Blow Me Down, Newfoundland, Canada
According to local legends, this towns name was given by Captain Messervay. Messervey was an unusually small captain who only stood at 4’2’ and upon his ships arrival into the Bay of Islands, which is surrounded by huge mountains, he prayed that they wouldn't "Blow-me-Down".>
Crotch Lake, Ontario, Canada
Crotch Lake is located in the Canadian province of Ontario. The name at first can lead to wild thoughts on the origin. However, if you see the lake from a plane in the air, you will see a sharp curve in the middle of the lake making it look like two legs.>
Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada
This town’s name definitely raises a few eyebrows when people first hear it. No, it is not the Hollywood of the adult movie industry, nor is it a town of perverts. Although residents of the town have tried to have the name changed, it has been to no avail. The origin of the name comes from two possible sources that I could find: 1. It is thought the name came from a place in Portugal/Spain or, 2. It comes from the shape of the headland that forms Dildo harbour.
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Did you actually thing I would include a picture for this city!>
Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
I was almost certain that this name had to do something with Star Trek and Mr. Spock, but I was wrong. In the early 1900’s, the first settlers arrived in Vulcan and it wasn’t too many years later in 1910 that the Canadian Pacific Railway reached the same area. It is believed that a railway surveyor named the town Vulcan, after the Greek Gods of Mount Olympus. He did this because this area had the highest elevation of the Canadian Pacific Railway across the prairies.>
