 | Place Names of Atlantic Canada An ideal and readable reference book with more than 2,000 entries, aided by five maps. This book will appeal to anyone interested in the curious way places get names as well as the cultural and social history of Atlantic Canada. Hamilton William B. : William B. Hamilton is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Mount Allison University. A former chair of the Toponymic Research Committee of the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, he has written extensively on place names. His books include Local History in Atlantic Canada and The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. |
