I recently bought a map of Nova Scotia [don't know why but I thought "hey, New Scotland? That's cool]. I've been studying it, as I am inclined to do with maps and I've found some rather interesting place names. "Ah, I see what they're doing here" places

• Portree
• Caledonia
• Aberdeen
• (new) Aberdeen
• Glasgow
• (new) Glasgow
• (new) Edinburgh
• Glencoe
• Inverness
• Waverley
• Dundee
• Barra
• Clyde River
• Argyle
• Culloden
• St Andrews
• Dunmore
• Livingstone
• Renfrew
• Iona
• Loch Lomond
• Campbellton
• Stirling
• Alba
• Balmoral
• Dingwall
• Camperdown

"You called it WHAT?!" places

• Squirrelton
• Rear Balls Lake
• Sugar Loaf
• Moosehead
• Sunrise
• Sunset
• Trout Lake
• Rainbow Haven
• Malignant Cove
• Owls Head
• Harmony Park
• Yankeetown
• Pockwock
• Bangs Falls
• Beaver Dam
• The Hawk
• Paradise [there's a West Paradise too]

"hmm..." places

• Mushaboom - anything to do with the song?
• Pinehurst - heroes?
• Pugwash - captain?

"Wrong country" places

• (new) Germany
• Oregon
• Florence
• (west) Dublin
• (east) Dublin
• Virginia East [I always wondered where that was!]
• Brazil Lake
• (west) Berlin
• (east) Berlin
• Italy Cross
• Guinea
• Greenland
• Lunenburg

I want to visit Nova Scotia now. Could be interesting...