Place Name Origins in Canada
French, English and Gaelic derived names occur in Canada. There are also aboriginal place names.
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To any one place cover us with song.
Thrush, bluebird, blackbird, sparrow, and robin throng....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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Where the hinges let it move, were living things,
Barnacles, mussels, water weeds—and one
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