These 20 Canadian Towns Have Epic Names and Here’s Why

In the 2018 book of Guinness World Records, Saint-Louis-du-Ha!Ha! was credited as the only community in the world to have two exclamation marks as part of its name.

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Located near Fort McLeod in Alberta, this locale is home to a World Heritage Site. This is where the Buffalo Jump cliffs are noted as having been used by indigenous people to kill buffalo by herding them off of the 36-foot-high cliffs, where the buffalo would fall to their deaths.

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The small town in Manitoba was named after a character from the 1905 sci-fi book “The Sunless City”. It was named by mining prospectors who had stumbled upon the book in the area of the future town of Flin Flon.

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You can get your heads out of the gutter — this town was named after early homesteader Christ Fuglestad’s hometown of Climax, Minnesota. As of 2016, Wikipedia notes the population of this small town at just 195 people, but for a small group, the residents definitely have a big sense of humour. Just look to their town’s goodbye sign, which reads “Please come again”.

The village of Blow me Down in Newfoundland was named by British explorer Captain James Cook, who is said to have settled on the name after facing the rough winds of the local seas. Newfoundland is also home to Blow Me Down Provincial Park and Blow-Me-Down Mountain Trail.

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An unincorporated place on the island of Newfoundland, it’s said that the area name has been in place since 1711, with the origin remaining unknown. Of its exact location, Wikipedia cites “It is located on the southeastern Dildo Arm of Trinity Bay about 60 kilometres west of St. John's. South Dildo is a neighbouring unincorporated community.” We’d love to give you some grand spiel on the totally justifiable origin story behind this cringe-worthy name, but there’s just none to be found.

This township was formerly called Michipicoten, named after a local river, but was renamed in 2007 for its largest community of Wawa. The word “wawa” is Obwije for “wild goose”.

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A Basque fishing station in the 1500’s, they referred to it as Plasencia – which is said to possibly have derived from the Basque seaport called Plentzia.

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Pocahontas is an unincorporated area popular as a campground and site for cabins and resort accommodations for travellers looking to enjoy the scenic views of the area within Alberta’s Rockies.

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Salmon is a city situated in the Shuswap Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia. The town’s tourism thrives in the summer months, and as Wikipedia notes, it’s notoriety stems from its being home to the “largest wooden wharf in North America”.

The ultimate quaint Canadian town, Eyebrow’s tourism page reads, “A community where everybody knows your name, Eyebrow Sask. is the perfect little home on the prairies.”. If you’re wondering about the origin of the town name – it was named after the seemingly-brow shaped hill located over what would later be known as “Eyebrow Lake”.

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The town was named after a large asbestos mine, which was closed in 2012.

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The exact origin of this town’s name is not known, but Vulcan certainly plays into the hype, having built their local Vulcan Tourism and Trek Station in the likeness of a space ship. This is a unique and popular attraction which the town of Vulcan, per their website, claims “… has worked hard to take advantage of its name by creating a fun and unique Star Trek related identity that makes it stand apart from any other small prairie town.”

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The King’s County suburb of Saint John has been named from the Maliseet word that means “little lake in the woods”.

One theory as to the origin of the name is it’s likeness to the outline of a local creek that is said to have looked like the jaw of a Moose. Another theory is that the name “Moose Jaw” originates from a Cree word describing “warm breezes”.

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Wikipedia notes this hamlet in Alberta as having a namesake origin story tied to several theories, one being a murder on a dairy farm in 1904. From 1974 to 1985 the area was called Pidegon Mountain Service Centre. This was changed to Dead Man’s Flats in 1985 in a bid to promote tourism.

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This, the second of three Alexandra Bridges across the Fraser River north of Hope, BC, Canada, was opened in 1926. It is part of a special heritage park. In the 1980s band "Six Cylinder" referenced the area with the line, "If you haven't been to Spuzzum, you ain't been anywhere”. Of the name’s origin, Wikipedia notes that sources identify the name as also being the First Nation’s word for “little flat”.

Chinook for “strong water” or “rapids”, that’s what you’ll find residents and visitors taking advantage of in Skookumchuk, British Columbia. Say it five times fast, we dare you.

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As for the origin of this bizarre name, it’s Syilx’tsn for suius, meaning “narrowing of the waters” –the “O” having been later added by settlers for the purpose of linking all the local Okanagan Country towns.

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