Places named after the Channel Islands
A number of places in the world, like the places named after places in other parts of Britain, were named after the Channel Islands, or some place therein.
The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, all Crown Dependencies.
United States
Jersey
Canada
Jersey
- Caesarea, Ontario — (Caesarea is thought to be the Latin name for Jersey)[3]
- Hermitage-Sandyville, Newfoundland and Labrador — named after Hermitage Rock, a tidal islet off the coast of Saint Helier, Jersey[4]
- Jersey Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador[4]
- Jerseyside — neighborhood of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador[4]
- St. Ouens, Manitoba — named for Saint Ouen, Jersey, one of its twelve parishes [5]
Guernsey
- Guernsey, Saskatchewan[6]
- Guernsey Cove, Prince Edward Island[4]
- Ramea, Newfoundland and Labrador — named for Le Ramée, a neighborhood/street in Saint Peter Port, the capital of Guernsey[4]
- Sarnia, Ontario — named by Lieutenant Governor Sir John Colborne after Guernsey, where he'd previously been lieutenant governor (Sarnia is the Latin name for Guernsey)[3]
- Sarnia No. 221, Saskatchewan[6]
Alderney
- Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Elsewhere
Jersey
- Jerseyville, New South Wales, Australia
- Saint Heliers, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand (named after Saint Helier in Jersey)
References
- Kenny, Hamill (1984). The Placenames of Maryland : their origin and meaning. Baltimore, Md.: Maryland Historical Society. p. 64. ISBN 0-938420-28-3.
- Overman, William Daniel (1959). Ohio Town Names. Akron, Ohio: Atlantic Press. p. 55.
- Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 50. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0.
- Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802075703.
- Geographic Board of Canada (1933). Place-names of Manitoba. Ottawa: J. O. Patenaude, acting King's printer. p. 77. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.
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