatoes and advantages allured great numbers of Acadiang turnips are nowhere else surpassed. The wheat from Cape Breton. It was taken by the yield of the Province from 42,318 acres in 1901 British in 1755, restored by the treaty of Aix- was 738,679 bushels; the yield of oats from la-Chapelle, retaken, and finally ceded to Great 164,472 acres was 4,561,097 bushels; from pota- Britain in 1758. It was then placed under the toes (33,405 .acres), 4,986,633 bushels; from field Government of Nova Scotia. In 1768 it was roots (8,905 acres), 3,932,591 bushels; from hay erected Into a separate government, though at (181,996 acres) 168,326 tons. The land not the time it did not possess 5 resident proprie- cultivable consists of soft, spongy turf or a tors, nor did its total number of inhabitants deep layer of wet, black mould, which may exceed 150 families. In 1773, the first House of prove valuable for fuel. The fisheries are very Assembly met, and the constitution of the valuable, especially on the north coast, which colony was definitely settled under the adminis- 1r much frequented by mackerel and cod. The tration o.f Governor Patterson, which lasted manufactories are chiefly for domestic use. from 1768 to 1789. In 1799 the name of the Shipbuilding Is' prosecuted 'w:ith considerable Island was changed from St. John to Prince enterprise. Edward, in compliment to the Duke of Kent, The Prince Edward Island Railway (266 miles) who in that year honored the Island with a traverses nearly the whole length of the Island visit. In 1873 It was adtnitted into the Do- from Tig-nish on the north to Georgetown minion of Canada. and Souris on the east, connecting also with The Island is represented by 4 members In Summerside (Bedeque Harbour) and Charlotte- the Dominion House of Commons, or 1 for town on the south. The length of the railway each 25,812 of population. is. 54^2 miles, or, with its extension, 266 The public affairs of Prince Edward Island miles. A branch also runs to Murray Har- are administered by a Lieutenant-Governor, an bor, on the south-east corner of the Island. Executive Council of 8 members, 5 without Legislative Assembly 30 Summerside is about 3^ hours* run by portfolio, and a of are allowed $160 per an- steamer from Point du CheTie, the northern representatives, who num. The Province receives annually $211,932 terminus of the New Brunswick railways. subsidy from the Dominion. The municipal Charlottetown Is about 60 miles or 5 hours' system of the Province is not highly developed, run by steamer from Pictou, the northern ter- Legislature Is practically the govern- minus of the Nova Scotia railways. Tignish and the local improvements. and Cascumpeque are depots of the Gulf ing body of fisheries. The Province has an Admiralty District Court, a Superior Court, consisting of a Chief Justice The value of farm lands, buildings, and 2 assistant judges, and other courts based cattle, and all farm effects is set down at on English law also. $30,434,089, the farm produce In 1901 realizing The total population of the Island In 1871 $4,764,674. The fisheries In 1903, employing 2,201 was 94,021, an increase of 13,160 sinc3 1861, and men, realized $1,099,510. The manufactures in of 89,921 since it first became a British pos- 1901 reached $2,326,708, and the value of the session (1758). It was 108,891 in 1881, 109,078 in crops was $4,641,947. 1891, and 103,259 In 1901. The following table of each: During the season of navigation, there Is tri- shows the counties, with the capital Veekly communication with Pictou, Nova Sco- tia, and Shediac, New Brunswick. In addition Counties Pop. Capital. to which there are steamers connecting with 2L428. . Queens, iE^st . j charlottetown. Quebec .and the Gulf Ports to the north and Queens, West 21,936....' Halifax and Boston to the south. Navigation Kings 19,826 Georgetown. generally cioses about the middle of December. Prince. East 19,994.... („ and is resumed about the of April Summerside. end or be- (Prince, Wesvt 20. 