Ok, I'm cheating a little bit. Newfoundland does not have once community that begins with the letter X. Instead, here are some X-citing facts about Newfoundland....
Has a Moose population of over 150,000
Has 31 provincial parks and reserves
Was the first to respond to Titanic's distress signal-received at Cape Race
Has the oldest street in North America
Has the most pubs per square foot in Canada
Has 17,540 km (10,900 miles) of coastline
Has a population of 568,500, including 30,400 in Labrador
Was host to a meeting with President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill for the Atlantic Conference in 1941
Hosted Marconi's 1901 experiments when he received the first transatlanti wireless signal
Hosted more than 40 pioneering transatlantic flights between 1919 and 1937 (pilots such as Amelia Earhart, Charles and Anne Lingbergh, Wiley Post, and Harold Gatty)
Has 176 rivers where Atlantic Salmon may be caught by rod and reel
Was the landing point for the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable, at Heart's Content in 1866
Is home to more than 20 species of whales and dolphins
Is pronounced by Newfoundlander's as NoufinLANd (kind of, depending on how fast you are talking, what part of the bay you are from and how many beers you have had to drink)
Most pubs - who knew? And that is a lot of moose.
ReplyDeleteevery time I drive in the dark, I am watchful they don't wander on the road
DeleteI had a feeling that there would be no X places Bay Girl but I love what you've done instead anyway, it's been great to learn more about Newfoundland because just like Karen I knew nothing about it before reading this.
ReplyDeleteeach of those red dots was featured this month :)
DeleteHa! Great and exciting facts!
ReplyDeleteHeather
a little cheating though
DeleteNewFOUNDland is a very special place indeed.
ReplyDeletethat's why I love it
DeleteLOVING these facts!!!!! Like most people, I used to pronounce it "NEWfinlind". But after watching Rick Mercer, Mary Walsh, etc. on the CBC comedies, I now pronounce it correctly! I had to look up the Marconi fact on Wiki though, b/c where I grew up on Cape Cod, there is a Marconi Radio Site in Wellfleet. I thought that's where the first transatlantic signal was sent from, but you beat us by 2 years. The Wellfleet station was built in 1901, but the signal sent in 1903.
ReplyDelete2 years makes a difference :)
DeleteIt always depends on the number of beers. For example, if one has quite a lot of beers, Alberta can end in an emphatic vomit noise...
ReplyDeleteIt really cracks me up here when I hear people say New Found Land, with each syllable so crisp and distinctive!
ReplyDeleteits how we tell the who's a tourist :)
DeleteDid you know that X is the only letter of the alphabet that doesn't boast a Canadian town?
ReplyDeleteif I ever start my own town, I will make it begin with X
DeleteThat was really interesting. I owuld never have guessed your pronunciation. Here we say NEW-fun-lund. "...and how many beers..." lol... Nice post!
ReplyDeletethe beers is part of the fun! :)
DeleteNOOFIN LIND. Great post.
ReplyDeleteyeah - kinda
Deletenice post!!
ReplyDeleteI found X the hardest of all letters so far, and i had to cheat a little today too!! LOL
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X is hardest - forces you to get creative
DeleteI will have to remember that pronunciation.
ReplyDeleteGreat facts about Newfoundland!
The Eagle's Aerial Perspective
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DeleteThat's a lot of moose. Any flying squirrels?
ReplyDeleteNo flying squirrels, but I do know a Natasha
DeleteVery interesting! Popping in from A-Z;)
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Delete:) excellent!
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