-by Jim St. Clair
Each of the following descriptions refers to a community in Inverness County
which has a name derived from places or people of another country. The answers are listed below.
What is the community whose name means or refers to the following?
1. An archeological treasure house or city in New York State.
2. An individual who was sometimes a member of the British Army and sometimes a political figure and also an author. Born and died in Scotland, lived for a time in Cape Breton. Left in 1820.
3. An ancient name for Scotland, used in Gaelic and English.
4. The name derived from an international society of men’s lodges with their origins in Ireland. The members at their meetings often wore sashes of a bright colour.
5. The name of a community in southwestern England used for the sake of variety in Inverness County.
6. This name recalls a noted monster found in a lake from which flows a river that empties into the sea on the eastern shore of Scotland.
7. A community on Route 105, which has the name as a small village in England and a famous town in Massachusetts noted during the American Revolution.
8. An extended community in Inverness County where Campbells and MacDonalds have lived peacefully next to each other for nearly two centuries, unlike a place in Scotland where in 1692 some people with these two surnames were at odds with each other.
9. A picturesque valley noted in a song, whose name is an invented one with two parts - one in reference to a Campbell, who was a son-in-law of the Queen, the other is a word meaning a “valley” or an “intervale.”
10. The origin is from the third largest city in Scotland - the name means where two rivers, both beginning with “d”, meet and flow to the sea. The city in on the eastern coast.
11. The traditional name of a ridge outside Brook Village, said to have been the home of a ghostly woman who wandered the roads with her head under her arm.
12. A community along the banks of the River Denys, which recalls a place of great peace found in the Book of Genesis.
13. A small settlement in the Judique Hills, which used to be called for a man noted for a sea journey with boat load of animals.
14. A small community which derives its name from two words, one meaning a fortified hill site and the other a Norse adventurer or king.
15. The place has the same name as the site of famous battle in England in the year 1066. It is the middle name of the second Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia after Confederation.
16. The name recalls a resident of Peru, who was the first person New World person to be sanctified as a saint.
Answers
1. Troy, in Asia Minor, the site of the Trojan War, the subject of the writings of Homer.
2. Lake Ainslie and surrounding areas carry the name of the last Lt Governor of Colony of Cape Breton.
3. Alba, along the shore of the Bras d’Or Lake.
4. Orangedale, the site at one time of an Orange Lodge.
5. Kewstoke, near Roseburn, a name selected by the residents for its originality. Word is of Saxon origin.
6. Inverness...the River Ness flows out of Loch Ness where the monster may live.
7. Lexington, an English town which was recalled by the early settlers in Massachusetts.
8. Glencoe...the Massacre of Glencoe is recalled in story and song.
9. Strathlorne - the Marquis of Lorne, a Campbell, was married into the Royal Family and visited Campbells in Inverness County when he was Governor General of Canada.
10. Aberdeen, so named to recall the Duke of Aberdeen who visited in the area. The word “aber” is from a Pictish/Gaelic origin which means “the confluence of rivers – two rivers meet near the site of this city.
11. Beinn na Caillich - “The Mountain of the Old Lady” - an old story told of her coming from Scotland with her head under her arm and wandering the countryside in search of somebody who could sew her head back on her shoulders.
12. Eden...home of Adam and Eve.
13. Ben Noah, now upper Judique Intervale. Maybe the location where Noah located his ark after the flood.
14. Dunakyn...perhaps the combining of the Gaelic word Dun and the name of a Norse King Haakon. A place on Isle of Skye, Scotland.
15. Port Hastings, Sir Charles HASTINGS Doyle, 1803-1883. British Army officer and political figure. Place was once known as Plaister Cove.
16. St.Rose, name to honor Saint Rose of Lima, 1580-1617, noted for her care of the poor.
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