Back Bay *-A money post office, farming and fishing settlement in the parish of St. George. Located seven miles from St. George, a station on the Shore Line branch of the C.P.R. And the nearest rail and commercial connections. It is served by a good secondary highway between Utopia and St. George around the peninsula. Pop: 300

Bonny River *-A post office settlement and station on the Shore Line branch of the C.P.R. In the parish of St. George, six miles west of St. George.

Caithness-It is located 3 miles down the River from the Lower Falls in Saint George. It is just before Mascarene.

Lake Utopia/Utopia *-A settlement and flag station on the C.P.R. near St. George.

Lee Settlement *Elmcroft-A post office and settlement six miles from Bonny River.

L'Etang/Letang *-A settlement five miles from St. George.

L'Etete/Letite *-A settlement nine miles from St. George. Pop.310.

Magaguadavic River (York and Charlotte counties)The name of the river is derived from the Maliseet and Passamaquoddy Mageecaatawik, which has been translated as 'River of big eels.'  Early spellings include Magaguagaudavick(1786), Maacadavic(1842) and Magaguadavic(1859).  According to William Francis Ganong, "The name has the distinction of retaining a cumbersome spelling for a simple pronunciation, which is always 'Mac-a-day-vy.'"From Place Names of Atlantic Canada by William B. Hamilton, published by University

Mascarene-It is located 3 miles down the River from the Lower Falls in Saint George.

McDougall Lake-named in 1785 for a Loyalist settler Samuel McDougall.  The surname is sometimes written as McDougald in early documents;  however the present spelling has been in use for more than a century.From Place Names of Atlantic Canada by William B. Hamilton, published by University of Toronto Press

Red Rock-located westerly of Second Falls, approximately four miles from Bonny River.

St. George*-Population 1087. An incorporated town, money order post office, postal savings bank and station on the Shore Line of the C.P.R. situated at the mouth of the Magaguadavic River, 35 miles east of St. Stephen and 47 miles west of St. John. A number of granite quarries are located there, the annual output being in excess of $100,000. A considerable quantity of lumber and pulp wood is also exported. There is good fishing in the vicinity. It has offices of the C.P. Express and C.N. Telegraph. A branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia, L.R. Crammond, manager is located there. Mayor-Allan C. Grant; Aldermen- H. Vaughan Dewar, Arthur S. Callaghan,Percy l. Freeze, Frank S. Jackson, Stephen Spinney,and Morton E. Baldwin. Committees; Streets-Ald.Jackson, Callaghan and Freeze. Police-Ald.Dewar, Callaghan,and Baldwin. Lights-Ald.Callaghan, Jackson and Spinney. Licenses-Ald. Dewar, Jackson and Freeze. Fire- Ald.Callaghan, Freeze, and Jackson. Town Property-Ald. Spinney, Dewar and Baldwin.By-laws-Ald.Baldwin, Callaghan and Dewar. Poor-Ald. Jackson, Freeze,and Spinney. Assessment-Ald. Dewar, Baldwin, and Callaghan. Town Clerk and Treasurer-P.G.Tayte.

Upper Falls-Also known as Second Falls.

Upper L'Etang
 

What's in a name
Reader - Past, Present and Future on June 15, 2002 (Telegraph Journal)
Upper Mills

At one time there were five communities in New Brunswick named Upper Mills. Today there are but three on the official list of provincial names. Of the latter, two are in Charlotte county. Their location provides an important clue as to the origin of this name, which is also repeated in many other parts of Canada.

Rivers were crucial to the 19th-century lumber industry. The "river runs" provided an easy means of transporting logs to the sawmills that were strategically placed along river banks. "Upper Mill or Mills" was simply a method of identifying the location of a particular sawmill operation. Sometimes other types of mills grew up around such mills. Bartlett's Mills (also in Charlotte County) is a good example. In addition to a sawmill, a grist mill, carding mill and lumber finishing mill were all to be found there.

Since Charlotte County was the province's leading centre of lumber production, it is not surprising to find a community called Upper Mills located south west of St. Stephen; while a second is on the Magaguadaviac River.

- Bill Hamilton, Sackville, author of 'Place Names of Atlantic Canada'
 

*Information from The Atlantic Gazetter and Industrial Directory of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, 1939

St. George Parish is outlined in green on the map below. Thanks to Arnie Krause for the map.