Place-names of the Province of Nova Scotia

Place-Names OF THE ScotiaProvince of Nova BY THOMAS BROWN J. .-/, 92280263*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 on the lateextract unpublished Place-Names, by Rev.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.