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7.60 Geographical names

The apostrophe is often omitted in geographical names:

  • Gods Lake
  • Humphreys Mills

but

  • St. John’s
  • Land’s End

Note also Saint John (city in New Brunswick) and Hudson Bay—but Hudson’s Bay Co. Consult the Gazetteer of Canada when in doubt.