Wheaton Lake, Saint Patrick, N. B.

Villages & Geography
Wheaton Lake

Wheaton Lake is located in the south part of Saint Patrick Parish above Holts Point, and between the Bocabec River and Big Bay. It drains into Mill Cove on Passamaquoddy Bay. The Memoirs of Annie M. Holt contains a general description (page 12) and also an account of ice cutting in pre-refrigerator days (page 22). The lake's official name was formerly Bocabec Lake but that has been rescinded in favour of Wheaton Lake. It appears to have taken its name from a local family. The Memoirs of Annie M. Holt refers to "the Wheaton cellar" (page 13) and there are Wheaton/Wheton families in that location in the 1851 and 1861 censuses (see below). A list of donors from the Bocabec Baptist Church in 1861 also lists a Mrs. Wheton.

Wheaton Lake, Bocabec
The two stretches of road are both part of Highway 127. Hardwood Island is
visible off the coast. Chamcook Mountain is at the far right.
Taken in 1993 from the mountain behind Bocabec United Church looking
south, by Craig Walsh.

1851 Census of N.B. Saint Patrick Parish, Charlotte County, p. 4. National Archives of Canada mfm C995. *
Name	Age	Birthplace	Relationship	Occupation	Date of Entering the Colonies
John Wheton	65	English	Husband	Farmer	1834
Hannah Wheton	51	Native	Wife
James Lambert	14	Do	Son
Edward Owens	14	Do	Son
Susanna Wheton	8	Do	Daughter
Thomas Wheton	6	Do	Son
Ann Lavary	14	Do	-	Servant

* Also in print, The New Brunswick Census of 1851: Charlotte County.
Robert F. Fellows (Ed.). Vol II. 1975. p 223.

1861 Census of N.B. Saint Patrick Parish, Charlotte County, p. 12. National Archives of Canada mfm C1001.
Number.	Names of Inhabitants.	Sex.	Relationship to head of family.	Age.	Race and where born.	Rank or Occupation.	Religious Profession.
472	Hannah Wheaton	F	Head of Family	63	Nov[a] Scotian	-	Baptist
473	Ann do	F	Daughter	19	Native	Schollar [sic]	Episcopalion
474	Thomas M do	M	Son	17	Native	G Labour	Episcopalion