Creignish, Nova Scotia

Creignish (Scottish Gaelic: Creignis) 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. Its name means "rocky place" and is named after Craignish, Argyll, Scotland.[1]

Creignish in Nova Scotia

The community is the hometown of siblings Lisa & Ashley MacIsaac, former professional hockey player Nick MacNeil, and the Creignish Dukes baseball team.

Creignish is also the setting of Linden MacIntyre's award-winning novel The Bishop's Man.

References

Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 315. ISBN 9780802075703. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

External Links

Creignish on Destination Nova Scotia

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[1] Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 315. ISBN 9780802075703. Retrieved 10 February 2018.