075 .... » ginning of May. During this time mails and passengers are conveyed across the Strait In Total 103,259 ice boats, which ply between Cape Traverse in Prince Edward Island and Cape Tormentine In New Brunswick. Steamer also runs be- The inhabitants consist of descendants of Scottish, tween Georgetown ^.nd Pictou, Nova Scotia, Irish, Acadian, French, English, and nearly the whole winter. other settlers. The free school system was introduced Charlottetown, the capital. Is situated at the In 1651. Educational confiuence of the York and Hillsborough Rivers, matters are under the con- trol of a and contains 12,080 Inhabitants. Georgetown Board of Education, appointed by the and Summerside are the other chief towns. Government, and of a Chief Superintendent, the latter, however, from its situation mono- and are supported partly by Government grants polizes the business of the district, owing to and partly by district assessments. The Gov- Its better harbor. ernment expenditure In 1903 was $123,919. and that of the school boards The value of the exports In 1901 of the Pro- $42,698. The school oge is between 5 and 16 years, scholars vince was $822,593; the value of the imports and the in that year were 19.956, out of probable In the same year was $586,988. a 24,000 children between these ages. There This Island was amongst the early dis- were In the Province in 1903 572 school depart- coveries of Cabot, but no claim was pver made ments In operation. There are 572 teachers, by the English on tliat account. The French and the average attendance is 12,112. NOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 763

The Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia exercises Pacific In B.C., south-east of Pitt Island and Episcopal authority over the Island. The between Tolmle Channel and Larado Channel Roman Catholics have one Diocese, Charlotte- off the mainland (Skeena district), north of town. Vancouver Island. The religious denominations In the Province, PRINCETON, a post village In Oxford co.. according to the census of 1901, are as fol- Ont., a station on the G.T.R., 7 miles from lows: Paris, and 12 miles from Woodstock. It con- tains 4 churches (English, Presbyterian, Roman Church of England 5,976 Catholic and Methodist), 4 stoies, 2 hotels, 1 Church of Rome 45,796 saw mill, 1 branch bank (Hamilton), and 1 Presbyterians 30,750 telegraph office. Pop. 500. Metfcodists 13,402 PRINCETON, a post and mining settlement Baptists 5,905 in Yale dlst., B.C., on the Similkameen River, Disciples 810 60 miles .from Hope, and 120 miles south ol Salvation 116 Army Spences' Bridge, on the main line of the C.P.R., unspeci- Other denominations and 72 miles west of Kamloops, and 49 miles north- 504 fied east of North Bend. It has 1 Presbyterian Mission church, 4 stores, 2 hotels, 2 saw mills, 103,259 Total and 1 printing and newspaper office ("Similka- meen Star") and 1 branch bank (Ck)mmeice). Prince Edward Island has telegraphic com- The mines of the region include coal, copper, munication with the continent of America and gold and silver. Pop., 50; and in immediate Europe by means of a submarine cable, 11 miles vicinity, 150. in length, connecting the Island with New PRINCETOWN, or MALPEQUE, a seaport in Brunswick. The value of the imports of the Prince co., P.E.I., on the east side of the en- Island in 1903 was $586,988, of the exports $822,- trance to Richmond Bay, 7 miles from Kensing- 593, the chief port of entry being the capital, ton Station, on the P.E.I. Ry., 9 miles north- Charlottetown. In the same year the revenue east of Summerside and 39 miles west of Char- to amounted to $318,766, the expenditure lottetown. It contains 1 Presbyterian church, $327,662. 