WENTWORTH CREEK (Near Sydney) (C. B.)—Named after Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Wentworth, who was at one time also Surveyor-General for the Province.
WENTWORTH LAKE (Q.)—See Wentworth.
WENTZELL LAKE (L.)—So called in honor of an early settler named Nathaniel Wentzell. This lake was at one time known as "MacKay's Lake."
WEESIK (G.)—A hill near Country Harbor. It is an Indian word meaning "The beavers' home."
WESKAWENAAK (D.)—A place near Digby. An Indian name meaning "Happy Land" or "Laughing Place."
WEST ARICHAT (R.)—This place was at one time named "Acadiaville."
WEST BAY (I.)—The Indian name for this place was "Wolnamkeak," meaning "a sandy cove," "Wolna" being the Micmac for Cove. Was first settled in 1813 by a few Scotch families who came from Pictou, N. S.
WEST BERLIN (Q.)—This place was formerly called "Blueberry" owing to the number of these berries found there. The present name was given it by an Act of Parliament in the year 1886.
WESTHAVER ISLAND (L.)—An island at the entrance of Mahone Bay, evidently named after one of the original grantees of land in these parts, Jacob Westhoffer or some of his descendants.
WESTFIELD (Q.)—This place was settled in the year 1822. (See Greenfield).
WEST RIVER (P.)—Was called by the Micmac Indians "Pebloogowaak."
WESTVILLE (P.)—So named because the Colleries and Railway started in 1869 were further west than the colleries already in operation.
WESTVILLE (D.)—This place was formerly called Brinley Town by the freed slaves who came with the Loyalists.
WEYMOUTH (D.)—Laid out in the year 1784. It was at one time called "Wessagussett." In 1784 there is a record of the forming of two towns on the Sissiboo River in Digby County, to be called "Edinburgh" or "New Edinburgh" on the east side, and
