{"id":8958,"date":"2020-12-23T08:32:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T08:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=8958"},"modified":"2021-01-11T16:42:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:42:36","slug":"whats-in-a-name-in-canada-holiday-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/whats-in-a-name-in-canada-holiday-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in a Name? In Canada? Holiday Cheer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Canadians have a unique relationship with winter \u2014 the season that tends to define us internationally.<\/h2>\n<p>For the majority of the country, winter brings snow, ice, cold winds, freezing temperatures, and weather that\u2019s generally nasty.\u00a0 And yet in spite of \u2013 or perhaps, because of \u2013 that fact, we seem to have compensated for living in The Great White North by giving the places in which we live festive names to keep our spirits cheery during the winter season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1I66YRlpZSRFVw3eS6fHhZCEj_pOYOMbk\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Festive Towns<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of our Canadian towns that may have a bit more holiday spirit than others.<\/p>\n<p>While we can\u2019t lay claim to The North Pole \u2013 a place somewhere north of Resolute, Nunavut, which actually lies under the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean \u2013 we can stake a claim to <strong>Christmas Island<\/strong>. This area is a tiny community on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, that has a post office, a firehall, yet, sadly, not an elf to be found \u2013 although there\u2019s no doubt a jolly guy named Nick wandering about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reindeer Station<\/strong>, on the other hand, is a tiny hamlet in the Northwest Territories. This town was established in 1932 as the headquarters of The Reindeer Project, which introduced reindeer farming into northern Canada. Given the distance between Christmas Island and Reindeer Station, it made sense for Santa to consolidate his holiday manufacturing operation at the North Pole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Candyville<\/strong>, Ontario, is a tiny hamlet located in southwestern Ontario. There\u2019s no chocolate factory in Candyville, but if you drive north you\u2019ll find Candyville Mart, which serves authentic handmade pizza. Not chocolate, but almost as good.<\/p>\n<p>Canada also boasts towns called <strong>Holly Park<\/strong>, Ontario, <strong>Gift Lake<\/strong>, Alberta, <strong>Garland<\/strong>, Manitoba, <strong>No\u00eblville<\/strong>, Ontario and <strong>Stocking Harbour<\/strong>, Newfoundland and Labrador. You can\u2019t have a festive season without a feast, so you might want to visit <strong>Cranberry Junction<\/strong> in Kelowna, British Columbia and <strong>Turkey Point<\/strong>, Ontario.<\/p>\n<h3>Winter Lives Here<\/h3>\n<p>There are also lots of Canadian towns and communities with wintery names.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snowflake<\/strong>, Manitoba is a once-thriving community in the Municipality of Pembina, close to the Canada\/U.S. border. When the railway line into Snowflake was abandoned, the writing was on the wall for this tiny village; the school closed in 1992, the church in 1994, and its war memorial got moved to La Rivi\u00e8re in 2006. On a happier note, Snowflake is the birthplace of NHLer Justin Falk, who skated for Minnesota, Columbus, New York, Ottawa and Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s <strong>Sled Lake<\/strong>, Saskatchewan, <strong>Snowball<\/strong>, Ontario, and, of course, <strong>Winterland<\/strong>, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town considered to be a bedroom community of <strong>Marystown<\/strong> \u2013 which may or may not have a manger for rent each December.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of historical families, there\u2019s also <strong>L\u2019Enfant-J\u00e9sus<\/strong>, Quebec, a former parish that amalgamated with another village in the late 1980s to form the municipality of Vall\u00e9e-Jonction, Quebec, and the village of <strong>Marie Joseph<\/strong>, Nova Scotia, a small fishing community.<\/p>\n<h4>Regardless of how you celebrate the holidays, we hope you spend it safe, warm and happy.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">Canadians have a unique relationship with winter \u2014 the season that tends to define us internationally. 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