There are many funny place names in Canada. Flin Flon, Optic Lake and Wampum in Manitoba; Hungerford, Pain Court and Zigzag in Ontario; Aachikaayusaakaasich Portage in Quebec, Blubber Bay in B.C., Dead Man’s Flats in Alberta, Nuttby in Nova Scotia, Poodles Corner in P.E.I. and Snafu Creek in the Yukon Territory.
But the two provinces in Canada with the nuttiest names has to be Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. As the lists below demonstrate.
SASKATCHEWAN
Amsterdam – Antelope – Baldwinton – Big Beaver – Biggar – Blumenheim – B-Say-Tah – Buffalo Narrows – Cadillac – Candle Lake – Carrot River – Ceylon – Chicken – Choiceland – Climax – Congress – Cut Knife – Druid- Earl Grey – Ebenezer – Edelman Lake – Elbow – Endeavour – Eyebrow – Foam Lake – Frontier – Grandmother’s Bay – Grizzly Bear’s Head & The Lean Man – Hague – Hitchcock – Holdfast – Hoosier – Imperial – Knee Lake – Liberty – Limerick – Lipton – Little Bone – Loon Lake – Love – Lucky Lake – Lucky Man – Major – Mantario- Milestone – Moose Jaw – Mozart – Old Wives Lake – Onion Lake – Oxbow – Pennant – Piapot – Poor Man – Porcupine Plain – Quill Lake – Revenue – Reward – Sanctuary – Semans – Smuts – Spy Hill – Stockholm – Swift Current – Uranium City – Urin – Xena – Yellow Grass – Zip Lake
NEWFOUNDLAND
Ass Hill – Ass Rock – Back Cove – Bacon Cove – Badger – Bar Haven – Bareneed – Bay Bulls – Billy Butts Pond – Blow Me Down – Bottle Cove – Butter Cove – Cape Onion – Catalina – Change Islands – Chapel Arm – Coffee Cove – Come-By-Chance – Comfort Cove – Conception Bay – Cow Head – Cupids – Curling – Deadman’s Bay – Deadman’s Cove – Diamond Cove – Dildo – Exploits River – Ferryland – Fleur de Lys – Flowers Cove – Fortune – Fox Roost – Foxtrap – Frenchman’s Cove – Funk Lake – Furby’s Cove – Gander – Gin Cove – Goblin – Goobies – Halfway Point – Happy Adventure – Happy Valley – Goose Bay – Hare Bay – Hatchet Cove – Hearts Content – Hearts Delight – Heart’s Desire – Jerrys Nose – Lawn – Leading Tickles West – Little Seldom – Low Point – Mosquito – Mouse Island – Nameless Cove – New World Island – Nippers Harbour – Noggin Cove – Old Man’s Head – Old Room – Paradise – Pasadena – Penetanguishene – Petty Harbour – Poor Boy Island – Quidi Vidi Harbour – Red Indian Lake – River of Ponds – Salvage – Seldom – Small Point – St. Jones Within – St. Jones Without – Stag Harbour – Tickle Cove – Toogood Arm – Virgin Arm – Wild Bight – Wreck Cove
Just for the record, I forgot Skookumchuck in B.C. and Whycocomagh in Nova Scotia.
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