Today's Selected Sample
From the first history of the entire Greenstone region: Greenstone's Believe It or Not!
Snappy Question
#3. The village of Caramat began as a rail stop on the railway line between Sudbury and Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay). Who or what is it named for?
a) a railroader named Will Caramat
b) a chocolate bar
c) a species of tree
d) a sweet-smelling herb of the carrot family
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Splendid Answer ©E.J.Lavoie
#3. Caramat was originally named by Arthur J. Hills, who simply reversed the spelling of "tamarac", a local tree species (the conventional spelling today is "tamarack"). A.J. Hills was Superintendent of the railway back in 1914, responsible for naming many of the new stations. There were literally hundreds of them, and sometimes it was a struggle to come up with a name. In a manuscript, he writes simply, "Caramat is Tamarac spelt backwards."
#3. The village of Caramat began as a rail stop on the railway line between Sudbury and Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay). Who or what is it named for?
a) a railroader named Will Caramat
b) a chocolate bar
c) a species of tree
d) a sweet-smelling herb of the carrot family
[Once you have selected an answer, scroll down to the answer.]
Splendid Answer ©E.J.Lavoie
#3. Caramat was originally named by Arthur J. Hills, who simply reversed the spelling of "tamarac", a local tree species (the conventional spelling today is "tamarack"). A.J. Hills was Superintendent of the railway back in 1914, responsible for naming many of the new stations. There were literally hundreds of them, and sometimes it was a struggle to come up with a name. In a manuscript, he writes simply, "Caramat is Tamarac spelt backwards."
