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Newfoundland Tourism Region : Avalon
Kitchuses: From the Newfoundland's Grand Banks website comes the following story regarding the provenance of this town's name:
The name Kitchuses seems to have originated in a rather unique way. A lady, by the name of Kit Hughes, owned and operated a public house in which she sold hard liquor.
When the people of the town would be questioned as to their whereabouts, they would invariably answer! "I was down to Kit Hughes's." By running the names Kit and Hughes together, it developed into Kitchuses, now an accepted name, which has come to stay.
Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill
Address of this page: http://nl.ruralroutes.com/Kitchuses