Early Place Names

Early Bruce County Place Names and Their Current Equivalents

• Adair – Hope Bay
• Alma – Lurgan Beach
• Arran P.O. – Invermay
• The Bend, or Devil’s Elbow – North Bruce
• Black Horse – Kinloss
• Buck’s Bridge – Hanover
• Bury, or The Tub – Tobermory
• Collin’s Harbour – Tobermory
• Dingwall – Ripley
• Driftwood Crossing -Allenford
• Dumblane – Dunblane
• Eblena – Tara
• Enniskillen – Greenock Post Office
• Glenlyon – Balaklava
• Lurgan – Pine Point
• Mernersville – Mildmay
• Mickles Station – Cargill
• The Mouth, or Saugeen – Southampton
• Mud River – Paisley
• Normanton – Port Elgin
• Penetangore – Kincardine
• Pinkerton Station – Eden Grove
• Pipe Clay – Aberdour
• Reekie’s Mills – Armow
• Rouge’s Hollow – Walkerton
• Sconeville – Chesley
• Springvale – Vesta
• Starvation – Pine River P.O.
• Stoney Island – Port Head
• Yokassippi – Cargill

Memories Only

Today these places are abandoned sites or a fraction of their former self, and in many instances there is no post office or general store existing. You won’t find these places on the official Ontario Road Map.

• Aberdour Post Office – in Saugeen Twp.
• Alma – in Huron Twp.
• Ambleside village – in Culross Twp.
• Arkwright – in Arran Twp.
• Armow Post Office – in Kincardine Twp.
• Balaklava – in Carrick Twp.
• Bury town site, never developed, near Tobermory
• Dunkeld village in Brant Twp.
• Carnegie Post Office – in Elderslie Twp.
• Dunblane – in Saugeen Twp.
• Eden Grove – in Brant Twp.
• Ellengowan – in Brant Twp.
• Enniskillen – in Greenock Twp.
• Eskdale Post Office – Kincardine Twp.
• Gillies Hill Post Office – in Elderslie Twp.
• Hardwick town plot in Eastnor Twp.
• Invermay – in Arran Twp.
• Langside Post Office in Kinloss Twp.
• Lisburn Post Office in Huron Twp.
• Lochalsh Post Office in Huron Twp.
• Lockerby Mills – in Elderslie Twp.
• Lovat Post Office – in Saugeen Twp.
• Malcolm Post Office – in Brant Twp.
• Maplehill Post Office – in Brant Twp.
• Malta – in Bruce Twp.
• Moscow (Cheviot P.O.) – in Culross Twp.
• Port Bruce – in Bruce Twp.
• Purple Grove Post Office – in Huron Twp.
• Queen Hill Post Office – in Saugeen Twp.
• Skipness Post Office – in Amabel Twp.
• Solway – in Brant Twp.
• Spry Post Office – in Eastnor Twp.
• Vesta Post Office – in Elderslie Twp.
• Verdun Post Office – in Huron Twp.
• Williscroft Post Office – in Elderslie Twp.