Sources: All images from NationalEclipse.com, eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov, Google, INEGI, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Also: eclipse2024.org.
Canada — Quebec:
A — Abbott's Corner, Adamsville, Adirondack, Akwesasne (Mohawk word meaning: “land where the partridge drums” or “the thumping sound of ice meeting the rapids along the St. Lawrence River”), Albert Mines, Alva (Hebrew meaning: “his highness”; Old Norse meaning: elf, fairy: Irish meaning: white), Anderson, Ange-Gardien (meaning: guardian angel), Angus, Angéline (Greek, meaning: angel or archangel; also, “messenger of God” or “one who is blessed by God”), Annabelle-Beach (Annabelle meaning: favored, graceful, “Gift of God”), Apollo, Armstrong, Arseneault (French occupational name for a gunmaker, a seller of guns, or the keeper of an arsenal), Asbestos, Athelstan (Old English meaning “noble stone”; from the Old Norse surname Æthelstan, who was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939), Austin.
B — Barrington, Batoche (the Battle of Batoche occurred in Saskatchewan, during the North-East Rebellion between the Canadian forces against the Métis indigenous people), Beaconsfield, Beaver, Bedford, Beebe (Old English, meaning: "the place where they kept bees"), Bel-Horizon (meaning: “beautiful horizon”), Bethléem, Black Lake, Blackpool, Bogton, Boulogne, Boundary, Brigham, Britannia Mills (Britannia means “land of the Britons”), Brookline, Bury, Béthanie, Béthel.
C — Canon, Canterbury, Cantic (angled or slanted), Castle Gardens, Cedar Park, Cedarville, Centre-Saint-François, Channel, Charrington, Chesterville, Clarenceville, Cleveland, Club-Hermitage, Comestock Corners, Corliss (Old English, meaning: carefree, generous, good hearted), Cosmos, Côte-Saint-Joseph, Côte-Sainte-Thérèse.
D — Dairy Valley, Dalhousie (British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada from 1819–28), Dalhousie Station, Danville, Dell, Delmont, Denison Mills, Disraeli (surname of Jewish British politician who later claimed to have Iberian and Venetian descent; became Prime Minister in 1868 and again in 1874; in 1875, he bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal for the crown, financed by the Rothschilds, and made Queen Victoria the empress of India), Ditchfield, Dorchester, Dunham.
E — East Cape, East Clifton, East Dunham, East Farnham, East Hereford, East Hill, East Pinnacle, East-Angus, Eastern-Jonction, Eastman, Eastray, Eaton, Eccles Hill (Eccles Meaning: Ecclesiastes, one of 24 books of the Hebrew Bible), Égypte, Elgin (Gaelic, meaning: little Ireland; also: high-minded, with a strong moral compass), Entry Island, Eustis (Greek, meaning: fruitful, fecund, abundant).
F — Fairfax, Fairview, Fatima, Fatima (Estrie), Fatima (Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine), Flanders, Fontainebleau, Fontenoy (a battle in 1745 that took place in what is now called Belgium, in which the French army defeated the English and their allies under the duke of Cumberland), Fort Lennox, Foster, Franklin, Franklin Centre, Freeport.
G — Georgeville, Glen, Gloria Village, Godmanchester, Gordon Corner, Gore, Gould, Gould Station, Grand-Pré, Grande-Entrée.
H — Hall, Ham, Ham Sud, Ham-Nord, Hampden (meaning: village or homestead), Hampstead (homestead), Hardwood Hill, Havre-Aubert (Havre means: safe haven, a harbour, a place of rest; Aubert, meaning: noble), Havre-aux-Maisons (safe homes), Hawley's Corner, Henrysburg (Henry is old German, meaning: house ruler), Henryville, Herdman, Hereford, Hereford Hill, High Forest, Highwater, Hochelaga (from the Iroquoian word meaning: “beaver path” or “where the river divides”), Hungry Bay, Huntingville.
I — Iberville (Canadian-born French explorer who established settlements in what is now southern Louisiana), Irlande (meaning: Ireland), Irlande (Chaudière-Appalaches), Iron Hill, Isle of Skye, Ives.
J — Jacques-Cartier, Jersey Mills, Johnville, Jordan Hill, Joy Hill.
K — Kahnawake (Mohawk, meaning: place of the rapids), Keene (Anglo-Saxon name), Kensington, Khartoum (meaning: elephant tusk; where the Blue Nile and main Nile come together; name of the capital city of Sudan), Kingsbury, Kingscroft, Kingsey Falls, Kingsey Station, Kirkland (meaning: Church land; the name was historically given to residents living on church-owned land), Kirouac (French Canadian, of Breton origin; variant of Kerouac), Knowlton (Anglo-Saxon, meaning: “settlement by the hilltop”), Knowlton Landing.
