Flows E. into Charlottetown Harbour. Named Elliot River by Holland in 1765 for Edward Eliot, Lord Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 1860. Commonly written Elliott River. West River was officially approved in 1970. In Micmac Tjigaoegatig 'bass place'.
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Rayburn ; RAD 23.4C2 ; Created by M. Bell, 19 November 2002. Entered into AtoM by J. Toms, 14 November 2014.