1 general store, 2 summer hotels, 3 grist mills in PRINCE OP WALES, a post settlement and 3 lobster canning factories, and a telepnone St. John CO., N.B., and a station on the New office. Pop., about 400. Brunswick Southern Ry., 13 miles from St. PRINCEVILLB, a settlement in Inverness John. CO. (Cape Breton), N.S., on River Inhabitants, PRINCEPORT, a post village in Colchester 7 miles from West Bay, on the same river, CO., N.S., on the Shubenacadie River, and a and 12 miles from Port Hastings. It has rail- station (named Princeport Road) on the Mid- way facilities on the I.C.R., at the station of land dlv. of the Dom. Atlantic RR., 12 miles West Bay Road, 12 miles from Hawkesbury. south-west of Truro. It has 1 Presbyterian Princeville has 2 churches (R.C. and Presby- church and a ptore. Pop., about 150. terian), 1 store, 1 saw mill and 1 telegraph PRINCE REGENT INLET, in the Arctic office. Pop., about 200. waters of the Franklin district of Canada, be- PRINCE WILLIAM, a post village on the tween Oockburn Land and North Somerset St. John River, in York co., N.B., 13 miles John Island, in lat. 72° and 74° N., Ion. 87° and 92° from Harvey Station, on the C.P.R. (St. W., leads from Lancaster Sound and Barrow & Vanceboro branch). There is a station of Strait into Boothia Gulf, and was discovered the same name on the line of railway, 6 miles in 1819. west of Harvey, but it is at a greater distance PRINCE RIVIERE AU, in Two Mountains from Port William, on the St. John. It has 5 etc.), stores, CO., Que., runs north-east and joins the Petite churches (Presbyterian, Baptist, 2 Pop., about Riviere du Chene. 2 hotels, 1 saw and 2 grist mills. PRINCE RUPERT, a spacious harbor on the 400. in York CO., N.B., Pacific coast, and a city in esse, on Port Es- PRINCE WILLIAM LAKE, sington, at the mouth of the Skeena River, is 2 miles long and 1 mile broad. station on B.C., where it empties its waters into Hecate PRINCE WILLIAM STATION, a Strait, between Queen Charlotte Islands and the C.P.R., in York co., N.B., 71 miles from the B.C. mainland. Here, it is understood, the St. John. executive of the new trans-continental and PRINYER, a post settlement in Prince Ed- trans-oceanic road, the Grand Trunk Pacific ward CO., Ont., 16 miles from PIctou, the county RR., has planned to build the western ter- seat, and nearest railway and banking point. minus of the road, on the fine estuary of Port Pop.. 100. Essington, the port and city to be called Prince PRISON ISLAND, in the mouth of Lake St. Rupert. This northern B.C. port vv^ill have Francis (an expansion of the St. Lawrence), obvious advantages over Vancouver, Seattle midway between the west part of Grande Isle and San Francisco in catering for trade with and the estuary of the River Delisle. the Far East over Pacific waters^ especially in PROCTER, a nost office in Saskatchewan securing trade with Japan and China. It has diPt.. Prov. of Saskatchewan. 1 branch bank (Commerce). PROCTER, a post settlement in Kootenay PRINCE'S LODGE, a post settlement in Hali- dlst., B.C. fax CO., N.S., 2 miles from Rockingham, on the PROCTOR'S COVE, a settlement in the dlst, I.C.R. of Placentia and St. Mary's. Pop. (1901), 41. PRINCESS, a post settlement in Souris co., PRONGUA, a post office in Saskatchewan dist., Man., 4 1-2 miles from Waskada, on the Lyle- Prov. of Saskatchewan. 16 miles from Battle- ton branch of the C.P.R. ford Jet., on the C.N.R. PRINCESS ROYAL ISLAND, a large elon- PROPRE, a river of Quebec, one of the early gated island in Hecate Strait, an inlet of the tributaries of the Batiscan, in Champlain co. 764 LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

