Where Ya At? A Chat About Newfoundland Place Names Newfoundland Boy podcast

Where Ya At? A Chat about Newfoundland Place Names

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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/

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