MOUNT GRENVILLE (R.)—See St. Peter's.
MOUNT HANLEY (A.)—Called after a man named Hanley, who crossed over it in the early days. It was named "Hanley's Mountain" up to 1896; then it was changed to its present name.
A very noted Loyalist named Thomas Barclay, afterwards Speaker of the Nova Scotia Legislature, settled himself and a number of Loyalists here.
MOUNT PLEASANT (D.)—Settled and named by settlers from Digby in the year 1787.
MOUNT THOM (P.)—See Mount Ephraim.
MOUNT UNIACKE (Hts.)—This place was settled in 1808 by an Irishman named Richard John Uniacke, who came to Cumberland County in 1774, where he received a large grant of land. He was Solicitor-General of the Province in 1782. He died at Mount Uniacke in 1830.
MOUNT VARNER (L.)—So named after Elias Varner. The Mount is on lands owned by him.
MOUNT YOUNG (I.)—It is said that this place was named after Sir William Young (1799-1887), who was the first representative of this County. He was Premier of Nova Scotia 1854-1857 and again in 1860 when he was appointed Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and was knighted in 1868. The County was in 1836 known as "Juste au corps."
MOUSE ISLAND (C. B.)—Near Long Island, in the Bras d'Or Lake. Granted in 1820 to Rev. Hibbert Binney, with Long Island. A very small island near the comparatively large one suggested the name.
MOYDART (Ant.)—Evidently named after the Scottish County "Moidart" on the west coast, although the spelling is unlike the original.
MUD BRIDGE, near Wolfville (K.)—The Indian name was "Mtaban," meaning "mud-catfish ground."
MUGGAH CREEK, near Sydney (C. B.)—Named after Mr. John Muggah a native of Banffshire, Scotland. He was employed as a military engineer at Sydney. He married a Miss Meloney, a daughter of Sydney's first settler, John Meloney, and
