Subject: Re: Glenelg, was: New Zealand palindromes<br/>
Date: Dec 02, 2001 @ 06:53<br/>
Author: dtilque@nwlink.com (dtilque@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2146207001">--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@b...&gt; <br/>
wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; I hesitate to say that Scots were keen travellers - with the small<br/>
&gt; matter of the Highland Clearances, they often had little choice in<br/>
&gt; the matter. But the end result seems to be a lot of Scots names<br/>
&gt; around the world. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Having researched it, I can say that most of the Glenelgs in <br/>
Australia and New Zealand (and there&#39;s a fair number in both <br/>
countries) are probably not named directly for the Scotland town. <br/>
Rather in the 1830s, a Lord Glenelg (Charles Grant) was Colonial <br/>
Secretary under Lord Melbourne. The suburb of Aldelaide was certainly <br/>
named for him, and I suspect the others are as well. (In fact, the <br/>
city of Melbourne was almost named Glenelg.)<br/>
<br/>
However, the Glenelg in Maryland is unlikely to be named for Lord <br/>
Glenelg, and so probably comes from the town. Not sure about the <br/>
couple of Glenelgs in Canada. Could be either way.<br/>
<br/>
As far as the mountain named Gog, is there a nearby one named Magog?</div>