Amherst

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | 449 words | Copyright

Amherst, Canada, USA La Planche (Canada)1. Canada (Nova Scotia): the original French name ‘The Land’, a reference to its location on rising ground above the Tantramar Marshes, gave way to Amherst in 1759 in honour of Jeffrey Amherst, later 1st Baron Amherst, the British commander in North America who captured Canada from the French between 1758 and 1760.2. USA (Massachusetts): founded and named in 1759 after Jeffrey Amherst.

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