PROSPECT, a post village in Halifax co., PROVINCE HILL, a post settlement In N.S., on Prospect Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic, Brome co.. Que., 3 miles from Mansonville 21 miles south-east of Halifax. The place is station on the C.P.R. its scenery noted for wild and rugged and at- PROVOST, a lake in Joliette co., Que., in tracts summer resorters and sportsmen to it the township of Cartier. and to "White's Lake in the vicinity. It has 1 PEOVOST, a lake in Montcalm co., Que , in Roman Catholic church, 4 stores and money the township of Lussier. savings office. Pop., about 360. PSCUDY, a river of Quebec, PROSPECT HILL, a post village in Perth rises in EL- mouski CO., and falls into the CO., Ont., on the Thames River, and 4l^ miles Restigouche PUBLIC LANDING, a from Granton, on the G.T.R., 10 miles west post .setUemeni in Kings CO., N.B. Nerepis, on the of St. Mary's. It contains 2 churches (Epis- C.P.R. ^(short line), is the nearest copal and Methodist), 1 store and 1 hotel. station. Pop., 40. BEACH, a post office in Shelbume CO.,n^^l?!^.N.S., PROSPECT RIVER, in Halifax co., N.S., is 1 mile from Lower East Pubnicoi. 5 miles long and well stocked with salmoB. ^ ^^® Halifax & South PUBNICO^iSx^?^^^ Western Ry' PROSPERITY, a post settlement in the dist. HEAD, a post settlement in yJt- mouth CO., N.S., of Assiniboia East, Sask. Moosomin, on the on Pubnico River, and a sta- tion on main line of the C.P.R., is the nearest station. the Halifax & South Western KR There are PROSPERITY, a post settlement in Huron several lakes in the vicinity, in CO., Ont. 12 miles from Blyth station on the .*^"^.^^ ^«°^ fishing. The village, which"^Sr? is London & Wingham branch of the G.T.R. at the head of Pubnico Harbor, has PROSSEIR post village 1 United Baptist BROOK, a in Albert church, 5 stores, 2 hotels CO., N.B., on Prosser Brook, 7 miles from ^^^1:®ot:n*^^®^^^P^ ^^^ express offices. Pop.', Forest Glen, and 9 miles from Elgin, on thd B, Do lit 250. Elgin, Petitcodiac Havelock Ry. It contains PUBNICO & LAKE, a lake 9 miles long by 2 1 Baptist church, 1 general store, 1 hotel and wide, in Yarmouth co., N.S. It is noted for 1 steam saw mill. Pop., 400. salmon fishing. PROTECTIONVILLB (or SUGARY), a post PUCE, a post village in Essex co., Ont., hamlet in Northumberland 'co., N.B., on the on the De la Puce River, and a station Miramichi River, 9 miles from Miramichi, and (J of a mile distant) on the G.T.R., ^ miles from Newcastle, on the I.C.R., 6 miles 13 miles from Windsor, and 9 miles from from Chatham Jet. It has 1 Methodist church. St. Clair, its port on a lake of the name. Pop., 98. It has 2 stores, 2 hotels, 1 saw mill, 1 iron PROTON, or INISTIOGE, a post village in and wood work factory and 1 express office. Pop., about 250 Grey co., Ont., 2 miles from Proton Station, on PUCE, the C.P.R., Owen Sound branch, 32 miles from RIVIERE AUX, of* Ontario, enters Lake St. Clair, Orangeville. It contains 1 church, 1 store, in Essex co., about 4 "^^camiles west of Belle River. 1 cheese factory nad 1 saw mill. Pop., 100. PUCKAHN, PROTON STATION, a post settlement in a post village In Saskatchewan Province, 18 miles from Grey co., Ont., and a station on the Toronto, Prince Albert, on the C.N.R. It contains 1 Episcopal Orangeville & Owen Sound branch of the C. church PUFFIN ISLAND, of P.R., 32 miles north-west of Orangeville, and Newfoundland, near the entrance of Greenspond 81 miles from Toronto. Harbor. Lat. 490 3/ ^2' 37" W. On it is PROULX, one of a group of small lakes In ^'^"^^-.'J^''- ^^1 a lighthouse exhibiting a fixed red light, 85 feet Nipissing dist., Ont., situate above the to the north-west level of the sea. of Great Opeongo Lake. PUGWASH, a post village and busy port PROULX, a post settlement in Prescott co., on an inlet of Northumberland Strait, in Ont.. 7 miles from McAlpin Station, on the Cum- berland CO., N.S., and a station on the Oxford C.P.R. (short line). & Pugwash branch of the I.C.R., 4 miles north PROULXVILLE, a post village in Cham^ of Pugwa&h Jet., 32 miles south-west of plain CO., Que., on River I)es Enuies, and a Charlottetown, P.E.I., -and 100 miles due north station called Proulx, on the Piles branch of of Halifax (as the crow