218                                  ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

form appears to be a corruption by the R.R. surveyors (see p. 209), though
one Indian gave me Ab-a-hahk^ as an old word.

Archibald.—S. about 1836.   Said to be for the family which first settled it.

Aroostook River.—Exact origin uncertain; probably the Maliseet name for the
St. John, Wool-ahs^-took (which see), transferred to this river, or perhaps a
distinct though related word.

In Maliseet it is Loos^-took (or Loos-ta-gook/); meaning unknown to them;
nor do they identify it with Wool-ahs^-took; possibly it is not aboriginal,
but only their pronunciation of the form Aroostook. Aroostook and Wool-
ahs^-took are considered identical by several writers (Maurault, Hubbard,
Laurent). It seems to occur first on DeRozier's map of 1699 as Arassatuk,
applied to a settlement on the St. John above the Aroostook; as Arestook on
Purdy, 1814 ; Baillie, 1832, has ** Restook, called by the Americans Aroosiic'^;
on Holland, 1803, called Little Restigouche (see p. 192). Apparently called
Riviere Jacques = James River, by the French ; it is thus on Morris, 1784
{Jacquet in Munro, 1783); also on maps R. Chun and Machias.

Arthurette.—S. 1862 ? Named by Governor Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon before
1863, not for himself, but for the "little border village where Sir James
Graham lies buried " (Wilderness Journeys, p. 45). This village is in Engr
land, eight miles north of Carlisle.

Ashaboo, or Coal Point.—{Cooney). At the N.E. angle of Bathurst. Pos¬
sibly a corruption of Goulds Point, which it was earlier called for a grantee.

Asphaltes, Lake.—Map name only; loc, White Sand Lake, descriptive. Plan of
1827 has Asphalta.

Aucpaque.—Former Indian village at Springhill, near Fredericton. From the
Maliseet Ek-pah^-hahk = tide-head or tide-level, which is descriptive. Pote,
1745, has Apog and Apoge; a treaty of before 1754 has Octpagh; also as
Ockpack, Ecoupay, Aux pacques, Oak Park, and many other forms; in Saint
Valier, 1688, as Sainte Marie; later, Sainte Anne (see Hart's Inland).

Aulac River.—French Au lac = at the lake. At first applied to a village on .the
lake at its head {Le Lac, Franquet, 1754); Oulac, on d'Anville, 1755.
 

Bagweet Island.—On plans for the island above Sugar Island;   probably

Maliseet and the same as Ah-haW-guit (see Campobello).
Baillie.—S.   Said to be in honour of Thomas Baillie, surveyor-general of New

Brunswick when it was founded,
Bainbridge, Mount.—{On Wilkinson, 1859.)   Said to be for an officer of the

N. B. and N. S. Land Co. before 1841.
Baker Brook.—(Madawaska.)   For John Baker, who once lived at its mouth;

he was prominent in the New Brunswick courts in 1828-31 in connection

with his uncertain citizenship and eff'orts to hold the '' Disputed Territory "

for Maine (see Remarks on Disputed Points of Boundary, St. John, 1839).

A monument has recently been erected to his memory at Fort Fairfield, Me.
In ^2iY\?^eQV, Ha-raa-lee-kee-nok-tay^'COok; on Bouchette,   1831, Wariene-

quamaticook ; others Meruimpticook, which persists on one of its lakes ; also

Turtle River.
JBaker Brook.—(Sunbury.)   For William Baker, a former owner ;   also Mill

Creek. In Maliseet, Mes-eem-quips^-kek, which is doubtless the R. Nishampishach

of the Peacheyand other maps.