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Recently I posted an article<\/a> that described all of the places in the United States where the county seat, the county, and the state all began with the same letter. I considered seven instances where each of the three levels of government had completely different names to be particularly “outstanding.” For example, one was Gibson, the seat of Glascock County in the state of Georgia: G-G-G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basement Geographer, a long-time friend of 12MC, applied the same concept to his own nation, Canada. He placed his handiwork in a comment<\/a> and highlighted two Canadian instances that produced outstanding results. This article builds on Basement Geographer’s efforts while recognizing his triumphant return to geo-geek blogging<\/a>. The community of odd geography bloggers is rather small. Discoveries offered in one place often inspire articles in another, and so on. It’s an appreciative and respectful give-and-take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One might be tempted to compare the outstanding results for the United States with Canada, 7 versus 2. That would be unfortunate. Per capita, Canada offers 1 outstanding example for every 17 million residents, and fares much better than its southern neighbor. In the United States it’s 1 for every 45 million. I could probably find the number of people who live in each of the “outstanding” spots and produce a more legitimate comparison. However, that would entail effort and I’m not particularly motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BBB: Burns Lake, Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, British Columbia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n