Terrenceville: Formerly known as Fortune Bay Bottom (or Head of Fortune Bay, by some), the community underwent a "name change" in 1905.

The local parish priest suggested that the town become Terrenceville, in memory of the recently deceased former governor of Newfoundland, Sir J. Terence O'Brien (1830-1903).

Why he was honored in such a way is a bit of a mystery as he did not have a stellar reputation.

It has been suggested that he helped precipitate the 1894 bank crash "by his many dispatches to London noting that Newfoundland politicians under Premier William Whiteway's Liberal Government were uniquely corrupt and incompetent".

Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill

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