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Old Posted Oct 2, 2020, 8:49 PM
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The town is frankly one of the shittiest and least appealing in the entire region, that name would be absolutely ridiculous.

The Asbestos lakefront marketing itself as la Côte-d'Azur des Cantons (I know that's not literally the name, but it's what it kinda suggests, to me at least) would be even more misleading marketing than if SaskScraper was put in charge of the Maple Creek tourist office
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Old Posted Oct 2, 2020, 8:52 PM
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I made a lot of research and really tried to come up with interesting names during the call for propositions (none of them were chosen). I have to admit that it was really hard to come up with something ; the town's history is totally linked to the mines.
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Other than that it is pretty limited in terms of natural features that would have an inspiring name.
The town's one single Elephant in the Room feature is a giant asbestos mine, so maybe let's look there for inspiration?

How about making the town name officially bilingual: "Asbestos" when dealing with anyone in Quebec (or the global Francophonie), "Amiante" when dealing with Anglo-Canada or the USA (or the rest of the world).
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The town's one single Elephant in the Room feature is a giant asbestos mine, so maybe let's look there for inspiration?

How about making the town name officially bilingual: "Asbestos" when dealing with anyone in Quebec (or the global Francophonie), "Amiante" when dealing with Anglo-Canada or the USA (or the rest of the world).
To an anglo who doesn't speak French, Amiante could be a luxury fashion brand from Italy.
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To an anglo who doesn't speak French, Amiante could be a luxury fashion brand from Italy.
Pronounced "Amiannnté", of course
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Pronounced "Amiannnté", of course
Thelma, check out this awesome Amiante handbag I just bought!
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To an anglo who doesn't speak French, Amiante could be a luxury fashion brand from Italy.
Could it be Pas-d’Amiante? Sort of like Pas-de-Calais, which as we dumb Anglos know, means literally “no calais” or “not a single calai here”?
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Could it be Pas-d’Amiante? Sort of like Pas-de-Calais, which as we dumb Anglos know, means literally “no calais” or “not a single calai here”?
I actually like this as a mischievious suggestion!

That said, in the case of "Pas-de-Calais", "pas" means "strait". "Pas" also means "step" in French, and the relationship to "strait" is that it's a step you have to make across a body of water in order to get between two pieces of land.
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Old Posted Oct 2, 2020, 9:35 PM
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"Pas" is a step. Translates directly as that, too. "Faire un pas en avant" = "Take a step forward", etc.
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just like Le Pas, Manitoba
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It used to be spelled "The Pas" but pronounced "Le Pas" but I don't hear the "Le" much anymore.
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Funny enough, when I used my phone in French, it’s spelled “Le Pas”.
Bausejour also becomes Bauséjour.
Rainy River becomes Rivière à la Pluie.
Lake of the Woods becomes Lac des Bois.
I always find it neat that even place names in NWO (i.e. Thunder Bay and points west) can have a French origin (though that French influence is all but gone now).
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The city of Asbestos will become Val-des-Sources.
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The city of Asbestos will become Val-des-Sources.
Not a bad choice considering that the MRC was renamed Les Sources in 2006. My guess is that it will probably contribute to make the new regional name shine; la région des Sources et sa "capitale", Val-des-Sources.

Now, they just have to find where that damn Val(ley) is.
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Not a bad choice considering that the MRC was renamed Les Sources in 2006. My guess is that it will probably contribute to make the new regional name shine; la région des Sources et sa "capitale", Val-des-Sources.

Now, they just have to find where that damn Val(ley) is.
At the bottom of the asbestos mine, I imagine.
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Funny enough, when I used my phone in French, it’s spelled “Le Pas”.
Bausejour also becomes Bauséjour.
Rainy River becomes Rivière à la Pluie.
Lake of the Woods becomes Lac des Bois.
I always find it neat that even place names in NWO (i.e. Thunder Bay and points west) can have a French origin (though that French influence is all but gone now).
Lake of the Woods is a direct English translation of Lac des Bois - it isn't really all that idiomatic in English. The first explorers were mainly Frenchmen so they named everything. Some such names are still used in English - Lac Seul, Lac du Bonnet. Others swing both ways: Oiseau River and Bird River are both used, Souris River is universal in the Canadian sections but in the U.S. it is usually Mouse River.

Beausejour, Manitoba was randomly named after the place in New Brunswick and has no French-Canadian roots.
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The community of Lac Seul, in English, is called Frenchman's Head. (Wemitigoozhiiwitigwaaning in Ojibwe, essentially also meaning Frenchman's Head).

This is the story of why:

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I have cousins who live not too far from Frenchman's Head.
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Asbestos, Québec, will become : Val-Des-Sources
Decent enough name. Better than many other options.
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I am glad they went with what was pretty much the only reasonable name. Very generic-sounding, but at least it's not cheesy.
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I swear there's like ten other names similar to Val-des-Sources. Feels like they hit enter on the Quebec Town Name Randomizer.
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I swear there's like ten other names similar to Val-des-Sources. Feels like they hit enter on the Quebec Town Name Randomizer.
With all the double-barreled surnames and novella-length place names, Quebec is quickly using up the free world's supply of hyphens.
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