On 24 Apr 2007 at 7:37, Paul Lalonde wrote: > As for Sue's question about separate place names within the area, the answer > is yes. You can purchase a map which superimposes the current road map over > the villages of the Port Royal area. Definitely worth having. But to call > these villages may sometimes be a streatch. They were mostly names after > the family who originally settled there. Around that first farm, with > succeeding generations, a community of related people grew. I have never > seen information regarding the populations of these communities however. > The Melanson village site has been commemorated as a national historic park. > It is just before the Habitation. Paul is right, these very small communities are strung out along the road and can barely be called villages as there are no "centre" to any of them. The community of Lower Granville changed its name to Karsdale in 1882 in honour of Sir William Fenwick Williams, who had successfully defended the town of Kars in the Crimean War (see Calnek). Karsdale is adjacent to the present-day community of Port Royal, site of the Habitation. Mary Anne