c1963  This little settlement was named after an old resident, Noel Pinet . . . who migrated to the Isle St. Jean and settled here.
1923  (1929)  At first, the watchers thought that they descried Isle St. Jean, and hope sprang up of finding a port of assistance.
1940  For those in Prince Edward Island, that used to be called the Ile St. Jean, although there had been preliminary hardship, the tide had turned.