Petitpas~Plaster~ Polson PETITPAS ISLAND, Antigonish County

An Island in Tracadie Harbour, named for the Petitpas family.
 
 
 

PLASTER COVE, Antigonish County

A cove near Antigonish Harbour, named because of the plaster or gypsum found nearby.
In the early 19th century vessels came here to load plaster.
 
 

POLSONS BROOK., Antigonish County

A brook which flows west into South River, also called McPhee's Brook and also a
settlement south east of Antigonish between Loch Katrine and Upper Springfield.
Probably named after William Polson who received a grant of three hundred acres
in 1828.