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This is a list of placenames in Scotland that have been applied to parts of Canada by Scottish emigrants or explorers.. For Nova Scotian names in Scottish Gaelic (not necessarily the same as the English versions) see Canadian communities with Scottish Gaelic speakers and Scottish Gaelic placenames in Canada
Dunoon (/ d u ˈ n uː n /; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Omhain [t̪un ˈo.ɪɲ]) is the main town on the Cowal Peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.It is located on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. [2]
The Ardentinny Outdoor Centre is run by Actual Reality, which has two centres in Cowal. The local economy is reliant on tourism and agriculture, with major employers being the hotel, the outdoor centre and the caravan park. There is one working fishing boat based in Ardentinny, trawling for prawns. Residents also work in Dunoon and across the ...
Argyll Street Dunoon's Argyll Hotel and East Bay around 1895, with Argyll Street on the left Length 0.48 mi (0.77 km) Location Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland South end Pier Esplanade North end Bencorum Brae Argyll Street is the main street of the Scottish town of Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute. It runs for about 0.9 miles (1.4 km), from Pier Esplanade (the A815) in the ...
The hall's Hanover Street (north) elevation in 2011. The foundation stone for the new building was laid with full masonic honours on 30 August 1873. It was designed by Robert Alexander Bryden in the Scottish baronial style, built in schist stone at a cost of £4,000, and was officially opened on 25 June 1874. [3]
Open on the Firth of Clyde at its eastern end, the loch is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and between 2 and 3 miles (3 and 5 km) long, varying with the tide. Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula lies on the shores of the Clyde just to the south of the loch, and houses continue round the villages of Kirn, Hunters Quay, Ardnadam and past Lazaretto Point, the village of Sandbank, with open ...
Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name, since it combines the Scottish prefix "Inver" (Inbhir), meaning a river's mouth, with "Cargill", the name of a leading early settler, who was born in Scotland. Invercargill's main streets are named after Scottish rivers (Dee, Tay, Spey, Esk, Don, Doon, Clyde, etc.), and many places in Dunedin ...
Glengarry County, an area covering 288,688 acres (1,168 km 2), is a county in the province of Ontario, Canada.It is still inhabited by the descendants of 18th and early 19th-century Scottish Highland pioneer settlers from Lochaber, was historically a Gàidhealtachd community, and Canadian Gaelic language revival efforts are currently taking place there.