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_37SAWORD IN JUSTIFICATION,
lakescoves, hills, rivers,towns, villages, capes, valleys,
the haveand harbors of ourthis, glorious province sea,byTHE and beautiful names. of them weremany strange Many
named the Indian the bravetribes; others, Sp&nish,by original by
Norse and adventurers of the and stillFrench, English eariy times;
at a laterothers the Irish and whoScotch, emigrantsby English
their home.date made thisluckily province adopted
Often have we heard the within our exclaim:"stranger gates"
does it mean?" "And*'What an odd name!" "What[or pretty]
was it so named?"why
theThis little book is intended to to a limitedfurnish, extent,
answers to these questions.
material has been from it wouldThe gleaned many sources;
havehave added to the work to creditedobviously considerably
the the information has been so ruth-authorities from whichmany
The Author admitwill, however,lessly plundered. (?) frankly
that of the contentsso far as he is there is littleconcerned, very
matter.original
The has been in the hands of themanuscript placed printer
with full but with the thatthe of its hopeknowledge imperfections,
it some be of assistance to a more crafts-may day competent
man.
As a "Peace it is dedicated to the of NovaOffering," memory
Scotia's and historians.past present
Rock Eyrie,
North N. THOS. BROWN.Sydney, S., J.
1922.December,
"
asNames of form an of our standTheyplaces important part history.
of men and in the throw on the scenes andmemorials events past. They light
movements of former and therefore cannot be in our of theages, neglected study
of ourdevelopment country."
An extract from an MS. on the lateunpublished Place-Names, by
Rev. Dr. of N. S.Patterson, Pictou,
M25^M3THE INDIAN NAMES OF CANADA.
The of the Red Man,memory
How can it pass away,
While their names of music linger
On each mount and stream and bay;
While watersMusquodoboit's
Roll to thesparkling main;
While falls the sunbeamlaughing
On fields ofChegoggin's grain;
While floats our bannercountry's
O'er Chebucto's glorious wave,
And cliffs of Scatariefrowning
^The trampling surges brave;
While breezy Aspotogan
Lifts its summithigh blue,
And on itssparkles winding way
The gentle Sissibou;
While Eskasoni's fountains
Pour down their crystal tide;
While mountainsIngonish's
Lift their forms ofhigh pride;'
Or while on Mabou's river
The boatman his oar,plies
Or the billows burst inthunder
On Chickaben's ?shorerock-girt
The of the Redmemory Man,
It like alingers spell
On amany storm-swept headland.
On amany dell;leafy
Where Tusket's thousand islets
Like emeralds stud the deep;
. Where aBlomidon, sentry grim.
His endless watch doth keep.
It dwells round Catalone's blue lake.
Mid forestsleafy hid,
Round fair Descouse and the tidesrushing
Of the turbid
Pisiquid;
And it alends, Chebogue, touching grace
To thy softly flowing river.
As we think of thesadly racegentle
That has forever.passed away
Written by
Mr. Richard Huntington,
Yarmouth, 1883.AMERICA.
The name first in and is called after1499,appears Amerigo
an Italian Astronomer and The name asVespucci, Explorer.
Worid had its into the New origin Germany.applied
the name sometimes to is so calledColimibia, America,applied
who discovered America in 1492.from Columbus,
CANADA.
The name first in and is derived from the Indian1540,appears
or "Kannatha" which means aword "Kannata" orsettlement,
collection of cabins. It is said to be of Indian derivation,Iroquois
was to have been to theand supposed applied encampment
at but was Cartier to the wholeMontreal, appHed byunwittingly
country.
MARITIME PROVINCES.
The Maritime Provinces wereknown the Indians asby "Mega-
i. e. home of the or the true man.Micmacs,mage"
—1. The names in this book are in orNote. diction-alphabetical
order. after the name the initial letter,ary Immediately appears
or letters of the in which the is located.County place
Annapolisof Nova Scotia.Place-Names
so named afterThis wasplace likelyABERCROMBIE(P.)—
a British who was connectedGeneral General,James Abercrombie,
battalion of Hewith the 42nd or the first Royal Highlanders.
made several in and was killed at Bunker HillCanada,campaigns
in 1775.