flies): it is also 30 the C.P.R. , 3 miles from Grand Piles. It con- mlies east of Amherst, the county town. tains It 1 Roman Catholic church, 4 stores, 1 has among its varied industries the Mai^ltime temperance hotel, 2 flour mills, 2 saw mills and clay works, makers of pressed and wire cut 1 saph and factory. Pop. of parish, 1,015. bricks (capacity, 40,000 per day), 1 manufactory PROVIDENCE, a fort in Mackenzie district. of overalls, shirts, heavy clothing, leggings, N.W.T., situated on the north-west, end of etc., 2 manufactories of all kinds of building Great Slave Lake. About lat. 62° 60' N., Ion. material for contractors, quantities of lime, 114° W. gypsum and copper deposits abounding in the PROVIDENCE, a small lake near Lac de region. It has also 1 roller process grist mill Gras, in Mackenzie district, N.W.T, It is si- (capacity, 75 barrels per day), 1 red and grey tuated near 65° N. lat. and 113° W. Ion. sandstone quarry, and 1 tanning, harness and PROVIDENCE, a post settlement in Beauce shoe leather factory. Lobster fishing In the CO., Que., 4 miles from St. Victor de Tring, Straits is a chief occupation of the people, to- on the Quebec Central Rv. gether with dairy and poultry farming; and it PROVIDENCE BAY, a post village in Manl- has, moreover, a factory for preparing fertl>- toulin Island (on the south shore), in Algoma lizers from fish offal, oyster shells, lime, etc., dist., Ont.. 40 miles distant from Massey Sta- besides churches, schools, stores, hotels and tion, on the C.P.R.. and 35 miles from Mani- telegraph and express offices. Pop., about 800. towanlng. It contains 1 Union church, 4 stores, PUGWASH JCT., a post settlement in Cum- 1 hotel, grist and saw mills, 1 shingle mill and berland CO., N.S., and a station at the junc- 1 sash and door factory. Pop. 1(X). tion of the Pugwash and Oxford & Pictou LOVELL'S GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 76&'

branches of the C.P.R., 15 miles from Oxford & Ottawa RR., a few miles east of Haliburtoa Jet. Station on the G.T.R. It has 2 churches (Euis. PUGWASH RIVER, a post settlement in ana Meth.) 3 stores, 2 saw and shingle mii.s. Cumberland co., N.S., River, and I cheese on Pugwash factory, besides express and tele- on the Uxiord and Pictou brauch of the i.C.At., graph offices. Pop. 100 3 miles from Conn's Mills and 5 miles from PUSHTHROUGH, a fishing settlement on Pugwash. It contains 1 church (Methodist), 2 the south coast of Nfld., near the entrance to stores, 1 hotel, 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill and 1 Bay d Lspoir, close to Hermitage Bay, dist wood factory. Pop., about 200. of Fortune Bay. It Is connected with the PUG-WASH RIVER, a small stream falling Reid Newfoundland steamer service with Pla- into Pugwash Bay, Cumberland co., N.S. It is centia on the east and Port-aux-Basques on navigable for some 7 or 8 miles, and abounds the extreme south-west. It is situate y miles with trout and alewives. from Gaultois, and has 1 Epis. church and PUKASKWA RIVER, in Thunder Bay dist., school, 5 stores, 2 saw and lumber mills, S N.W. Ont., flowing into the eastern waters of lobster canneries. Pop., about 300. Lake Superior, north of Michipicoten Island. PUSLINCH, or SCHAW (name of RR. sta- PUMBLEY COVE, a settlement in the dist. of tion), a post village in Wellington co., Ont., St. Barbe. Nfld. Pop. (1901), 21.^ on the C.P.R., 12 miles west of Gait, 11 miles PUMBL.Y COVE (SOUTH ARM), a settlement from Guelph, and 17 miles from Hamilton. It contains store, in the dist. of St." Barbe, Nfld. Pop. (1901), 25. 