Belle River. Formally known as 'Belle Creek' as a settlement of Lot 62, c. 1803. Surveyed by Holland, 1765 / Depicted on Jeffreys, 1775. Taking its name from the French name Belle rivière, meaning "beautiful river". Canada's Department of the Interior map, 1914, misspells it as 'Bell river'. The Micmac name is: Mooinawa-seboo, meaning "Bear river". The Belle Creek PO opened in 1874 (with James Cook as the Post Master) and continues as the Belle River Post Office (C0A 1B0) today. Today, Belle River hosts two established businesses: 'Belle River Enterprises (1982) Limited' - serving fishers working the Northumberland Strait, and now export based Atlantic Soy Corp (2008).