Place-Names of the Province of Nova Scotia/F
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FAIRMONT (Ant.)—This place was formerly known as part of Hallowell Grant. By an Act of Parliament in the year 1892 it was given its present name.
FAIRY LAKE (Q.)—This Lake and the Falls are so named because the Indian name appeared to mean the English word "Fairy" or "Witch."
FAIRY HOLE (V.)—This place between Great Bras d'Or Entrance and St. Ann's Bay is so called owing to the caverns that start in from the shore extending into the cliffs for a considerable distance. These caves are of great interest to geologists and others visiting the place. A somewhat similar cave is found in Pictou County called Peter Fraser's Cave.
FALES BROOK (K.)—A small stream in Aylesford flowing into the Annapolis River, named after an early settler Benjamin Fales, who was employed by Brigadier General Ruggles in clearing the southern slope of the North Mountain.
FALKLAND (H.)—Received its name in honor of Lady Falkland, who laid the corner-stone of the first church built there in the year 1845. Lady Falkland was the wife of Lucius Bentinck Falkland, Viscount, then Governor of Nova Scotia. She was the youngest daughter of William IV. Its name previous to this was Fergusson's Cove.
FALKLAND (L.)—See Falkland (H.).
FALKLAND RIDGE (A.)—Named in honor of Lucius Bentinck Falkland, who was for a time Governor of Nova Scotia.
{{Anchor+|Falmouth|FALMOUTH (Hts.)—Named after the seaport and watering place of that name in Cornwall, England. It is one of the six township divisions of Hants County, and was formed into a Township in 1759. It was previous to this, part of King's County.
FALSE BAY BEACH (C. B.)—A low strip of sand which prevents the communication between Cow Bay and Mira Bay, and, by the appearance of an entrance, deceives the mariners when approaching from the sea, hence the name.
FARIBAULT BROOK (I.)—On the Cheticamp River named after a Dominion geologist.
FERRONA (P.)—From "Ferra" (iron). Named by officers of the Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., when the Company were manufacturing pig iron there.
FIFTH LAKE (Q.)—(See Liverpool).
FINLAY POINT (I.)—Near Mabou named after a settler Finlay Beaton.
FIRST LAKE (Q.)—See Liverpool
(Q.)— " Port Medway.
(H.)— " Tangier.
FISHERMEN'S CARD TABLE (L.)—The name given to a large square rock in a very elevated position with a flat even surface'
FISHER'S GRANT (P.)—The old Micmac Indian name for this place was "Soogunugade" or "rotting place."
FIVE HOUSES (L.)—So named because for a long time in the early days there were but five houses at this place.
FIVE ISLANDS (C.)—The Indians called these Islands "Nankulmenegool" meaning "Five Islands."
FLAT POINT (C. B.)—Generally called Low Point, is the Eastern Point of of Sydney Harbor. The name is descriptive.
FLEMING ISLAND (H.)—An island near Port Dover, named after a family of the district.
FLINT ISLAND (C. B.)—This place received its name from the name given to it by the French. "Ile a pierre a fusil" referring to the hardness of its rock.
FLORENCE (C. B.)—Formerly known as "Cox's." About the year 1905 the Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. started a coal mine there and the village was named after the wife of the Counties Dominion Parliamentary Representative, Mr. D. D. McKenzie.
FOLLY VILLAGE (Col.)—See new name Glenholm.
FOLLY LAKE AND MOUNTAIN (Col.)—This word applied to the name of a place is often found, and in this case expresses the opinion of neighbors on an unfortunate location by one of their number named Flemming. At first it was knownh as Flemming Folly, later "The Folly"; it then became "Fawleig," and is now on the railway time tables as "Folleigh."
FOOTE CORNER (Y.)—Named after a family of Footes' who were very early settlers.
FORBES BROOK (P.)—So named after an early Scotch settler. Was one time called "The Half Mile Brook." A number of brooks on the West River were known as Four, Six, and Eight Mile brooks being the distance on the Cobequid Road from the point of departure.
