Speaking of funny names....... One of my favorite pics of NB.
Someone out East should really do a new sign for the Ha Ha Cemetery. This is one that shouldn't be allowed to die!
[ September 22, 2004, 11:21 PM: Message edited by: Kelly Thorson ]
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
ha ha!
(sorry, I had to say that!)
Posted by BOB HINES (Member # 2702) on :
Kelly: Of cource,you didn't tell us what part of N.B. the picture is from.You are saving it for one of your projects for next years letterhead meet.I don't think it is aome of Brian's best work.If it is ,John Jorden didn't help him on this one
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
It's on Route 915, Bob - go make a beautiful sign for it - those who have to spend eternity buried there deserve a nice entrance. Put a big sticker on with your company name - should give you lots of advertising. I was just driving by and had to turn around to see if my eyes had deceived me. The tomb stones there alone are worth the stop.
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
What a weird name for a cemetery. I love the headstones. Hate the sign! Someone up there PLEASE help. Thanks Kelly. Love Ya Jill
Posted by Bob Darnell (Member # 27) on :
I stopped and took a picture of that on one of my trips out east, too!
Posted by Arthur Vanson (Member # 2855) on :
If the cemetery is lower than the surrounding terrain – and it looks as if it may be – there’s a good chance the name is derived from an old gardening trick! If it was a global fashion you will probably know this already but, if it was peculiarly British, it may be worth relating that when the great Estates were being landscaped by the likes of Capability Brown &c. the landed gentry thought it would be pretty neat to look out across their open parkland and see wild deer and cattle roaming free. Selfishly, the deer preferred sneaking about in woods and scrubland, and generally running away, rather than besporting themselves in the open for the amusement of the great and good. A jolly wheeze was devised whereby fences were erected in deep trenches to contain the creatures while giving the illusion they roamed at will. These hidden fences, hedges or enclosures were known as Ha-Has.
Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
I nearly died laughing at the name ha ha! Suppose thats how all the dead people got there?
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Arthur, I wish you would post more. I could read your writing all day. You are the only person on the face of this earth who can use the word "jolly" and it just flows perfectly. You are a wealth of knowledge and I'm so glad to know you. Kelly, you are just plain COOL. I loved your reply to my group IM tonight "what's for supper" about eating a porcupine and using the quills for toothpicks! Maybe the folks herein died of laughing? I suggest a group donated Letterhead sign. j.
Posted by TransLab (Member # 470) on :
I've visited "St Louis du Ha! Ha!" which is in Quebec but close to the New Brunswick Border on rte 185.
Here's the story of the name
"A Catholic mission was started here in 1860, and the town was named in 1874. The name has nothing to do with laughter, but rather from an old French word for unexpected barrier or dead end. The dead end refers to Lac Temiscouata, 8 km to the east, where early canoe travellers were forced to begin an 80 km overland portage to Notre Dame de Portage on the St Lawrence."
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
I seem to remember that the cemetery is named after the Ha Ha river so it probably ties into your story Mike.
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