Where Ya At? A Chat about Newfoundland Place Names
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Where Ya At? A Chat about Newfoundland Place Names
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About this listen
Alicia and I talk about quirky names, names with interesting origins, and names that are not pronounced like they're spelled
SOURCES
“Browse Images by Location,” Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, 2025, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/image-browser/location
Ainsley Hawthorn, “From Dildo to Witless Bay: Where Did N.L. Get Its Unusual Place Names?,” Academia.edu, 2019, https://www.academia.edu/40234482/From_Dildo_to_Witless_Bay_Where_did_N_L_get_its_unusual_place_names
Jennifer Leigh Hill, Uncovering the Origins of 1,001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2021
Dale Jarvis, Place Names of Newfoundland and Labrador, Flanker Press, 2022
Newfoundland and Labrador Ruralroutes, 2025, https://nl.ruralroutes.com/index.cfm
Statistics Canada, “Census Profile, 2016 Census: Newfoundland and Labrador,” https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/search-recherche/lst/results-resultats.cfm?Lang=E&GeoCode=10&Letter=A&TABID=1&G=1&Geo1=&Code1=&Geo2=&Code2=&type=0
“Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador, Wikipedia, 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Towns_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
“What’s in a Name?,” Downhome, 2022, https://downhomelife.com/whats-in-a-name/