Place-NamesOF THEScotiaProvince of NovaBYTHOMAS BROWNJ..-/,92280263*AWORD IN JUSTIFICATION.lakestowns, villages, capes, coves, hills, valleys, rivers,and harbors of our the havethis, glorious province by sea,THE and beautiful names. of them weremany strange Manynamed the Indian the braveby original tribes; others, by Spanish,Norse adventurers of the times and stillFrench, and English early ;others the and who at a laterIrishby Scotch, English emigrantsdate made this their home.luckily province adoptedOften have we heard the within our exclaim:"stranger gates""What an odd name!" "What does it mean?" "And[or pretty]was it so named?"whyThis little book is intended to to a limited thefurnish, extent,answers to these questions.The material has been from it wouldgleaned many sources;have added to the work to have credited-obviously considerablythe authorities from which the information has been so ruth-manyThe Author admitwill, however,lessly plundered. (?) franklythat so far as he is there is little of the contentsconcerned, verymatter.originalThe has been in the hands of themanuscript placed printerwith the full of its but with the thatknowledge imperfections, hopeit some be of assistance to a more crafts-may day competentman.As a "Peace it is dedicated to the of NovaOffering," memoryScotia's and historians.past presentRock Eyrie,North N. THOS. BROWN.Sydney, S., J.1922.December,"stand asNames of form an of ourplaces important part ...
Place-Names
OF THE
ScotiaProvince of Nova
BY
THOMAS BROWN
J.
.-/,
92280263*AWORD IN JUSTIFICATION.
lakestowns, villages, capes, coves, hills, valleys, rivers,
and harbors of our the havethis, glorious province by sea,THE and beautiful names. of them weremany strange Many
named the Indian the braveby original tribes; others, by Spanish,
Norse adventurers of the times and stillFrench, and English early ;
others the and who at a laterIrishby Scotch, English emigrants
date made this their home.luckily province adopted
Often have we heard the within our exclaim:"stranger gates"
"What an odd name!" "What does it mean?" "And[or pretty]
was it so named?"why
This little book is intended to to a limited thefurnish, extent,
answers to these questions.
The material has been from it wouldgleaned many sources;
have added to the work to have credited-obviously considerably
the authorities from which the information has been so ruth-many
The Author admitwill, however,lessly plundered. (?) frankly
that so far as he is there is little of the contentsconcerned, very
matter.original
The has been in the hands of themanuscript placed printer
with the full of its but with the thatknowledge imperfections, hope
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,
"
stand asNames of form an of ourplaces important part history. They
on andmemorials of men and events in the throw the scenespast. They light
in our of themovements of former and therefore cannot beages, neglected study
of ourdevelopment country."
An from an MS. on the lateextract unpublished Place-Names, by
Rev. Dr. of N. S.Patterson, Pictou,THE 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 shore ?rock-girt
The of the Redmemory Man,
It like alingers spell
On amany headland,storm-swept
On amany leafy dell;
Where Tusket's thousand islets
Like emeralds stud the deep;
Where aBlomidon, grim,sentry
His endless watch doth
keep.
It dwells round Catalone's blue lake,
Mid forests hid,leafy
Round fair Descouse and the tidesrushing
Of the turbid Pisiquid;
And it alends, Chebogue, touching grace
To river,thy softly flowing
As we think of the racesadly gentle
That has forever.passed away
Written by
Mr. Richard Huntington,
Yarmouth, 1883.AMERICA.
in and is called afterThe name first 1499, Amerigoappears
asAstronomer and The namean Italian Explorer.Vespucci,
the New World had its into origin Germany.applied
is so calledthe name sometimes toColumbia, applied America,
in 1492.from who discovered AmericaColumbus,
CANADA.
in and is derived from the IndianThe name first appears 1540,
"Kannata" or "Kannatha" which means a orword settlement,
cabins. It is said to be of Indiancollection of, derivation,Iroquois
and was to have been to thesupposed applied encampment
at but was Cartier to the wholeMontreal,unwittingly by
country.
MARITIME PROVINCES.
The Maritime Provinces were known the Indians asby "Mega-
i. e. home of the or the true man.mage" Micmacs,
Note. 1. The names in this book are in or diction-alphabetical
order. after the name theary initialImmediately appears letter,
or letters of the in which the is located.County place
Annapolis (A)
Antigonish (Ant.)
BretonCape (C. B.)
Colchester (Col.)
Cumberland (C)
Digby (D)
Guysborough (G)
Halifax (H)
Hants
(Hts.)
Inverness (I)
Kings (K)
Lunenburg (L)
Pictou
(P)
Queens (Q)
Richmond (R)
Shelburne (S)
Victoria
(V)
Yarmouth (Y)
Note 2. So far as them to this dateadopted by the spelling
of the namesplace isthroughout the thespelling approved by
Board ofGeographic Canada.