L — L'Abri-du-Vent-de-Nord (North Wind Shelter), L'Acadie (Acadia; translation: place of plenty), L'Ange-Gardien (Guardian Angel), L'An-Deux-Mille (the year two thousand), L'Artifice (the firework), L'Avenir (the future), L'Oiseau-Bleu (the blue bird), L'Île-d'Entrée (entrance island), L'Île-des-Soeurs (nuns’ island), L'Île-Sainte-Thérèse, La Cale-à-Fatima, La Grave (the serious one), La Guadeloupe, La Magdeleine, La Maison-des-Mines (the house of mines), La Palestine, La Petite-France (little france), La Petite-Venise (little Venice), La Prairie (the prairie), La Providence, Lasalle, Lawrence Colony, Lawrenceville, Le Christ-Roi, Le Corfu Island, Le Déclin (meaning: “the decline”), Le Fort, Le Fort-Neuf, Le Petit-Mexique, Leadville, Learned Plain, Les Nations (the nations), Les Pointes (the points), Little Burgundy.
M — Magog (in the Hebrew Bible: the prophesied invader of Israel and the land from which he comes; Christian meaning: evil forces opposed to the people of God) , Malmaison (literally meaning: “bad house”), Mansonville, Maple Grove, Maple Leaf, Marbleton, Marbleton Station, Marieville, Maritana (Māritana: meaning wicked, depraved; a 991-ton ship that sank on Nov. 3, 1861, off the coast of Massachusetts, known as Boston Harbor's worst shipwreck; the name of a gypsy street singer in the 1844 opera named Maritana, who has an illicit affair with Charles II), Marsboro, Massawippi (from an Algonquin word meaning “abundance of clear water”), Melboro, Melbourne, Melbourne Ridge, Milan, Mile End, Monkland, Monnoir (literally meaning “my black”), Mont-Joie (Montjoie is the battle cry of Charlemagne's forces in the Song of Roland; refers to Charlemagne's legendary banner, the Oriflamme, a pointed blood-red banner flown from a gilded lance), Mont-Royal, Montjoie, Montplaisant, Montréal, Moose River, Morgan's Corner, Morisset, Morse, Morse's Line, Mount Orford, Mount Royal, Mystic.
N — New Ireland, New London, New Mexico, Newport, Nine Holes, Nitro, Norbestos, North Georgetown, North Sutton,
O & P — O'Neil, Ogden, Old Harry, Oliver Corner, Petit-Lac-Magog, Philipsburg, Pigeon Hill, Pinacle-Nord, Piopolis (meaning: “city of the Pope"; founded in 1871, in recognition of the Roman Catholics who answered the call by Pope Pius IX to defend The Vatican in 1860).
R — Richelieu (a French surname; Cardinal Richelieu was an influential French statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church in the 17th century, and inventor of the table knife), Richmond, Rosemont,
S — Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus (Sacred Heart of Jesus), Sacré-Coeur-de-Marie (Sacred Heart of Mary), Saint Adrien (a patron saint affording protection from plague, epilepsy, as well as arms dealers, butchers, guards, and soldiers. Adrian was a pagan officer in the imperial court of Nicomedia. He was inspired by the courage of a group of Christians who were being tortured, and he declared himself a Christian. He was imprisoned with them and suffered excruciating tortures before he was put to death.), Saint Blaise, Saint Ephrem, Saint Felix, Saint Francois Xavier, Saint Georges (Saint George is patron saint of England and the country of Georgia, celebrated on 23 April; it is believed that he died in Lydda, now known as modern day Israel, in the Roman province of Palestine), Saint Isidore (the patron of farmers and rural communities), Saint Joachim (regarded as the father of the Virgin Mary and husband of St. Anne; patron saint of fathers, grandfathers, grandparents, married couples, cabinet makers, and linen traders; one of the patron saints of Brittany and Canada), Saint Johns (Saint John usually refers to John the Baptist or John the Apostle), Saint Joseph (according to the canonical Gospels, Saint Joseph was a Jewish man who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus), Saint Prosper, Saint Remi (patron saint of the city of Reims, France, who converted the Franks to Christianity), Saint Stanislas (a Bishop and Martyr), Saint-Abdon (recognized by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church as a Christian martyr), Saint-Albert (patron saint of scientists, philosophers, natural sciences: known as Albertus Magnus; around the year 1223 or so, Albert experienced an encounter with the Blessed Virgin Mary that moved him so much that he chose to become a member of the Dominican Order), Saint-Benjamin (a deacon martyred in Persia, circa 424. He was imprisoned for a year, then released with the condition that he abandon preaching about his Christian faith, but he would not comply. He was then tortured to death by sharpened reeds inserted into his flesh and under the nails of his fingers and toes, and a stake thrust into his bowels), Saint-Claude, Saint-Daniel (Daniel along with Elias, Isaias, Jeremy and Samuel were Egyptians who visited Christians condemned to work in the mines of Cilicia during Maximus persecution, to comfort them. Apprehended at the gates of Caesarea, Palestine, they were all tortured and beheaded.), Saint-Ferdinand (In 1217 Ferdinand became King of Castile; he