1 1 saw and shingle mill, and PUNCH BOWLr, a port of call of the Labra- express and telegraph offices. It also has 2 dor line of the Reid Nfld. Ry., 518 miles from quarries, and is a good grain shipping centre. St. John's. Pop., 150. PUSLINCH, a beautiful lake in Wentworth settlement in the dist, PURBECK COVE, a CO., Ont., noted as a summer resort, Barbe, Nfld. Pop. (19U1), 24. of St. PUSSETT'S COVE, a fishing settlement in a post village in Muskoka dist, PURBROOK, the dist. of Twillingate and Fogo, Nfld., 10 branch of the Muskoka Ont., on the south miles from Fogo. River, 11 miles from Bracebriage, on the PUTNAM, a post village in Middlesex co., G.T.R., 10 miles north of Gravenhurst. It Ont., on the River Thames and on the C.P.R., contains 1 Episcopal church, 1 store, 1 lumber 5 miles from IngersoU. It contains 1 store, 1 mill and 1 blacksmith shop. Pop. 120. church, office saw and grist mills. PURL BROUK. a post hamlet in Antigonish express and Pop. 100. CO N.S., on the West River, 5 miles from Antigonish, a station on the I.C.R. Farming, PYKE RIVER, a small stream of Missisquol cattle-raising and apple-growing are the in- CO., Que., falls into Missisquoi Bay, near the dustries ot the region. It contains 1 cheese boundary line. factory. Gaspereaux Lake is in the vicinity. PYKE'S LAKE, a small lake in Beauce co.. PURPLE GROVE, a post village in Bruce Que., in the township of Frampton. Ont., on the Stanley River, 5 miles from PYKE'S RIVER, a small river of Dorchester CO.. Palmer- G.T.R. station of Ripley, on the CO., Que., runs north-east intb the River the Kin- ston & Kincardine branch, 8 miles from Et-chemin. Methodist church, 1 school cardine. It has 1 PYTONGO, a lake in Pontiac co., Que., north Pop. 75. and 1 blacksmith shop. Lake Duniont and east of the Coulonge River. post village in Durham of PURPLE HILL, a QUACO ROAD, a small post settlement in south-east of Scugog Lake co Ont.. 6 miles John CO., N.B., 10 miles from St. Martins, Junction Station, St. and 4 miles from Burketon a port on the Bay of Fundy, and 6 miles from of Myrtle, and ^6 on the C.P.R., 10 miles east Cusack's Station, near Upham, on the St. Mar- miles south of Lindsay. tins and Hampton RR., connecting at the lat- post settlement in Dau- PURPLE RIDGE, a ter place with the I.C.R. system. It has 1 the north-western Bhin CO Man. Arden, on church. Pop., 50. nearest railway R.C. branch of the C.P.R., is the QUAI DE RIMOUSKI, a post settlement in station. Rimouski co.. Que., 2 miles from Rimouski. Crow's PURPLE SPRING, a station on the li has 2 stores. Pop., 100. Nest branch of the C.P.R., in Alberta dist., QUAI DES EBOULEMENTS, a post settle- Axca. 64 miles west of Dunmore Jet. met in Charlevoix co.. Que., 40 miles from St. PURPLEVILLE, a post village in York co., Joachim, a station on the Quebec Ry. Light & the Toronto, It has 2 stores and Ont. 3 miles from Kleinburg. on Power Co.'s Ry. a saw Orangeville & Owen Sound branch of the C.P. mill. factory. Pop., post village in the R. It has 1 store and 1 waggon QU'APPELLE (FORT), a of Saskatchewan (formerly Assiniboia 150. Prov. N.W.T.), on Qu'Appelle River, 18 miles post village in Bruce dist., PURPLE VALLEY, a from Qu'Appelle Station, on the C.P.R. It Colpoy's Bay, 9 miles from CO., Ont., on contains 3 churches, 6 stores, 1 hotel. 1 roller Bay branch oi the Wiarton, on the Georgian flour mill 2 banks,, 1 printing office and 1 tele- Head Jet., and 10 GTR 25 miles from Park graph office. Pop., 300. , miles from Owen Sound. It contains 2 churches QU'APPBLLB. or WHO CALLS RIVER, in (Methodist and Episcopal), 1 store and 2 saw Province of Saskatchewan, takes its rise within 300. a few miles of the Southern or Lower Sas- mills. Pop. . T . PURVES, a post settlement in Li^gar co., katchewan, and forms one of the chief tribu- Man., and a station on the Mowbray branch taries of the Assiniboine. In its course, which the capital of the of the C.P.R., 16 miles from Mowbray. extends north-east of Regina, delightful valley, and PUSEY, a post village in HaUburton (Peter- district, it runs through a • Burnt into eight lakes, where the best of boro') CO., Ont., on a branch of the expands abounds. Length, 270 miles. River, and a station on the Irondale, Bancroft whitefish