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4436 HWY 223
Iona,
Nova Scotia
B2C 1A0
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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island
Description From Owner:
- This is said to be a Mi'kmaw word meaning ‘an angle of land formed between a river and a lake,' not ‘a money-laundering centre.'
- Another Mi'kmaw word, Wosobachuk means 'placid water.' John Cameron was the first settler here, around 1807.
- With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015
Address of this page:
http://ns.ruralroutes.com/WashabuckCentre
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"Great Cursers And Prayers"
Neil MacNeil, who settled here in 1818, wrote a personal memoir of life at the time when most settlers spoke Gaelic.
"Gaelic," he wrote, "was a grand language in which to curse, for it provided a range of denunciation and damnation that was at once alarming and magnificent.
It was also a grand language in which to pray, for it had an intimacy and a depth of devotion that no other language can approach. The good people of Washabuck were great cursers and prayers, moving from one to the other with great dexterity."
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