reestablished Catholic worship, founded bishoprics and monasteries, built churches, and endowed hospitals. He was buried in the cathedral of Seville; it is said that his body remains incorrupt and many miracles took place at his tomb.), Saint-Frédéric (beatified in 1997), Saint-Gérard (Venetian monk who died August 29, 1046), Saint Hermenegild (son of king Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France; he disagreed with his father and revolted in 580. During the rebellion, he converted from Arianism to Chalcedonian Christianity. After his death, he was celebrated as a "Catholic martyr rebelling against the tyranny of an Arian father.”), Saint-Hubert (Patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers; a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D), Saint Jean Baptiste (referring to Saint John the Baptist — the Jewish preacher who baptized Jesus in the Jordan River), Saint-Lucien (a Christian martyr of the Catholic Church who died circa 290 A.D.), Saint-Ludger (a missionary; founder of Werden Abbey; the first Bishop of Münster in Westphalia; died March 26, 809 A.D.), Saint-Malo (one of the seven founding saints of Brittany; born in 520 A.D., he grew up in an abbey, where he was ordained priest and assigned the office of preacher), Saint-Paul (Paul the Apostle; a Christian who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century), Saint-Philibert (Philibert of Jumièges was an abbot and founded a Benedictine monastery; he died in 684 A.D.), Saint-Prosper (Saint-Prosper of Aquitaine; a key figure in the development of Christian theology in the fifth century, born in 403 A.D.), Saint-René (René Goupil was a Jesuit Brother who became a martyr; born 1607 and martyred in 1642), Saint-Robert-Bellarmin (an Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church; canonized a Saint in 1930), Saint-Régis (a French priest of the Society of Jesus, best known for his work with at-risk women and orphans; recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1737), Saint-Rémi (Saint Remigius; Bishop of Reims and “Apostle of the Franks”; died January 13, 533 A.D., aged 95–96), Saint-Sébastien (early Christian saint and martyr who was clubbed to death during the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians; born 255 A.D., died 288 A.D. at age 33), Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (Saint Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican priest and an influential philosopher and theologian in the 13th century), Saint-Théophile (born Biagio Arrighi in 1676, in Corsica; died in 1740), Saint-Timothée, Saint-Télesphore, Saint-Valentin, Saint-Victor (a Roman soldier who was tortured and killed c. 170 A.D., and became a Christian martyr), Sainte Agnes (St. Agnes of Assisi was an abbess who, with her sister, established one of the great mendicant women’s religious orders; born Caterina Offreduccio c. 1197 to a noble family in Italy.), Sainte Brigide (Saint Brigid of Kildare is the patroness saint of Ireland; born c. 451, died c. 525 A.D.), Sainte Elizabeth (a princess of Hungary who became a Christian saint; 1207 – 1231 A.D.; after her husband's death, she used her dowry to build a hospital where she herself served the sick; she is best known for her miracle of the roses), Sainte Rose (Saint Rose of Lima, 1586–1617), Sainte-Aurélie (Saint Aurelia of Strasbourg was a 4th-century saint who spent more than half a century as a recluse in a Benedictine abbey. Her tomb was said to be under the church of Sainte Aurélie in Strasbourg. In 1524, the newly appointed pastor of the church instigated members to open the tomb and remove the bones, justifying this on the grounds that the tomb had become an object of idolatry), Sainte-Barbe (French for Saint Barbara; early Christian Greek saint and virgin martyr; because of her association with lightning, she is considered the patron of armourers, artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives, as well as mathematicians.), Sainte-Catherine (Catherine of Alexandria, also spelled Katherine, became a Christian around the age of 14 and converted hundreds of people to Christianity; she was martyred at the hands of the emperor Maxentius; she died a virgin at age 17 or 18, in 305 A.D.), Sainte-Christine (Christina of Bolsena, aka Christine of Bolsena; venerated as a virgin martyr of the 3rd century; her father, Urbanus, wanted her to become a pagan priestess. Because of her devotion to the Christian faith, he ordered her to be tortured in various ways, including iron hooks, placing her in a furnace, and other methods.), Sainte-Madeleine (St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, 1779–1865, born into privilege in France; she founded the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to provide educational opportunities for girls), Sébastopol.
T, U, V, W — Tennessee, Texas, The Fort, Thetford Mines, Three Lakes, Titus, Turnertown. Upton. Valois (name of French Royal Family; a dynasty of thirteen kings who reigned from 1328 to 1589), Venise, Versailles. Westminster, Windsor.