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• Mrs. Jean Taylor attended
funera) of her brother-in-law I
W.J.Taylor in Dorchester,
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WE'RE OFF — In spite of the fact that many people
have been using their snow machines for basic
tran,sportation during last week's storm, there was a
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good turnout Sunday for some recreational
snowmobiling. The Walton Area Sports Club
sponsored a snowmobile poker rally. (Staff Photo)
Opt:folio
Canadians swallo'
thousands of doses of med
eine each year. Many c
these are over-the-counte
items such as cough rem(
dies, antacids, laxatives an
headache tablets. .
Play it safe with thes
readily-available medicines
- Always read the label an
follow directions careful]:
- Avoid frequent use and se
your doctor if symptom
persist -
Place names are interesting
There's a lot of repitition
among place names inCanada. At
least half of the 10 provinces have
their Alma, Glenwood, Paradise,
St. Andres, S. George, St.
Mary's and St. Paul. Seven
provinces have a Victoria and
there's a Victoriaville in Quebec
and a Victoire in Saskatchewan.
Every province also has its
share of strange or curious place
names but when it comes to truly
amusing and exclusive ones,
Newfoundland wins hands down
for wit, dryness, sparkle and just
plain ham.
There's an Eastport, a
Southport and a Westport but no
Northport. Instead there are two
North Harbours and both arc in
the south.
There's also an East Bay in the
south, a North Bay in the west, a
West Bay way up north in
Labrador and a Southern Bay in
the east.
Delightful names like Come-by-
Chance, Blow-Me-Down and H
arbour Grace are on most maps
but what of Empty Basket and
Bread-and-Cheese, Confusion
Bay and Run-by-guess, Jerry's
Nose and Joe Batt's Arm?
Heart's Delight, Heart's Desire
and Heart's Content are three in a
row along Highway 80, facing
Little Heart 's Ease across Trinity
bay.
Great Plnchgut is not far from
Tickle Bay while it's a short
distance from Dildo to Conception
Bay.
After visiting Gin Cove, Bottle
Cove and Molson Lake, one,can
always convalesce at Bay de l'Eaii
or Dry Pond.
Leading Tickles is across the
bay from Pradise, close to Too
Good Arm and Comfort Cove.
After naming Horse Chops, Cat
Gut and Happy Adventure..
Newfoundlanders probably ran
out of names so the English
named Harbour Harbour and the
French countered with Port au
Port. No one knows who named
Laneless Cove.
Next in interest among
provinces for unsuual place
names perhaps is Quebec, where
settlers turned heavily to religion
for place names.
The province has called more'
than 600 places after saints
including 15 SaintJeans, nine
Saint-Pierres, eight Sainte-Annes
and Saint-Josephs and seven
Saint-Louis, Sainte-Marguerites
and Saint-Pauls.
There are 23 Notre-Dames
including Notre-Dame de Ham
and Notre Dame de Sthnbridge.
Ready for more "heavenly"
place names? •
Then how about
L'Annonciatioti, La Visitation ; La
Presentation ; La Providence, La
Conception, La Redemption,
L'Assomption, L'Ascension and
La Resurrection? And don't
forget L' Enfant-Jesus d'Ely.
Down in the Gaspe Peninsula,
the early settlers showed more
imagination when they named
Anse-Pleureuse (Whimpering
Bay), Gros-Morne (Big lz Bluff),
Manchd-d'Epee (Sword Handle)
and Cap-des-Rosiers (Rosebush
Cape).
Each other province has its
share of unusual or amusing place
names, many of them reflecting
the origin of the early settlers.
Saskatchewan has a
Blumenheim, a Blumenhof, a
Blumenort and a Blumenthal as
well as a Rheinland and a
Rhineland.
That prarie province also has
Plenty, . Resource, Revenue,
Success, Superb, Unity,
Wartime, Livelong and Eyebrow.
• Manitoba boasts Flin Flon,
named after cartoonist Al Capp's
(Lil Abner) comic strip character
Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin.
There's no Dogpatch in
Manitoba, however, but there is a
Dogpound in Alberta if that's any
consolation.
Out west in British Columbia,
villages called Wonowon, Chu
Chua, Bella Bella, Kleena Kleenc
and Ta Ta Creek make one
wonder how many of the early
settlers were stutterers.
But there are other perfectly
"normal" names in B.C. like
Horsefly, Soda Creek, Yahk,
Olalla, Gang Ranch and River
Jordan.
And, still inB.C., you can't
miss 70-Mile House, 100-Mile
House and 150-Mile House if you
watch your odometer carefully.
In northern B.C., Sunrise
Valley is six miles East of Sunset
Prairie as it should be.
In Ontario, there are Ottawa,
Mattawa, Oshawa, Petawawa,
Pagawa, Batawa, Sadowa,
Nottawa, Mammamattawa and,
of course, Wawa.
In the Maritime Provintes,
there are Ecum Secum and Skir
Dhu in Nova Scotia, Five Fingers
in New Brunswick and Five
Houses in Prince Edward Island.
Some Indian and Inuit (Eskimo)
place names in Canada are real
tongue twisters. They say you
should pronounce them as you
see them.
Try your luck with Gjoa Haven,
Umingmaktok, Inoucdjouac,
Musquodoboit . and
Keeseehooweinin.
All 10 Canadian provinces and
both territories have their share
of interesting place names.
also have beautiful scenery,
historic attractions, lively cities
varied events, comfortable
accommodation and good
restaurants. Vacation in Canada
this year and see for yourself.
For general information about
Canada as a travel destination,
contact the. Canadian Government
Office of Tourism, 150 Kent
Street, Ottawa, Canada K IA OH6.
McCutcheon Grocery
Phone 887-9445 We Deliver
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Schneider Family
BEEF PATTIES
2 lb. box
Schneider 14 oz.
FROZEN PIES Beef, Chicken
or Pork
NOTICE
of Annual Meeting
of the
HURON COUNTY
PORK .PRODUCERS
ASSOCATION
Wednesday, Feb.. 16.
• at' the, ..
CLINTON LEGION
BUSINESS SESSION: 1:00 P.M.
The proper business Of the anneal Meeting; including
the election of township directors and such besinett as
May come before the meeting. --
Elmer Haeding, president
LlOyd Stewart, secretary
16—THE BRUSSELS POST, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
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