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PLACE-NAMES OF NOVA SCOTIA
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VARNER BRIDGE (L.)—Named after Elias Varner, who lived near this place.

VAUGHAN (Hts.)—Called after a family named Vaughan, who settled here about the year 1833.

VERNAL (Ant.)—Evidently meaning "Spring." This place was settled about the year 1800.

VESUVIUS (K.)—A point on the Blue Mountains named after the famous Bay of Naples Volcano.

VICTORIA COUNTY—So named in honor of her late Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria; formed into a county about the year 1851. The name "Victoria" is applied to a number of places throughout the Province and was given, of course, in honor of "Victoria the Good," who reigned over the British Empire for sixty-four years (1837 to 1901).

VICTORIA LINE (I.)—See new name Gladstone.

VOGLER COVE (L.)—First settled by a McDonald an old soldier from Scotland. The Cove received its name from a later settler of Prussian origin, Frederick Vogler.