Steve Hayman 🇨🇦🇬🇱shayman
Apr 21, 2026, 6:33 PMAlso TIL "Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake" (in Manitoba) is Canada's longest place name.
people wonder how i'm putting in the time in retirement
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Tall SimonTallSimon@mstdn.caApr 21, 2026, 7:00 PM@shayman Dang, I always thought it was Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug.
But hang on a minute. It seems you've been out-retired. The following says that the longest place names in 🇨🇦 are:
3. L’Annonciation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie-de-Nazareth in Québec
2. Cape St. George-Petit Jardin-Grand Jardin-De Grau-Marches Point-Loretto in Newfoundland
1. Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde in Ontario.#1 kind of feels like a cheat... 🤔
https://www.howderfamily.com/blog/longest-place-names-in-canada/
- Steve Hayman 🇨🇦🇬🇱shaymanApr 21, 2026, 7:15 PM
@TallSimon Nice. List I was looking at must have been "longest without any punctuation."
NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦NovaNaturalistApr 21, 2026, 9:11 PM@TallSimon @shayman I agree #1 is cheating. "Dysart et al" is pretty obviously more than one place. Moreover, if we listed all nine Pubnico's in Nova Scotia, they would have more letters.
- Steve Hayman 🇨🇦🇬🇱shaymanApr 21, 2026, 9:36 PM
@NovaNaturalist @TallSimon #2 is kind of cheating, too. Mixing several small communities together and concatenating their names, whether separated by commas or hyphens, shouldn't really count.
now I want to see what it would take to be appointed to the Geographic Names Board of Canada.
https://natural-resources.canada.ca/maps-tools-publications/maps/geographical-names-board-canada
I bet those meetings are fun.
- Tall SimonTallSimon@mstdn.caApr 21, 2026, 10:16 PM
@shayman @NovaNaturalist Come on... you know the drill...
You don't need an invitation to be on the names board. You just show up with a few other band members to the meeting and tell them that you're there to play the national anthem. 😁
- NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦NovaNaturalistApr 22, 2026, 1:00 AM
@shayman @TallSimon just reading the list is fascinating. The Provincial representatives each appear to have completely different technical expertise - head of tax, GIS, heritage, planning...🤷♂️
Apr 22, 2026, 1:18 AM@shayman if you need a nice place for a holiday, head to Wales. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch