Creignish
Creignish in Nova Scotia
Creignish is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Inverness County on Cape Breton Island near the mouth of the Strait of Canso.[1] Its name means "rocky place" and is named after Craignish, Argyll, Scotland.[2]
Creignish is the setting of Linden MacIntyre's award-winning novel The Bishop's Man.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Creignish". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
- ↑ Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-8020-7570-3.
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45°43′47.24″N 61°27′32.01″W / 45.7297889°N 61.4588917°W
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