FORBES POINT (Q.)—This place is sometimes called "Wreck Point." The present name is after a Scotchman named Forbes, who was the first settler in this neighborhood.
FORT CLARENCE (H.)—Was first erected in the year 1754. The name is probably in honor of Edward, Duke of Kent.
FORT EDWARD, (K.)—Now a mere ruin, was named after the Duke of Kent.
FORT ELLIS (Col.)—An old fort on the Shubenacadie River. It apparently received the name Ellis owing to a man of this name having a farm nearby.
FORT LATOUR (S)—Named in honor of the brave Charles La Tour, who built a fort here in the year 1627.
FORT LAWRENCE (C.)—At one time known as "Beaubasin." Settled in 1672. The Indian name was "Kwesomalegek," meaning "a hardwood point." This place was also known as Missiquash, a name now only applied to the river dividing Nova Scotia from New Brunswick. The fort was built by a Major Lawrence who was sent there to reduce the French and Indians to obedience and who built the fort in 1750. The district now bears the name he gave the fort.
FORT MASSEY (H.)—Named after General Massey, Commander-in-chief in Nova Scotia in 1776. The name "Fort Massey" was given to the military cemetery in Halifax, later to the surrounding residential area; now, chiefly to designate the cemetery and the famous church of that name.
FOSTER SETTLEMENT (L.)—This place is named after two brothers, Ezekiel and Henry Foster, who were the first settlers.
FOURCHE (R.)—This is the French for "forked" or "cloven."
FOUR MILE BROOK (P.)—So named because of its being four miles from the beginning of the old Cobequid Road where it crosses the road.
FOURTH LAKE (Q.)—See Liverpool
(Q.)— " Port Medway.
(H.)— " Tangier.
FOX ISLAND (G.)—An Island in the Gut of Canso. The Indian name was "Sebelogwokum," meaning "where skins are stretched" or "the drying place."
FRAMBROISE (R.)—This is the French for "raspberry." The place was long known as Framboise Cove. The Micmac Indian name of this place was "Tawanok" or "Tawitk" meaning the outlet or flowing out.
FRANCKLIN MANOR (C.)—First applied to a home, and now to the place. Named and owned by the Honorable Michael Francklin, who was Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1766 and Governor in 1772.
FRASER POINT (P.)—Named after the first settler, Captain Fraser of the 82nd Hamilton Highlanders 1783.
FREDERICK LAKE (H.)—This Lake bears the surname of a keen Halifax angler of about 1860. Sometimes called Pine Wood Lake.
FREEPORT (D.)—Originally known as Long Island, changed to present name by an Act of Parliament in 1865.
FRENCH CROSS (K.)—See Morden.
FRENCH LANDING (H.)—This place is in Bedford Basin. It is believed to be the landing place and the encampment ground for the men who were with the ill-fated, disease-stricken, Duc D'Anville's fleet that arrived at Halifax in the year 1746.
FRENCH RIVER (P.)—The French had a settlement at the mouth of this river in the early days, hence its name.
FRENCH RIVER (Col.)—This place was settled by the French as early, if not earlier than 1737 and has ever since borne their name.
FRENCH SETTLEMENT (D.)—For a long time known as Doucette Settlement, after David Doucette, who settled there in 1830.
FRENCH VALE (C. B.)—Nearly all the present settlers of French Vale trace their origin from four brothers who were French Acadians, and came from Prince Edward Island early in the nineteenth century.
FRENCH VILLAGE BROOK (Col.)—When Winslow's soldiers were hunting the French Acadians in these parts in 1775 some of them fled up Salmon River to a brook, which has ever since been called French Village Brook.
FROSTFISH COVE (H.)—This place received its name owing to the tom-cod being plentiful in its waters. It is interesting to note that tom-cod is a corruption of a Canadian French word "tacaud" meaning plenty fish, and is of Indian origin.