C. B.—See New Aberdeen.ABERDEEN,
ABUPTIC HARBOR AND RIVER See(Y.)— Argyle River,
— Cadie or isACADIA. sometimes the MicmacAcadia, Kaddy,
Indian of land or thefield,equivalent region, ground, place, place
and when to an it denotes that theof; joined adjective, place
referred to is the or of theappropriate special place object expressed
the noun or In the Micmac Indianby noun-adjective. language
of this kind are formed **a" or "wa" to theby suffixingadjectives
noun.
anAs is the Micmac Indian forexample: Segubbun ground
nut. of or to nuts.Segubbuna, relating ground Segubbuna-
is the or of nuts. This us theKaddy, place region ground gives
place name of "Shubenacadie."
The Malicite Indians used the word for"quoddy" "Kaddy,*,
as it occurs in the nameplace "Passamaquoddy."
Acadia included the of Nova Scotia andgreater part Maine,
New and wasknown as "the Duke's and laterBrunswick, territory"
as "the it was also sometimes called "theKing's territory", province
of Sagadahock."
ACADIA COLLEGE—See Wolfville.
ACADIAVILLE Little(R.)—Formerly Arichat, changed by
ofAct Parliament to its name in 1866.present
ADDINGTON FORKS so named in honor(Ant.)—Likely
of the who was the British Prime Minister in theAddington years
that the Duke of was Commander-in-Chief ofEdward, Kent, Nova
1796-1800.Scotia,
AINSLIE The of Ainslie of the fourone sub-(I.)— Township
^
divisions of the north-western of Breton waspart Cape Island,
formed in the 1828 and was named after Lake Ainslie whichyearOF NOVA SCOTIAPLACE-NAMES8
named after Lt.-Govemor who was thein turn had been Ainslie,
Island 1816-1820.of BretonLt.-Governor Cape
Lake Ainslie).(See
— known as "Boom" wasALBA This place formerly given(L)
inname Act of Parliament 1893. It is the Latinits bypresent
**
white" and the name is to thename for appHcable owing large
rocks to be found in theof white plaster neighborhood.quantities
BRIDGE The and was noALBERT (C. B.)— Bridge place
of Prince whodoubt named in honor the marriedCoilsort, Queen
in 1840.Victoria
—Y A on Isle namedALDERNE Madame, after the(R.) place
Island which name is a of the FrenchChannel Alderney, corruption
A number of fishermen thisAlderney frequented port"Aurigny."
of Breton.Cape
RIVERORCREEK This is the namenowALLEN (A.)— given
once known asthe smaller from theAnnapolis River, "L'Esquilla"
**a sea needle" or little FrenchGerman fish;"Equille", meaning
This name is now to an-meaning "splinter." "L'Equille" given
other river in this Called Dierville in Du Moulincounty. by 1708,
the French for "Mill River."River,
—So named in commemoration of theALMA where(P.) place
a was won the Allies over the Russians in thegreat victory by
War in the 1854.Crimean year
AMAGUADUSPOND This is said to be namedB.)—(C. place
from a Micmac Indian word It was first settledmeaning "plenty."
in the At the of1805. the inhabitantsyear requestby Europeans
the name was to Castle in the 1896.changed Bay (see) year
AMETHYST COVE So named to thenumber of(K.)— owing
and found there.Agate, Jasper, Amethyst specimens
AMET ISLAND The name of this island is(Col.)— original
have orto been "Isle L'Ormet" "L'Ormet" and the namesupposed
is to be its resemblance to an "Armet" or suggested by
helmet.
—AMHERST This was named after Lord(C.) place Jeffrey
Amherst in with Admiralwho,(1717-1797) co-operation Boscawen,
in 1758. He was Commander-in-captured Louisbtu-g appointed
Chief and inGovernor General in America 1761. Previous to
it was called the French "Les Planches." The1759, Micmacby
Indian name was "Nemaloos andKudaagun" "Nemcheboogwek,"