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What's in a name? Why Nova Scotia has many duplicate place names

What's in a name? Why Nova Scotia has many duplicate place names

CBC
Sunday, January 28, 2024 4:24 PM GMT

Michael vander Putten had to be the bearer of bad news one day when a visitor came looking for directions from the Cole Harbour, N.S., resident.

The visitor had travelled well off the beaten path to end up in the tiny Guysborough County community, far from his intended destination.

"It was getting late in the day and that person had to turn around and go all the way back to Halifax, which was, from here, 300 kilometres. So yeah, that was an eye-opener for him," said vander Putten.

He's lived in the lesser-known Cole Harbour for around 35 years. The 70-year-old, his wife and their cat are one of a handful of families who live in the community year-round, which is located almost as far northeast as you can go on mainland Nova Scotia.

Among Nova Scotia's roughly 2,000 communities, there are 78 names that are duplicated, accounting for 178 communities, according to Nova Scotia's geographic names database.

The most common duplicate name is Pleasant Valley. There are five communities with that name. Pleasant Valley, N.S., can be found in Halifax, Yarmouth, Colchester, Antigonish and Pictou counties.

Other repeat offenders include four Brooklyns, four Centrevilles, four Mount Pleasants, four Little Harbours, four Riversides and four Greenfields.

Why do so many communities have the same names?

"The community names that appear more than once are names that were already commonly used by the community long before they were officially approved," Geoff Tobin, a Service Nova Scotia spokesperson, wrote by email.

His department oversees GeoNOVA, which administers the province's geographic naming process.

Tobin said they couldn't find any complaints or inquiries about duplicate place names.

He said duplicate communities are typically found in different municipalities so they don't cause problems for 911 services, for instance.

Official place names in Canada have been authorized since 1897 through a national committee. Today, it's known as the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

Its 2011 guidelines include an entry on duplication.

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