Dundarave

Dundarave (49˚20'12" 123˚11'07" N shore of Burrard Inlet, at W Vancouver). This pleasant W Vancouver neighbourhood was named by an early landowner, Russell E Macnaughton (1861–1918), assistant professor of Greek at UBC. Dundarave Castle on Loch Fyne in Scotland was the ancestral home of the MacNaughtons. The name should rhyme with “have” and is Gaelic, apparently, for “castle of two oars,” as you needed to row in order to reach it in the old days. Dundarave pier, built in 1914, has...

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