Talk:St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia

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It seems like the map in the infobox is referring to something (a district in the HRM?) other than the article's subject (the body of water). Is this intentional? Does the district need a separate page? B.S. Lawrence 18:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC) B.S. Lawrence[reply]

It could go either way. With Halifax Peninsula it is about the district but has a geography section. The intention is to add to this article, with a Government section and a Geography section, but it is very much a work in progress. WayeMason 21:04, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I like what they've done with the Mahone Bay article; there's an article for the body of water and one for the municipality. Would anyone object to splitting this page in that way? B.S. Lawrence 21:09, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plasma East took care of this for us. Thanks Plasma. B.S. Lawrence 19:36, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apostrophe?

Is it St. Margaret's Bay or St. Margarets Bay? It's both ways throughout Wikipedia. Should we even care? B.S. Lawrence 19:36, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The policy of most geographic names boards in North America is to remove apostrophes from geographic names, either by removing the possessive entirely (Hudson's Bay → Hudson Bay), or by just dropping the apostrophe (Smith's Falls → Smiths Falls). Don't ask me why -- that's just the way it is. Names are de-apostrophized on a case-by-case basis, and sometimes there are exceptions that keep the apostrophe. The official spelling of place names in Canada are online at Natural Resources Canada's web site. If you do a query there, you'll see that "St. Margaret's Bay" was "rescinded" in 1963 and that "St. Margarets Bay" is now "official". Indefatigable (talk) 17:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The locals certainly keep the apostrophe, and they use the name more than anyone "from away". WP:COMMONNAME then argues for using it.LeadSongDog come howl! 21:37, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's officialdom vs. common usage. Examples: "Welcome to St. Margaret's Bay" sign or the "St. Margaret's" church sign on "St. Margarets Cres". LeadSongDog come howl! 16:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]