Pictou County Books and Literature
Nova Scotia Place Names
Nova Scotia Place Names
“Names of places form an important part of our history. They stand as memorials of men and events in the past. They throw light on the scenes and movements of former ages, and therefore cannot be neglected in our study of the development of our country.” … extract from an unpublished manuscript on Place Names, by the late Rev. Dr. Patterson, of Pictou
Nova Scotia Towns, Villages, communities, valleys, rivers, lakes, and harbours, have many strange and beautiful names. Almost all with a unique history or story to accompany it.
Many were named by Indigenous people; others, by the Spanish, French, Norse or English explorers; and others by the Scotch, Irish and English emigrants who traveled across the Atlantic at a later date, to eventually call Nova Scotia their home.
This book contains some great information about how some of the many places in Pictou County (as well as many other places in Nova Scotia) got their names.
Title: Place Names of the province of Nova Scotia
Author: Brown, Thomas J
Publication Date: 1922
Publisher: Halifax, N.S. : Royal Print & Litho.
Download: https://archive.org/details/placenamesofprov00browrich
On the page linked above, you can download scanned reproductions of this book in a variety of different digital formats courtesy of the Internet Archive ( a non-profit digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital formats).
Below in the interactive book application you can view the full contents of the book …
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